MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

ALL FOUR TIRES BEGAN CRACKING BETWEEN TREADING. MANFACTURER HAS REPAIRED TIRES, BUT WILL NOT REPLACE. P235/75R15C, TIRES WERE PURCHASED BRAND NEW AT STORE, AND APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 20000. CHEVROLET TRUCK, BLAZER, S10, 198. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, MICHELIN XCH4 M+S RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, TIRE SIZE P215/75R15, DOT # B3H7871X486. *SLC

MICHELIN REPLACEMENT TIRES SIZE P18570R14, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE. TIRES HAD LESS THEN SIX THOUSAND MILES ON THEM AND FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED AT SIDEWALL AREA. ALSO, REPLACEMENT TIRE WITH LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND MILES EXPLODED WHEN DRIVING AT 30-35 MPH. *AK *SLC

I BOUGHT A SET OF MICHELIN X-ONE TIRES IN JULY OF 1998. THEY HAD A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 1998 ON THEM. THREE WEEKS AGO ONE WENT FLAT SUDDENLY ON THE INTERSTATE. I CHANGED IT AND TOOK THE TIRE IN TO THE STORE THAT SOLD IT TO ME AND IT WAS REPLACED. THIS LAST WEEKEND I TOOK THE REMAINING TIRES OFF THE VEHICLE. THE SIDEWALL WAS PEELING OFF ONE (LIKE IT DID ON THE TIRE THAT WENT FLAT ON THE INTERSTATE) - THERE WAS A BUBBLE ON THE EXTERIOR SIDE WALL OF ANOTHER - AND THE LAST HAD A CRACKS AROUND THE TREAD AND SHOULDER JOINT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TIRE. (ACTUALLY, ALL 4 TIRES HAD THIS CRACK BETWEEN THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL ON BOTH SIDES.) THE CRACK WAS DEEP ENOUGH TO SHOW THE TIRE CARCASS SEVERAL PLACES. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 5/32 INCH TREAD ON THE TIRES. THERE IS + OR - 1/32 INCH DEPTH CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALLS. MOST OF THE TIRE PATCH HAD A DEPTH OF 6/32 INCH. THE TIRES WERE 205-65-R-15 SIZE AND WERE INSTALLED ON A 1992 TOYOTA CAMRY STATION WAGON.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205/65R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/65R15 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THEN REPLACED WITH SPARE, AND FEW MILES LATER HAPPENED THE SAME, BUT ON LEFT FRONT TIRE. *AK

R IGHT FRONT TIRE BANDS HAVE SHIFTED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND SAID IT WAS ON RECALL. *AK

THE MICHELIN TIRES ON THE VEHICLE PERFORM POORLY WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP DURING WET WEATER THE TIRES SLID AND THE CAR ENDED UP HALF A CARS LENGTH BEYOND THE WHITE STOP LINE ON THE PAVEMENT (MICHELIN XW4 WHITEWALLS). NLM

S/N ON TIRE M3ULBF7X4000, ENTIRE SIDE WALL FAILED CAUSING A BLOWOUT. I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WITH NO WEIGHT IN THE TRUCK. TIRES WERE PURCHASED ON 12/13/2000 AND ONLY HAD ABOUT 2000 MILES. SEVERAL LAYERS OF RUBBER SEPARATED ALLOWING FOR ONE SIDE OF THE TIRE TO BE COMPLETELY SEPERATED (YOU COULD PUT YOUR HAND INSIDE THE TIRE AND RUN IT ALL THE WAY AROUND). THE BROKEN RUBBER DID NOT SMELL BURNED. I RETURNED THE TIRE TO SAM'S CLUB IN VERNON HILLS, IL FOR REPLACEMENT, THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE TIRE, BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE THE OTHER TIRE. THEY ASSURED ME THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND THAT MICHELIN WOULD FULLY INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: ? TIRESIZE: LT23575R15)

SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL IN WINTER CONDITIONS, IMPACT WITH TREE, SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UP, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED, DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, DRIVER EJECTED AND HELD OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE IN SEAT BELT. SEVERE RIB, LUNG INJURIES WITH HEART CONTUSION. IMPACT WITH TREE LEFT FRONT QUARTERPANEL, VEHICLE TOTALED. (DOT NUMBER: NOT KNOWN TIRESIZE: 15)

MICHELIN PILOT HX TIRE P225/50R17 HAS DEVELOPED A BUBBLE IN SIDEWALL, DOT HB0A EC2X399, CAUSE OF BUBBLE IS UNKNOWN. *SLC