MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

2 SETS OF FRONT TIRES HAVE WORN OUT AT 17000MI & 32000MI & 3RD SET IS SHOWING WEAR AT37600MI. WEAR WAS TO STEEL BELTS WERE TREAD MEETS INSIDE SIDEWALL. CAN NOT SEE UNLESS ON LIFT. WENT TO 2 GARAGES AND BOTH CONFIRM ALIGNMENT OK. CAR DEALER SAID THIS IS "NORMAL" AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT.THE COST OF REPLACING TIRES IS NOT MAJOR CONCERN. VEHICLE IS USED AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS MOST OF TIME AND IF I SHOULD FAIL TO NOTICE THE WEAR WHICH I CAN'T READILY SEE, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR. I DON'T THINK 15000 MI. SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NORMAL. I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A COPY OF YOUR SERVICE BULLETIN NOS. BC1021297230 & BC3422972301.( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P225/60R16 )

PLEASE NOTE ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO BE CHANGED DUE TO MANUFACTURE DEFECT. THE TIRE COULD BLOW OUT AND CAUSE LIFE THREATING INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED BUT DIDN'T CARE. ALL FOUR TIRES SLOWLY STARTED TO FORM BUBBLES ON THE SIDE WALL WHICH PROGRESSED OVER TIME.( DOT NUMBER: MT3AC66348 TIRE SIZE: 195/65R15 )

I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH RIDE QUALITY ON MY 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE DEALERSHIP ROTATED AND BALANCED THE TIRES NUMEROUS TIMES AS WELL AS CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER CHECKING MY OWNER'S MANUAL, I DETERMINED THAT THE TIRES WERE COVERED UNDER THE 3/36 MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. I ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED UNDER THIS WARRANTY. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT TWO OF THE TIRES HAD SEPARATED, BUT ALL FOUR WERE WORN OUT. I TOLD HIM THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT THEY SHOULD STILL BE COVERED UNDER THE 3/36 WARRANTY. HE STATED THAT THEIR HANDS WERE TIED BECAUSE MICHELIN WOULD STATE THAT THESE WERE ONLY A 30K MILE TIRE AND WERE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE ON 11/25/98 TO ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH TOLD ME THE SAME THING. SINCE THE TIRES WERE WORN OUT, THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THEM. I TOLD HER THAT TWO OF THEM HAD SEPARATED AND ACCORDING TO MY OWNER'S MANUAL, THEY WERE COVERED UP TO 36K MILES. THE PERSON I WAS SPEAKING WITH TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS SORRY BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO AS FAR AS REPLACING THESE TIRES. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. WITH THE TIRE SEPARATION OCCURRING, THIS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE TIRE FAILURE LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER ALSO BELIEVES THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED BY THEIR 3/36 WARRANTY FOR THE FULL TIME WHEN THEY ACTUALLY ARE NOT. CHEVROLET/GM NEEDS TO BE MADE TO EITHER UPGRADE THE TIRES THAT THEY ARE PUTTING ON THEIR VEHICLES OR THEY NEED TO SPECIFICALLY STATE THE MILEAGE RESTRICTIONS ON THE TIRES IN THEIR 3/36 WARRANTY EXPLANATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. SINCERELY, CHIP WRIGHT( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23570R15 )

PLEASE E-MAILE ME IF IC COVERT ON THE WARANTY DHIS PROBLEM( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/65/R15 )

WHILE THE MOTORHOME WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE REAR TIRE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE BLEW . OWNER WILL BE CONTACTING THE TIRE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE TIRE. IN THE SUMMER OF 96, WHILE DRIVING THE MOTOR HOME, THE TWO TIRES ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IN THE REAR BLEW OUT. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BY OWNER. OWNER WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE TIRE SIZE OR NAME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT FORTY MPH SIDEWALL ON TIRES BLEW OUT WAS NOT HARMED, BUT FELT AS IF THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE CAUSE MIGHT HAVE COME FROM RUBBING UP AGAINST CURB, AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT. *AK

VEHICLE STEEL COILS ARE SEPARATING FROM THE RUBBER ON TIRE. TIRES HAVE A 50,000 WARRATY WHICH ONLY LASTED UP TO 20,000 MILES OF WEAR. MANUFACTURER NOFITIED AND REFUSED TO HONOR WARRANTY DUE TO OZONE CRACKING. *AK

TIRES HAVE VERY SEVERE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALLS. TOOK TO A TIRE DEALER & THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE CRACKS. *AK

THE TIRES ARE BRAND NEW AND ARE PLACED ON RV, AND THEY CONTINUOUSLY BLOW OUT. *AK

CHUNKING OFF OF THE TOP TREAD OF THE 2ND RIB FROM THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE TIRE , RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WORSE THAN THE LEFT SIDE, THIS CONTINUAL AROUND THE ENTIRE TIRE BUT NOT EVERY RAISED EDGE.