MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 BUICK LESABRE. HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ONE WEEK AND A HALF AGO FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP. ON THE TWO FRONT TIRES THE STEEL BELTS WERE HANGING OUT. IT WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN INSPECTED. THE BACK TIRES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE CONTACT USED THE VEHICLE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND PURCHASED IT AS IT WAS. MICHELIN TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO CONTACTED THE PERSON THAT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND HE SAID THAT THEY WHERE NOT THE SAME TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WHEN HE INSPECTED IT. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATES DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF HIS VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR TIRES ON THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER; THEY TOLD HIM TO CONTACT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. UPON EXAMINATION, THE MICHELIN DEALERSHIP STATED THE REAR END WAS OUT OF ALIGN CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AS OF YET. THE CONTACT IS GOING TO CALL ON WEDNESDAY TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. *NM THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. DEALER FIXED; BUT THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. *TT

NOTHING LEADING UP TO EVENT EITHER INCIDENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SECONDS BEFORE TIRE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE BECAUSE BOLTS WERE SHEARED OFF, THERE WAS A SLIGHT VIBRATION. FIRST INCIDENT IN 1999, BOLTS SHEARED OFF FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25 MPH, NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TRUCK, REPAIRED AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS UNTIL 2005 WHEN TRAVELING 65 MPH BOLTS AGAIN SHEARED OFF FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE, AGAIN VIBRATIONS ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE TIRE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. THIS TIME THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED TO THOSE IN VEHICLE OR OTHERS. CURRENTLY TRUCK IS IN FOR REPAIR, AGAIN USING CERTIFIED CHRYSLER PARTS, AND THEY ARE NEW AND INSTALLED CORRECTLY. WILL NEED AUTOBODY REPAIR THIS TIME DUE TO OTHER DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO VEHICLE. NEW TIRES WERE PUT ON CORRECTLY ABOUT 4000 MILES AGO WITH NO PROBLEMS TO THIS POINT EITHER. *NM

CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH AIR CONDITIONER, DPC CONTROLLERS, COMPUTERS, TURBINES, BRAKES, BATTERIES. *NM

NAVIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEMS SEEN PICTURES IN FILE AT DEALERSHIP COLOR OF TRUCK BEFORE SPECIAL ORDER CUST RECVD SCRATCHES ALL OVER TRUCK LOOKED VANDALIZED AND COVERED UP FRONT END PROBLEMS NOW NEEDS NEW U JOINTS BRAND NEW TRUCK POSSIBLE WRECKED DURING DELIVERY FROM BACK EAST. *NM

MICHELIN TIRES MODEL XGT H4 225-60 R/16 SIDEWALL BLOW OUT ON 2 TIRES ON SEPERATE OCCASIONS 6/05 AND 7/05. TIRES WERE LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD WITH 30,000 MILES. *JB SERIAL # OF SECOND TIRE THAT BLEW-OUT WAS AU 795 35-55030-01 BOTH TIRES FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY IN THE METRO DC AREA, NO OBJECT OR POTHOLE WAS STRUCK, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EITHER WHEEL. BOTH TIRES THAT FAILED WERE LOCATED ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE

1) I WAS DRIVING HOME, ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR IN STEADY TRAFFIC ON A FLAT STRAIGHT ROAD. 2) MY MICHELIN XW4 P235/75R15 TIRE HAD COMPLETE TREAD SEPERATION, CAUSING ME TO SWERVE ALL OVER THE ROAD. THE TREAD RIPPED OFF, AND IN THE PROCESS "SLUNG" AROUND IN A CIRCLE LEAVING SCRATCHES AND TIRE RUBBER IN A SEMI-CIRCLE ON THE SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND PUT A LARGE DENT IN THE REAR QUARTER PANEL. 3) THE TIRE IS STILL ON THE SPARE RIM AND IS STILL INFLATED (HOLDING AIR FINE) I PUT NEW TIRES ALL AROUND. (NOT MICHELINS)

2004 CHRYSLER CROSS FIRE DID NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH A SPARE TIRE.*MR THE VEHICLE HAD FOAM AND AN AIR PUMP IN THE TRUNCK IN CASE OF A FLAT. THE TIRE ARE LOW PROFILE AND CANT SEEM TO TAKE THE IMPACT OF POT HOLES WITH BLOWING OUT THE SIDEWALL. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THE TIRE WAS 3 YEARS OLD AND THEY RECOMMEND REPLACING RV TIRES EVERY THREE YEARS.*JB

DT: CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE FRONT TIRES. BEFORE RECEIVING THE RECALL CONSUMER ROTATED THE TIRES ,TAKING THE TWO FRONT TIRES OFF AND PUTTING THEM ON THE BACK INNER REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL LETTER STATED THAT DEALER WOULD ONLY REPLACE THE TWO FRONT TIRES AND THEY DID. BUT THOSE WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL FRONT TIRES, AND BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN ROTATED AND PUT T ON THE BACK, DEALER WOULDN'T REPLACE THEM IN THE RECALL. THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT TIRE BLOW OUTS. THE FIRST ONE OCCURRED BEFORE THE RECALL. CONSUMER HAD TO FIND THAT SIZE TIRE SO HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID TO PUT THE RECALL SIZE ON THE TIRES. MANUFACTURER REIMBURSE CONSUMER FOR THAT TIRE. THE TIRE WAS LOCATED ORIGINALLY ON THE FRONT, BUT IT WAS ROTATED TO INNER REAR AT THE TIME OF THE BLOW OUT. THE SECOND TIME THE TIRE WAS LOCATED ON THE INNER REAR AND IT WAS ROTATED FROM THE FRONT, BUT IT WAS NOT AN ORIGINAL TIRE. IT HAD BEEN ON THE FRONT ABOUT 1500 MILES AFTER IT GOT ROTATED. THE THIRD TIME THE TIRE HAD BEEN ON THE FRONT AT SOME POINT. ALL TOGETHER 3 OF THE 4 TIRES BLEW OUT. ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FRONT TIRES GOT MOVED TO THE INNER REAR, AND IT WAS THE FIRST OF THE THREE BLOW OUTS. THE OTHER ORIGINAL FRONT TIRE WAS USED AS A SPARE TIRE AND IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE INNER REAR.*AK