MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

1 BULGED SIDEWALL AREA + 1 SOFT AREA OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALL + 1 PUNCTURE OF TREAD;WARRENTEE DENIED BY SEARS EMPLOYEE {AUTHORIZED?} TO REPRESENT MICHELIN DISCUSSION ON INTERNET HTTP://WWW.MIATAFORUM.COM/UBB/FORUM3/HTML/002362.HTML. *AK (TIRESIZE: 195/50 R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 195/50 R15 )

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE MAKEING EMERGENCY STOP ON HIWAY. CAR STOPPED ACCORDINGLY BUT LEFT FLAT SPOTS ON BOTH FRONT TIRES CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITION. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING NORMAL SLOWING DOWN. ABS WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON VEHICLE IN ORDER TO REDUCE OVERALL WEIGHT. THIS IN ADDITION TO THE POOR CRAFTMANSHIP OF THE OEM XGT V4 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE MADE FOR A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. TIRES ON AUTOMOBILE WERE NOT WATER SAVVY AS ONE WOULD BELIEVE. CAR TOTALLED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P195/55R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195/55R15 )

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MICHELIN RADIAL X TIRES, P215/65R15, DOT: HDT2472X215) ON 1996, DODGE, CARAVAN EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. *AK CONSUMER NOTICED CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. *SLC

RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT ON 3 LANE HIGHWAY, CAR SWERVED TO LEFT TO AVOID 18 WHEELER , HIT THE DITCH, SPUN AND HIT THE GUARDRAIL END, WHICH BLEW THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND CAR SPUN ACROSS 3 LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY 16 YEAR OLD SON HIS GIRLFRIEND AND MY 9 YEAR OLD NARROWLY ESCAPED INJURY . POLICEMAN AT SCENE WAS LEARY OF TIRES FROM THE START. SO ARE WE. *AK (TIRESIZE: XW4)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: XW4 )

TREAD SEPARATION HAS HAPPENED TO THREE OF THESE TIRES AT 20 - 25K MILES. ENTIRE TREAD FLEW OFF. TIRES WERE INFLATED TO 50 - 60 PSI. (DOT NUMBER: 0645014401 TIRESIZE: 215/85/16)

ALL FOUR WHEELS ON MY MINI-VAN ARE CORRODING AND TIRE FAILURES ARE RESULTING FROM THE PITTING ON THE WHEELS WEARING THE SEALS ON THE TIRES. THE CHRYSLER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS IS A FAILURE WHICH IS PRESENTING A SAFETLY HAZARD, BUT STATES THAT CHRYSLER WILL OFFER NO ASSISTANCE WITH THIS ISSUE AS THE VAN IS BEYOND THE WARRANTY LIMIT FOR MILEAGE. A SECOND 1999 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LIMITED MINI-VAN BELONGING TO A NEIGHBOUR IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M30D TIRESIZE: 215/65R16)

MICHELIN, P205/65R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, CHRYSLER SEBRING JX WITH 18000 MILES. ON BOTH REAR TIRES CONSUMER NOTICED A BUBBLE ABOUT SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR. *AK

ALL OF THE MICHELIN TIRES ON DODGE, RAM PICKUP, 2000 ARE EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON TREAD. ALSO, WIRES ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW ON OUTSIDE OF TIRE, AND TREAD IS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. TIRE SIZE IS: P245/75R16. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS/PHOTOGRAPHS.*AK

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, P215/50VR17 - MXM4 ON ACURA 2 TIMES, AND IS GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE FRONT LEFT TIRE SOON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

SIDEWALL SEPARATION AT 55000 MILES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 185)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 185 )