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- Michelin is issuing the recall because a small number of the tires being recalled experienced tread loss and/or rapid air loss.
Produced between January 2010 and June 2012
Curious what 'they' consider "a small number"? - So DOT Date Codes 0110...2612. 01 being 1st week of JAN and 26 being last week of JUN. Sounds like a goodly number of OEM tires on Ford Class C RV chassis could be involved. 2-1/2 years is time to make a lot of tires.
This quote from the recall doesn't say "inspect" or the like. Looks like those tires within the production date range will be replaced whether they show symptoms or not. Quote follows:
"Michelin recommends removal of these tires as soon as possible. Owners of the affected tires should visit an authorized Michelin retail location as soon as possible to have the tires replaced at no charge." - Thanks for the info.
I had 2 fail within 2 weeks in October.
I did not feel good about the rest and suspected a defect. - These tires have been awesome for me. Went way beyond the stated mileage and looked great. I only got nervous because of the mileage racking up without wearing down much. Luckily mine were way before the recall. And then I just bought 4 new ones recently.
Old-Biscuit wrote:
Produced between January 2010 and June 2012
Curious what 'they' consider "a small number"?
The news I read said 1.2 million were produced and about 200 failures.- The Michelin LTX M/S tires have been around for about 20 years. That design has been replaced by the LTX M/S 2 which is not the subject the reported failures and this recall. I had the M/S 2's on my truck and the C came with them as well. Probably the finest tires I ever run on anything. At least Michelin is stepping up to the plate on the older problem model. I concur with the old adage.... there is Michelin and then there is everything else. :C
- Captain, I don't think anyone was questioning the quality or service of Michelin.
Their warranty is excellent and hassle free also.
Just a little glitch. - And yet the ST tires from China are NEVER recalled and they blow up many times more than the Michelins.
dan-nickie wrote:
Captain, I don't think anyone was questioning the quality or service of Michelin.
Their warranty is excellent and hassle free also.
Just a little glitch.
Didn't think anyone was, just wanted to point out that the M/S 2's are not the problem. I've been driving on Michelins for more than 40 years and have yet to see anything but great performance and mileage. :C- We had 6 LT225/75R16E1 Michelins put on in Oct. 2011 at Discount Tire. The fronts both have 3511 dates, so that's within the recall. Puzzling however are the rear tires. They have E2 in a circle, with 2 rows of numbers in the date section: 04602 above 002603. I don't know if the info on the other side of the tires is different (dual wheels - can't see the other sides), but........buying all six tires at the same time, one should think the manufacturing dates would be close, and I can't figure out what or why the two rows of numbers mean. This E2 and the two rows of numbers do not appear on the front tires. Anyone else see this on their tires? There's nothing on the Michelin website that addresses this.
