MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE BLEWOUT, TREAD HAD SEPARATED, TIRES WERE BRAND NEW. MICHELINN-MXV4-RADIAL, XSE-205/60 R 16 91V, DOT-BR97REF1X 2901. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. ALSO THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH IN A 2001 ACURA CL TYPE S VEHICLE HIT A SMALL BUMP AND LEFT REAR MICHELIN TIRE , SIZE: P215/50R17, DOT: UNKNOWN EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL FAILURE AND DISINTEGRATION. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 14,000 MILES ON TIRE, AND IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLE. THEN, LATER WITH 24,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, RIGHT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR MICHELIN TIRES , SIZE: P215/50R17, DOT'S: B938CTTX2800 AND B938CTTX4000 HAD BLISTERS FORMING ON SIDEWALLS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION / PHOTOGRAPHS. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TO CHANGE TIRES CONTINUOUSLY FROM BRIDGESTONE TO MICHELIN, RESULTING IN DAMAGED TIRES. *AK CONSUMER STATES BRIDGESTONE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH MICHELIN, SIZE# 245 70RX16, DOT#M3BUA3CX3101, TIRE. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS INCREASED AGAIN, SINCE TIRE PRESSURE INCREASE VEHICLE IS VERY HARSH AND HARD RIDING ON WINDY DAYS AND THEY ARE WEARING UNEVEN ALREADY. ISUZU REPRESENTATIVE SAYS THIS IS NORMAL FOR A SUV. *YD

WHILE DRIVING 25 TO 30 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE. GOT OUT AND CHECKED RIGHT REAR TIRE WHICH HAD SHREDDED. STEELBELTS WERE SHOWING. 1991, DODGE, SPIRIT, TIRE SIZE P195/70R14, DOT# HHHD514X25.*AK MICHELIN TREADWARE 310 TRACTION A M AND S TUBULAR. *MJ

DANGEROUS EXPLOSION OF TIRE WHILE DRIVING. COULD HAVE KILLED IF ON HIGHWAY. TIRE EXPLODED ALL AROUND SIDE ON THE OUTSIDE. THIS WAS A NEW MICHELIN TIRE BOUGHT 11/6/01 AT COSTCO, DRIVEN A LITTLE MORE THAN 4000 MILES. VERY SCARY. COULD HAVE RESULTED IN FATALITIES. I HAVE TAKEN PICTURES OF THE EXPLODED TIRE. BOUGHT MICHELIN BRAND BECAUSE OF PERCEIVED QUALITY & TRUST. BOUGHT A MORE EXPENSIVE MODEL. YET EXPLODED & RIPPED ALL AROUND SIDE OF TIRE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, TIRE BLEW OUT, THERE WERE NO PUNCTURES IN THE TIRE.(MICHELIN MXV4-PLUS 195/65 HR15)DOT M3TAC66X348.*JB

TIRES DVELOP BUBBLES ON SIDEWALLS, WEAKENING, THE TIRE AND MAY CAUSE TIRE TO POP AT ANY TIME. *AK (TIRESIZE: 1956515H)

ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF TIRE FAILED AND BLEW APART, SEPARATING FROM THE EDGE OF THE TIRE WHICH BINDS TO THE RIM. NO EVIDENCE OF A PUNTURE IN THE TREAD PORTION OF THE TIRE. INSIDE OF TIRE HAD DELAMINATED IN SEVERAL PLACES. *AK (TIRESIZE: P22560SR16)

2000 HYUNDAI, ELANTRA, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE 195/60R14, AT 14,000 MILES BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF TIRE BLISTERING, AT 16,900 MILES CONSUMER REPLACED THE LEFT REAR TIRE DUE TO A BLOWOUT.*AK *SLC

HAD BOUGHT TIRES ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO LEFT. IN ANY TYPE OF WEATHER TIRES DO NOT HAVE TRACTION. VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEABLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. TIRE SIZE P21560V16. *AK