MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

TIRE HAD A CRACK IN TREAD. CONTACTED DEALER,AND DEALER CALLED MICHELIN AND STATED CONSUMER NEEDED TO GO TO ANOTHER DEALER TO INSPECT TIRE. *AK MICHELIN MXV4 TIRES, P205/60R15, DOT NUMBER EDP2EC5X199. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH IN A 2000, BMW, 740 TREAD FROM ONE OF THE REAR MICHELIN TIRES, SIZE: 255/45ZR18, DOT: FHBACHTX429 SEPARATED, AND TIRE STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD. LOW AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRE COULD HAVE CAUSED THAT PROBLEM. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES ON TIRE, AND IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60 MPH WITH DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER IN A 1998, HOLIDAY, RAMBLER, ENDEAVOR, TIRE SIZE 235/80R22.5, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

SIDEWALL BUBBLES - TWO ON SAME TIRE 1/4 AROUND TIRE APART. I UNDERSTAND THAT A BUBBLE CAN BE CAUSE BY A POTHOLE IMPACT, HOWEVER, AFTER TALKING TO A NHTSA EXPERT AND VIEWING THE TIRE I AM NOT CONVINCED IT WAS NOT DEFECTIVE. THE TIRE IS A HIGH END TIRE (NOT CHEAP) AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD UP TO REGULAR DRIVING. SINCE THERE ARE TWO BUBBLES IT LENDS ITSELF TO THE VIEW THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE CORD ITSELF WHICH PERHAPS MADE IT WEAK . I AM CONCERNED AS MY CAR IS AN ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE AND I HAVE ALL FOUR MICHELIN PILOT ALPIN TIRES (SNOW TIRES) ON THE CAR. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN NOV. 2000, AND WERE ONLY ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE WINTER. THEY HAVE APPROX. 3-4 K MILES ON THEM. I JUST HAD THEM PUT BACK ON MY CAR ON OCTOBER 29, 2001. I NOTICED THE LARGER BUBBLE WHEN I HAD MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE ON NOV. 6, 2001. THE OTHER SMALLER BUBBLE I NOTICED AS I WAS LOOKING FOR THE DOT NUMBERS FOR THIS REPORT. ON NOV. 6, 2001 I HAD A TIRE DEALER LOOK AT THE TIRE ( I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEW BUBBLE WAS THERE AT THAT TIME - IT IS APPARENT BUT MUCH SMALLER IN APPEARANCE) COULD THE CORD BE SO WEAK THAT WITH HAVING TAKEN OFF AND PUT THE TIRE BACK ON BOTH ON 10/29 AND 11/6 CAUSED IT TO BUBBLE? I AM CONCERNED AS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AS IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY ARE LISTED AS THE PILOTS OR XSE IN YOUR DATABASE. IN FACT WHEN I CALLED THE HOTLINE HE SAID HE COULD NOT FIND THIS TIRE AT ALL IN YOUR DATABASE (I DID ONLINE). IF HE HAD TROUBLE, ARE OTHER COMPLAINANTS HAVING THE SAME DIFFICULTY AND PUTTING THEM IN THE WRONG CATEGORY, OR JUST GIVING UP? PLEASE CHECK THOUROUGHLY FOR OTHER COMPLAINTS, ESPECIALLY PILOT ALPIN AND XSE AS BOTH ARE ON THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: EX9X518 TIRESIZE: 225/50R-16)

TWO MICHELIN TIRES, SIZE: 8R19.5XZA, DOT: B6121ACX421 HAVE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS IN SIDEWALLS, 6 INCH HOLES, DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF 1993, PACE, ARROW MOTORHOME. TIRES WERE IN LEFT/ REAR POSITION, AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 15,000 MILES ON THEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. *AK

MICHELIN, RADIAL, XH-4 ALL SEASON TIRES, P215/70R15, DOT BOTH M337BXWX305, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 30000 MILES ON A 1993, LINCOLN, TOWN CAR. CONSUMER NOTICED A WIGGLE WHEN DRIVING. PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. ON OCTOBER 25, 2001 SAW STEEL BELT COMING THROUGH TREAD PORTION OF LEFT REAR TIRE.*AK

SIDEWALL DEVELOPES BUBBLES AFTER APPROX; 8,000 MILES OF NORMAL DRIVING.TIRES PURCHASED AT SEARS LAST YEAR. SET OF 4 REPLACED 2 WITH SAME PROBLEM. VISIBLE BUBBLE ON OUTER SIDE WALL. SEARS COMMENT: SIDE WALL IMPACT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: HNT2 KEPV TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)

WHILE TRAVELING FROM COLUMBUS, NE TO SIOUX FALLS, SD ON SD HWY. 50 WEST OF VERMILLION, SD, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED WITH NO WARNING. THE EXPLOSION DESTROYED THE TIRE AND TORE LOOSE THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE BODY MOLDING. THE SERVICEMAN AT THE SIOUX FALLS SEARS TOLD ME HE HAD ADJUSTED SEVERAL OTHER IDENTICAL MICHELIN TIRES FOR THE VERY SAME PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER TIRES ON MY CAR AND THAT WE MAY HAVE A DEFECTIVE BATCH OF TIRES HERE. VW WAS CONTACTED BUT HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGED MOLDING UNDER WARRANTY.*AK (DOT NUMBER: CXYX 1201 TIRESIZE: 195/65R15)

TIRE BLEW OUT ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL. I AM REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION SINCE I CANNOT DETERMINE IF THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO TIRE FAILURE. I HAVE A COMPLETE SET OF THESE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND CANNOT BE CONFIDENT DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS UNTIL I CAN RULE OUT TIRE FAILURE AS THE CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER LANE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, VEHICLE THEN MOVED INTO THE INSIDE BEAM AND HIT THE CONCRETE WALL, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES, NO INJURIES, MICHELIN 11R225 X2A. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*SLC