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- Michelin and other tire companies should have information on file and be able to contact original owners/buyers to notify them directly that their tires are on recall.
- By the way, if you replaced older Michelins with tires in the recall, and kept one of the replaced tires as a spare, which I did, don't forget to check the dates on the spare tire.
chinrv wrote:
.....Puzzling however are the rear tires. They have E2 in a circle, with 2 rows of numbers in the date section: 04602 above 002603......
That's the ECE certification (Economic Commission for Europe) The numbers are NOT dates, but certification document numbers. That certification only needs to appear on one side of the tire - and only on tires where the ECE certification is required. It is not required in the US, but the letters "DOT" are.- This is the picture of a sidewall of one of the affected date range tires that I had a rumble with Michelin to replace on my 6/2010 chassis build E450 about a year ago. The cracks were worst at the tread-sidewall joint.
I paid 20% of the replacement cost plus mounting and balancing for the new set. Which I now need to check dates on since June 2012 tires could certainly have still been in the supply stream in six months later for the replacement 6.
!&$^#^%#@! chinrv wrote:
Do you think the replacement also includes mounting and balancing?
I would say that any shop that tries to charge you for mounting and balancing is ripping you off.- This is what they look like when they fail (2 look identical).
- We bought seven new Michelins for our Class C in 2011. I requested that the dealer special order M&S2 tires because I had found out about the new design and suspected something was wrong with the older M&S tire design due to the sidewall cracking issues with it.
I sure hope Michelin addressed M&S tire sidewall integrity in their design of the M&S2 tire. The sidewall materials used for the M&S2 do in fact read different right on the M&S2 tire.
The M&S blowout issue is probably just a transient quality control problem. However, I recommend that folks don't let Michelin replace their M&S tires on the recall with M&S tires ... insist that Michelin replace with their newer design M&S2 tires. - Mine are similar to yours; the Dot Sequence is on both sides. I also have the E2 in a circle and the set of numbers in a smaller size than the DOT sequence. The date code is 4 numbers, and it is the same size as the DOT Sequence (B3JH AKEX). The date code is only on one side... you'll need to pull the set of duals to see the date code.
BruceMc - Thanks for the information. Now we'll, many of us at least, be waiting to find out who gets it done and reports back. Do you think the replacement also includes mounting and balancing? chinrv wrote:
... 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? ...
Mine are similar to yours; the Dot Sequence is on both sides. I also have the E2 in a circle and the set of numbers in a smaller size than the DOT sequence. The date code is 4 numbers, and it is the same size as the DOT Sequence (B3JH AKEX). The date code is only on one side... you'll need to pull the set of duals to see the date code.- Looks like I have 6 of 'em. Code matches (B3JH AKEX), and at least the front two are well in the date range of 0210-2512, 4010. I suspect the dates on the rear 4 are similar.
Thanks for the heads-up on this recall.
