MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

EARLY DEC 2001 AHD SLOW LEAK WENT TO DEALER AND TIRE WAS REPLACED FOR CORD POBLEM WITH ANOTHER MICHELIN X RADILA PLUS. WENT ON LONG TRIP AND HAD BOUNCING EFFECT AND ON RETURN WENT BACK TO DEALER WHERE SAME CORD PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED ON ONE OF REMAINING TIRES. AGAIN REPLCED WITH X RADIAL PLUS.ON SECOND FAILURE TIRE WAS SERIOUSLY OUT OF ROUND AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT INTERSTATE SPEED OF 65MPH. ALLOWANCE GRANTED BY DEALER(SAMS CLUB) OF 30% TREAD WEAR.WAS ALSO ADVISED BY DEALER THAT TIRE WAS DISCONTINUED WHICH CAUSES CONCERN ABOUT THE TIRE WITH 2 FAIURES IN LESS THA 30 DAYS. WAS THERE A PROBLEM FOR IT TO BE DISCONTINUED.*AK (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: P225/60R16)

LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. TIRE ON THE REAR DUAL WHEEL ALSO BLEW OUT. TIRES TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED. MOTOR HOME WAS DAMAGED BY TIRES.*AK A THIRD TIRE ALSO EXPLODED (MICHELIN 255/80R 2215), CONSUMER REPLACED WITH ANOTHER TIRE BRAND. *TT

TRAVELING AT 65MPH ON FREEWAY, TIRE BLEW OUT ON INNER SIDE. HAD TO PULL OVER ON LEFT SIDE OF FREEWAY. HIGHWAY PATROL HAD TO STOP TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY AND HAD ME DRIVE ON FLAT TIRE TO NEAREST EXIT TO A SAFE SPOT FOR CHANGE OFF TIRE. TIRE DEALER FOUD A SMALL NAIL ON FACE OF TIRE. CALLED MICHELIN AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS TYPE OF TIRE WOULD BLOW OUT WHEN AIR GOT LOW AND TIRE WAS ON FREEWAY BECAUSE TEMPERATURES GOT UP TO 250 DEGREES ON INSIDE OF TIRE. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT CONSIDERED A TIRE FAILURE AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THAT AS A COURTESY THEY WOULD ALLOW ME 50% OFF A REPLACEMENT. I CONSIDER THIS A VERY SERIOUS TIRE FAILURE.*AK I WAS PUT IN A DEADLY SITUATION AND HAD TO BE EXTRICATED BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL BECAUSE THE BLOW OUT DID NOT ALLOW ME TO SAFELY GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE AND OUT OF HARMS WAY. IF A TIRE BLOW OUT ON THE FREEWAY IS THE EXPECTED RESULT OF A SLOW LEAK FROM A SMALL NAIL, THIS TIRE SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AT MICHELIN (PHONE 800-847-3435) TOLD ME THAT IF I MADE ANY FURTHER COMPLAINTS TO THE CAR DEALER OR ANYONE ELSE, THEY WOULD DISALLOW THE 50% DISCOUNT ON THE REPLACEMENT TIRE. THIS ALONE SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE. (DOT NUMBER: UCX289 TIRESIZE: 235 60 16)

TIRES TOO NARROW AND SMALL FOR GROSS WEIGHT OF AVALON CAR. (DOT NUMBER: 205 TIRESIZE: 205 60 R)

TRANSMISSION FAILURE @ 70,000 MILES NEEDING COMPLETE REBUILD FOR $1,600 - EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SERVICED BY CHRYSLER IN JAN. 1999 @ 38,249 MILES. BOTH THE CHRYSLER DEALER IN WEST VIRGINIA (LOCATION OF FAILURE) AND THE SELLING (HOME) CHRYSLER DEALER KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN FIRST HEARING ABOUT IT: "MY GUESS WOULD BE PLANNETARIES ARE COMPLETELY STRIPPED" WAS THE CHRYSLER WV MECHANIC COMMENT UPON JUST LOOKING AT THE VAN. SPOKE WITH MANY TOWN & COUNTRY OWNERS SINCE - THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURENCE ON TOWN & COUNTRY - HOW CAN THERE NOT BE EITHER A RECALL OR A CLASS ACTION SUIT WITH THAT MANY KNOWN FAILURES ON A KNOWN WEAK COMPONENT ? IF CHRYSLER/BENZ WILL NOT MONITOR THEMSELVES SHOULDN'T THE GOVERNMENT INTERVENE ? (TIRESIZE: P215/65/16)

MICHELIN, RADIAL XSE, P195/70R14, DOT HNJ9B7LX0901, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 1800 MILES ON A 1993, TOYOTA, CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 40-50 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, AFTER PULLING OVER, NOTICED REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. NO INJURIES.*AK *YH

FAILURE OF TIRE SIDEWALL - BLOWOUT AT 50 MPH - LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL! (TIRESIZE: 195/60/R15)

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TIRES STARTED TO RUN VERY ROUGH, HOWEVER WAS INFOMRED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TIRES, CONSUMER BELIEVES IMMENSE HEAT AND THE LENGTH OF MILES THAT WERE DRIVEN WERE THE CAUSE OF THE TIRES RIDING ROUGH. *YH

MICHELIN, RADIAL, DOTB9CTCRPE-299; WHILE TRAVELING AT 55MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, THEN LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WENT ACROSS A LANE AND HIT GUARD A RAIL. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE LANE, IT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON DRIVER SIDE AND THE TIRE BLEW NEAR WHITE SIDE WALL. *YH

WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED OR WHEN MAKING A TURN, CONSUMER COULD FEEL TIRES NOT ATTACHING TO ROAD AND MAKING VEHICLE SLIP, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER FOR TIRE SITUATION, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM. MERCURY, GRAND MARQUIS, 2001.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION FEELS SOFT.(MICHELIN RADIAL F 123AP)*JB