MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

REPLACED 7 TIRES. TOO MANY FOR LOW MILES. VOLVO FRONT END CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR?*AK (TIRESIZE: 195/60VR15)

ORGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, HONDA, ACCORD , MODEL UNKNOWN. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CRACKS AROUND SIDEWALL. TIRES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

I BROKE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT TO A STORE. I FELT THE PEDAL PULSATING AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I ENDED UP INTO THE SHOP BRAKING ALL THE GLASS WINDOWS.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205/65 /15)

PURCHASED WHAT THOUGHT WERE NEW TIRES FROM AMERICAN TIRE DEPORT IN 2001. HAD A BLOW-OUT ON ONE REAR TIRE IN JULY. HAD A BLOWOUT WITH SECOND REAR TIRE TWO WEEKS LATER. WHEN WENT TO REPLACE FROM ANOTHER DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT WHAT I THOUGHT WERE NEW TIRES WERE ACTUALLY SECONDS....HAVE SECOND TIRE TO SHOW THE DEFECT...TIRES HAD LESS THAN 25,000 MILES ON AT TIME OF BLOWOUT. NEED TO KNOW WHO TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH.BOTH FOR TIRE AND FOR AMERICAN TIRE DEPOT FOR SELLING SECONDS AS NEW. *AK

FRONT RIGHT SIDE TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 MPH IN 2001, DODGE, RAM 1500; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P245/75R16, AND DOT# M32KC24X1200. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SIGN OF CRACKING IS SHOWING ON FRONT AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRES ON A 2001, HYUNDAI, ELANTRA; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P195/60R14, DOT# HNBHBM8X389. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK MICHELIN XGT TIRES, TIRE STORE STATED THE 2 FRONT TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE IF THE CONSUMER PURCHASED 2 REAR TIRES, CONSUMER DECLINED. *SLC

BOTH REAR HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES RUPTURED AT THE FLARE FITTING ENTERING EACH CALIPER WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLACE THE FIRST ONE, RIGHT REAR, BECAUSE CHEVROLET INFORMED THEM THAT "THE PART DID NOT EXIST!" THE DEALER WAS FORCED TO REFLARE THE OLD LINE. WITHIN 1 WEEK, IT BROKE AGAIN IN THE SAME SPOT. I REPLACED THE LINE WITH AN AFTERMARKET ONE MYSELF. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THE OTHER REAR BRAKE LINE (LEFT REAR) RUPTURED AT THE FLARE IN THE SAME SPOT AS THE RIGHT REAR, ENTERING THE CALIPER. I REPLACED IT MYSELF AND TOOK THE OEM BROKEN LINE TO VIVA MOTORS TO INFORM THEM TO INFORM CHEVROLET THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL SERIOUS DEFECT IN CHEVROLET S-10 REAR BRAKE LINES. THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED ME TO CALL CHEVROLET MYSELF SINCE THEY (CHEVROLET) WOULDN'T LISTEN TO HIM. SINCE CHEVROLET'S SOUTHWEST AREA ZONE REPRESENTATIVE HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD ME TO "GO POUND SAND" I FIGURED WHY BOTHER WITH HIM. I FEEL THE ODDS OF TWO OEM BRAKE LINES FAILING WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER ARE ASTRONOMICAL AND SINCE CHEVROLET CHOSE TO IGNORE THE INCIDENTS, I'D BETTER CONTACT YOU TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. HOPEFULLY, MINE WAS AN ISOLATED CASE BUT I DOUBT IT BECAUSE AS I SAID, THE ODDS ARE ASTRONOMICAL AND THE SW AREA ZONE REP CHOSE TO SAY THE PART DIDN'T EXIST RATHER THAN ADMIT HE HAD A SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM. IN REALITY, HOW CAN HE SAY THE TRUCK NEVER HAD BRAKE LINES? I SMELL A RAT AND WOULD LIKE YOUR ORGANIZATION TO CHECK INTO IT. IF FURTHER INVESTIGATION SAVES 1 LIFE, THIS IS WELL WORTH OUR EFFORTS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY BOTH TIMES MY HYDRAULIC SYSTEM SUFFERED MASSIVE FAILURES BUT I WILL SAY, I THINK THE FAILURES TOOK A FEW YEARS OFF MY LIFE AND ABSOLUTELY CAUSED SOME SOILED PANTS. I'M NOT A CHRONIC COMPLAINER BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION BUT I'M NOT STUPID EITHER AND CHEVROLET HAS PROBLEM WITH AT LEAST ONE OF ITS TRUCKS AND IS CHOOSING TO HIDE ITS HEAD IN THE SAND IT WANTS ME TO GO POUND. THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS, JOHN MULLEN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED INSTANTLY WHICH BLEW OUT, CONSUMERS SON PULLED OVER AND NOTICED SEVERAL SEVERE TEARS IN THE TIRE WALL, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED, AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION BY THE MECHANIC THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A PUNCTURE, NAIL OR ROAD HAZARD, NEVERTHELESS THE REPAIR SHOP REJECTED CONSUMERS REQUEST FOR A FREE TIRE REPLACEMENT, AND THE TIRE WAS WELL WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE.(MICHELIN ENERGY MXV4 PLUS 195/65 R15 RRBL91H).*JB

WHENEVER IT RAINS, WATER SEEMS TO SPLASH ON THE BRAKING SURFACES DUE TO NORMAL DRIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 - 2 SECONDS YOU HAVE NO BRAKING ACTION. UNLESS YOU RIDE THE BRAKES TO KEEP THEM WARM AND DRY, YOU BASICALLY HAVE NO BRAKES UNTIL THAT WATER FILM IS EVAPORATED DUE TO FRICTION. THIS IS NOT JUST A ONCE IN A LIFETIME HAPPENING. I FELT THIS PROBLEM EVERYTIME IT RAINS. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PUDDLE, JUST THE SPRAY OFF THE WET ROAD IS ENOUGHT TO EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 4MVV TIRESIZE: 195-50R15)

TIRE ON LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE BLEW OUT. TIRE WAS LESS THEN ONE YEAR OLD AND HAD ONLY 25,000 MILES ON IT. MICHELIN INSISTED IT WAS A ROAD HAZARD EVEN THOUGH TIRE WAS LEFT REAR. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215/55R-16)