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lfeather
Explorer
May 12, 2015

Bulges on sidewall of front tires

I have "finger" bulges on the sidewall of both of my Michelin XZE* 12R 22.5" steer-tires that were put on my coach in April 2, 2014 with 5K miles on them. Michelin replaced them today and I just noticed "finger" bulges on these too, with less than 100 miles on them. Has anyone had this problem? Could it be an installation issue or a rim issue? The same dealer installed both sets of tires. TIA



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  • mike_brez's avatar
    mike_brez
    Explorer
    May 13, 2015
    wallynm wrote:
    Must be blessed as we put about 80,000 on our first set of Michelin tires.

    mike brez wrote:
    Sorry to hear this for you. Just another reason I will never own a Michelin tire. IMHO their are less $$$ tires that are better. Seems some get cought up on this forum about the rebate thing and if it dosent say rv on it it's nfg.


    I guess so. The OPs didn't made it to 5k miles and the manufacture(Michelin)needed to replace
  • ArchHoagland's avatar
    ArchHoagland
    Explorer
    May 13, 2015
    Old-Biscuit wrote:
    Does it look something like this........vertical 'dent' from rim to thread?




    ARTICLE


    I would still make contact with Michelin.

    BUT 'WHY did Michelin replace the other NEW tires'?



    Thanks for the link. I've seen those undulations on radials for years and always wondered what it was.
  • scbwr's avatar
    scbwr
    Explorer II
    May 13, 2015
    Old-Biscuit wrote:
    Does it look something like this........vertical 'dent' from rim to thread?

    ARTICLE

    I would still make contact with Michelin.

    BUT 'WHY did Michelin replace the other NEW tires'?


    Thanks for posting the link....good information to know!

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