MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

TIRES LOOSE AIR DUE TO RIM LEAKS. SNOW TIRES LOST AIR AS WELL AS ALL SEASONS. BEAD AREA HAS BEEN CLEANED, THIS DID NOT HELP. TIRE DEALER STATES THAT THE LEAK IS IN 2 RIMS. IE: BAD WELD.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205-65-15)

WHENEVER VEHICLE HITS A BUMP IT'S HARD TO CONTROL, GOES ALL OVER ROAD. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO LOOK AT VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE MICHELIN TIRES AT THEIR COST, P235/70R16, DOT E20291511, VEHICLE AND TIRES ONLY HAD 470 MILES. *SLC

MICHELIN LS, P235/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, FORD, E150 WITH 28000 MILES. CONSUMER NOTICED BOTH FRONT TIRES AND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAVE SIDEWALL PEELING.*AK

THIS TIRE AND RIM IS THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN NEW. SPARE TIRE WAS MOUNTED ON REAR AXLE OF VEHICLE FOR FIRST TIME USE. AFTER A FEW MILES OF USE, NOTICED A TIRE WOBBLE CONDITION. THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES SO REPLACED THEM WITH NEW. PROBLEM PERSISTED. SWAPPED OUT REAR TIRES AND RIMS WITH OTHERS AND ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE NOS SPARE THAT I HAD JUST PUT ON 100 MILES EARLIER. WITH THE INTENTION OF BRINGING THE TIRE/RIM TO A TIRE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, REMOUNTED THIS TIRE/RIM IN THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE NEXT DAY, I WENT OUT TO THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD EXPLODED. FORTUNATELY A WINDOW WAS LEFT DOWN. OTHERWISE, ALL THE VEHICLE GLASS WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT FROM THE EXPLOSION, POSSIBLY INJURING A PEDESTRIAN NEARBY. IF A PERSON HAD BEEN IN THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IF SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TIRE, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED SEVERELY OR LOST THEIR EARDRUMS. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE FOR INSPECTION.*AK (DOT NUMBER: M3CC861X3 TIRESIZE: P205/75R15)

TWO FRONT TIRES WERE COMPLETELY BALD, WORE OUT EXCESSIVELY. HAVE VERY LITTLE MILEAGE. REAR TIRES HAVE HARDLY ANY TREAD LEFT. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. MICHELIN LTX AS P245/75R16. *AK A SERVICE MANAGER FROM A TIRE STORE STATED THAT THE TIRES ON THIS TRUCK WERE NOT DESIGNED TO GO ON A TRUCK, BUT FOR A CAR, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. *SLC

MICHELIN RADIAL XSE P205/55R16, DOT AT, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001, VOLVO, S60T5 WITH 200 MILES. SAME TIRE WENT FLAT 3 TIMES, ONCE LOST 5 PSI OVERNIGHT. DEALER KEPT VEHICLE OVER A WEEKEND AND TIRE WENT FLAT. DEALER THEN ROTATED TIRE, RESEALED IT, AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AFTER LEAVING DEALERSHIP, TIRE WAS FLAT AGAIN. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH TIRE. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE NHTSA TO LOOK AT TIRE.*AK

MY TIRES CAN NOT KEEP THE AIR HAVE BOUGHT BRAND NEW TIRES HAD IT ROTATED STILL CAN NOT KEEP THE AIR TOOK IT THE DEALER THEY WILL NOT HELP ME RADIO WHEN OUT KEYS TO THE DOOR WHEN BAD DEALERS WHERE NOT VERY FRIENDLY AT ALL & COULD NOT ANSWER MY QUESTIONS NOBODY SEEM TO CARE. *AK

MICHELIN, XW4 TIRES, P225/60R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL TIRE WITH 24000 MILES ON A 1999, CADILLAC, DEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING 70-75 MPH REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. NO ACCIDENT, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK TIRES INFLATED AS GM SPECIFIED, 30 PSI. *SLC

MICHELIN TIRES P225/60R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, CADILLAC DEVILLE WITH 7000 MILES. WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED BUBBLE DELAMINATION ON REAR PASSENGER TIRE'S SIDEWALL. *AK TIRES INFLATED AS GM SPECIFIED 30 PSI, MICHELIN XW4. *SLC

THERE ARE APPROX 200 MEMBERS IN OUR RV MOTORHOME CLUB. AT LEAST 25 HAVE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS. MICHELIN BLAMES THIS ON "INCORRECT PRESSURE" OR "YOU MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING". BUT NONE OF THIS IS TRUE. ALL OF THE TIRE FAILURES ARE A ZIPPER TYPE BLOWOUT, AND ALMOST ALL OF THE TIRES WERE PRODUCED PRIOR TO MAY, 1998 WHEN MICHELIN ALLEDGEDLY HAD A REDESIGN TO THE TIRE SIDEWALL. MANY, MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT DO NOT BELONG TO OUR CLUB REPORT SIMILAR TIRE FAILURES. IT APPEARS THAT THIS MICHELIN TIRE PROBLEM IS AFFECTING A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN THE RECENT FIRESTONE PASSENGER CAR TIRE FIASCO. MOST OF US OWNERS WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THIS LOOKED INTO BEFORE ANY MORE PEOPLE GET HURT OR KILLED. PLEASE HELP US! THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE THE TIRES, NOT THE PARTICULAR BRAND OF RV MOTORHOME. *AK (TIRESIZE: 23580R22.5)