Are My Michelin Tires Dry-Rotting?
I had six new Michelin LT235-80R17 tires installed on my Dodge dually a year and a half ago and I now see what to me looks like early signs of dry-rotting Am I correct?
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MPI_Mallard wrote:
....snip.. They keep falling back on the tread depth to find their responsibility and I keep telling them it's not a tread issue but a side-wall/defective tire issue and they should replace the six tires outright!....snip...
I'm no Michelin fan, thinking them a bit on the overhyped side, but:
Crediting according to remaining tread depth is SOP for tires no matter the brand, and your Michelin warranty probably says so. No reason you should be paid for tread you've already used up, right?
Look on the bright side:
They're not denying your claim, although there are mixed opinions as to whether that checking is truly a sign of imminent tire "failure". You don't mention having had the tires inspected internally, which is really the only way such weaknesses can be detected.
The other thing is, Michelin claims "not to make trailer tires" and its LT/whatever tires mounted on trailers aren't always covered by the standard warranty at all...so things could be worse!
