MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

MY SON AND I WERE RETURNING HOME TO NEW ORLEANS, LA FROM A DOG SHOW IN HOUSTON, TX ON JULY 20, 1998. I HAD SOME MINOR PROBLEMS WITH MY ENGINE AND HAD STOPPED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I LEFT THAT PLACE OF BUSINESS ABOUT 10 AM AND WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 10 FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS WHEN IT FELT LIKE MY VAN HAD BEEN REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING HORRIBLY AND IT TOOK ALL OF MY STRENGTH TO HOLD THE WHEEL STRAIGHT. I REALIZED THAT ONE OF MY BACK TIRES HAD BLOWN OUT, OR SO I THOUGHT. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER AND EXAMINE MY TIRE, I SAW THAT THE STEEL BELT HAD COME OFF OF THE TIRE AND I STILL HAD PRESSURE IN MY TIRE TUBE. I THEN DROVE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE WITH THAT BAD TIRE FOR ABOUT 5 MILES TO THE NEXT EXIT. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A TIRE SERVICE CENTER THERE AND I WAS ABLE TO HAVE MY TIRE CHANGED OUT. I KEPT THE DEFECTIVE TIRE, SINCE I HAD MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE REAR END OF MY VAN. THE BELT HIT THE UNDERSIDE AND REAR PANEL OF MY VAN SO HARD THAT IT BENT IT UNDER ABOUT 8 INCHES. I SENT THE ENTIRE TIRE TO MICHELIN EXPLAINING WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND THEY CLAIMED THAT MY TIRE HAD EVIDENCE OF BEING UNDERINFLATED. WHAT THEY DID NOT BOTHER TO ASK ME, WAS IF I HAD EVER BOTHERED TO CHECK MY AIR PRESSURE OR ROTATE MY TIRES. I HAVE RECORDS FROM MY TIRE CENTER, THAT WILL STATE THAT I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND I KEEP UP WITH ALL THE MAINTENANCE ON MY VAN. I PUT A LOT OF HIGHWAY MILES ON THIS VAN WHEN I TRAVEL TO DOG SHOWS, AND I ALWAYS CHECK MY OIL, WATER, TRANSMISSION & POWER STEERING FLUID, AND MY TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE EVERY TRIP. AND I HAD JUST RECENTLY LEFT A MECHANIC'S SHOP WHERE 3 MECHANICS WOULD HAVE NOTICED IF MY AIR PRESSURE WAS NOTICEABLY LOW. THE AIR TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS ABOUT 98 DEGREES, AND MY VAN WAS LOADED DOWN WITH ABOUT 6 SIBERIAN HUSKIES AND ALL MY EQUIPMENT I TAKE TO THE SHOW. AND THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT KEPT ME FROM ROLLING MY VAN.

AFTER MARKET MICHELIN SYMETRY TIRE P205/70R15. LEFT REAR TIRE DISENGAGED FROM THE RIM. (VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL NOT PROVIDED)*AK *MJS

COMPLETE SIDEWALL FAILURE OF A RELATIVELY NEW TIRE (ABOUT 3000 MILES OR LESS).*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )

THE MICHELIN WEATHERWISE STEEL BELTED TIRES DEVELOPED BUBBLES, ONE BLOWOUT PRIOR TO REPLACING TIRES OCCURED WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN COLLISION. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE, LEFT REAR INSIDE TIRE AND LEFT OUTSIDE REAR TIRE BLEWOUT SIMULTANEOUSLY AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHILE (MICHELIN). NLM

RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH WITH DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER IN A 1989 NISSAN, PULSAR; AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT INSTALL AT 140,000 MILES, 185/70R13, DOT# HMFM2200. SEARS WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:

TIRE DEFORMED INTERNALLY CAUSING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION, NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE, LOTS OF TREAD( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 185/70R14 )

MICHELIN TIRE, SIZE P235/75R15 HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL. MICHELIN HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

THE TIRE WAS MOUNTED IN THE SPIRE TIRE HOLDER IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND BLUE UP DAMAGING THE IN SIDE OF THE VEHICLE( DOT NUMBER: B3DD565455 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE CLIPS ON THE INTERIOR PART OF THE SUN SHADE THAT PREVENTS BLINDING SUN FROM COMING TOUGH THE SUNROOF BENT. IT MAKES IT HARD TO OPEN OR CLOSE THE SHADE WHEN DRIVING WITHOUT GREAT FORCE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT VERY SAFE TO BE DOING WHEN DRIVING. THE PERSON THAT FIXED THE SUNROOF ALSO SAYED HE WISH'S THEY WOULD RECALL THE CLIP BECAUSE HE HAS FIXED MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CLIPS JUST BEND AND JUMP OF THE TRACK THEY NEED TO SLIDE IN. WE THINK THE METAL USED FOR THE CLIPS NEED TO BE STRONGER OR REVISED.( DOT NUMBER: M3WC TIRE SIZE: 205/55R16 )