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Jessica of East Wenatchee, WA June 23, 2009 On Wed. June 10, 2009, at 5:10pm, the spare tire inside my 1999 suburban exploded, shattering the long drivers-side window of my suburban. It was parked in our driveway at the time. It was not a hot day, about 85 degrees outside. The explosion was a loud one that we heard from inside our kitchen which is approx. 20 feet away. The way the vehicle was facing only some of the glass hit our house; most of it flew into the driveway. We are finding glass as far away as 60 feet from the vehicle. Thankfully, no one was in the vehicle or outside when the tire exploded (though my 10yo daughter had just come in the house not ten minutes prior). We took a bunch of pictures before moving anything to clean up the mess. The window has since been replaced and Michelin has been contacted. The initial contact was by email so that pictures could be sent in. My husband later spoke with a rep. who stated that there was nothing Michelin would do because the tire was more than six years old. If we wanted to pursue it, we should take it in to an authorized dealer and have them look at it and get whatever numbers they need from the tire. So I did. First, the manager at Sears didn't think I could surprise him with what I had, but I did. He said he had never heard of anything like that before. He called the number Michelin gave my husband, using the reference number they gave us and told them what the tread depth was, 12/32 if I remember right. Once again, they will not do anything due to the "fact" that the DOT has some law about tires being more than six years old. I spoke with Rod from Michelin as the Sears manager wanted him to tell me himself that Michelin won't do anything. The spare tire was new, never used when we purchased the vehicle, used, in 2004. We used it once, last year for a few days. Robert of Glenside , PA June 15, 2009 Driving my 2008 Toyota Sienna Mini-van on a trip. After 40 miles we were nearly home and had a blowout on our left front michelin Tire. It was original issue when we bought the car. There was a side cut oval shaped of rubber which just popped out! We replaced the tire 175 and spoke to Toyota which claimed it was a road hazrd or vandalism. This is ridiculous because if someone sliced the tire we wouldn't have been able to drive it forty miles. We filed a claim with Michelin but since they will speak to our dealer I am not optimistic. Roger of Baltimore, MD June 7, 2009 I was driving on 95 from Washington DC to Baltimore doing 65 and my left rear tire (sidewall) exploded!, I changed the tire and went home. A week later I was checking my tire pressure and I notice a seperation on my right rear tire that I bought at the same time as my other 3 tires ( Michelin LTX M/S P225/70 R16), I had kept the left rear tire that blew out on 95 and it suddenly came clear to me, I got 22000 miles on these tires and they are no good. stanton of wilsonville , AL May 14, 2009 Like so many others it seems,,,have just had a blowout on my new ZEPHER 45' MOTORHOME with top of the line Michelin "Energy" 22.5 295 80 green .. i only have 7000 miles on it when ,,, for no apparent reasons, the passenger tag axle tire blew out and fortunately we were coming to a complete stop when the SIDEWALL exploded and there was nothing possibly present that could have punctured it,,, with almost all the original tread still showing and all seven of my other tires at a recomended 105 psi... and i had check all the tires that morning before our trip... It caused me to lose 2 days of my vacation leaving me stranded on the side of the highway and after the lack of any kind of publications as to what to do in the event of a tire failure or "how to change a tire" it cost me 650. It has caused me to have a fear of the same thing happening but on the front and leaving me wondering if I want to take huge chance of dieing total cost for that one tire blow out is over 1000.00 Rene of Lethbridge, AB May 15, 2009 This can be added on to your list of Michelin Tire sidewall problems. I too have been a Michelin tire buyer for many years. I've had one sidewall blow out once (Michelin X ) and now, on my 2003 Tacoma truck (2X4), I see a huge split and protrusion on the sidewall of the rear wheel, driverside. Tire still has about 30000 Kms of useful life and have never been abused. This sidewall problem just appeared one day! Costco and several other tire specialists told me to remove it immediately as it could blow anytime. Yet they could not give me a reason as to what is causing that other then Michelin has a history of this type of problem. Bruce of Cibolo, TX May 12, 2009 On October 13, 2006, I purchased four Michelin LTX M/S All Season radial tires from the Costco store in Austin, Texas. On April 11th, 2009, I was traveling west on I-10 from Sealy, Texas to Schertz, Texas. The tires at this point had about 38,000 miles on them. I was travelling on I-10 at the speed limit, 70 miles per hour and the left rear Michelin tire exploded. The tire pressure had been checked fifteen minutes earlier and was at 35 pounds of pressure on all tires. The car careened back and forth across the lanes several times before turning 180 degrees and came to rest facing oncoming traffic. Luckily, other traffic saw what was transpiring and kept clear. Two people had seen the impending accident expected the car to flip and and were ready to call 911. The vehicle did not flip. The two gentlemen who had seen the near accident volunteered to change the tire and put on the spare for me. Since I had purchased the tires from Costco, I took the tire back to my local COSTCO store in Schertz. The tCOSTCO tire store manager inspected the tire and found no evidence of previous damage. As a concession, they replaced all four Michelins for me with BF Goodrich tires. They concurred that the sidewall exploded for no apparent reason. I still have the damaged tire as evidence of probable Michelin tire design flaws, ready for inspection if required. Janet of Dice, KY May 11, 2009 My husband bought a new Lincoln Zephyr for me in 2006. Since that time I have had three (3) tires that blew out and caused rim damage AND at PRESENT HAVE TWO THAT HAVE SPLIT DEEP IN THE SIDEWALLS AND WE HAVE HAD TO GET 2 more!!!!!!!!!! The first tire was not even a year old when it happened. I got that tire replaced with a new one (OEM tires Michelin Energy Saver Tires), 225.00. The rim was damaged also, but was determined OK to use. Then less than 8 months two tires blew out as I went over a small (normal) break in the blacktop (was not a hole), just blacktop with cracks in it....I had to blowouts on the passenger side of the zephyr. And this time a very expensive rim was destroyed also. (June 2008). Paid almost 500.00 for rim, and 480.00 for 4 new tires (replaced with Michelin PS 2 tires because we could not get the OEM tires that came on the car. Michelin did pay 40% of the tire cost with amounted to 360.00 and that saved me from paying 940.00 for all the tires.
baily of nashville, TN May 10, 2009 Purchased 4 Michelin P225/60R Tires from Wal-Mart 11/28/07 On 5/2/09 I had a blow out on Lf Ft. Wal Mart said there was nothing they could do because I didn't buy insurance.On 5/8/09 The RT Rear Blew out. I Paid 686.53 for this set of tires just waiting for the other 2 to blow out I can't afford to replace them right now replacements are 140.00 each so far no real damage yet.Just hope the other 2 hold up. Mohamad of Dearborn, MI May 6, 2009 2008 BMW M3 with Michelin PS2 (Pilot Sport 2) 19 inch low profile tires. At 5500 miles I developed a bubble (protrusion) in the sidewall. I have come to find that this is a common issue with Michelin tires. Perhaps there should be a class action lawsuit. Sherry of Greenfield, NH May 5, 2009 I had one Michelin Tire go flat and within another 500 miles the front tire exploded on my Suburban. The tire peeled like a banana. Luckily, we were only traveling 40 MPH so damage other than the tire was minimal. Upon closer inspection a the other rear tire was showing creases and bumps in the side wall. It two was ready to go. These tires only have approximately 35,000 miles on them. Advertisement
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