stugpanzer wrote:
Bruce Brown wrote:
Based on my experience with Michelin on our RV, cars, and just recently my truck, they will be the last one I'd ever choose, for anything.
We just put Bridgestones on and are very pleased with them. In the past we've also owned Yokohamas and were pleased with those. I have run Hankooks on my car and would buy them again without hesitation.
Can you share your bad experience? I have always liked Michelin's and I am curious as to what happened with yours. I will be in the market soon.
I sure will. I will say the last set on our MH were good tires. If they were all like these I'd consider buying Michelins, unfortunately that is the only set we've ever owned that I would say performed as advertised.
In a nutshell;
1995 Dodge Stratus, Michelins newest all season radial, poor grip in the wet, dry, and snow conditions, made it to about 2/3 of it's rated tread life.
2003 Kountry Star DP, one tire actually blew while it was parked in the garage. It was a low mileage tire, the MH had been weighed, the tire pressures set and always checked. The steel cords that came through the sidewall were rusted. Michelin looked at the tire and as per usual blamed the operator and offered no help. I asked for the tire back as I needed the codes to file a report with NTHA. Only then did they decide they would go ahead and adjust it. We replaced those tires with Yokohamas and found them to offer a better ride, better handling, and far better service life.
2006 Ford Fusion, again Michelins best all season. I had never run a snow tire in my life until I owned these. This was the first (and still only) tire I would describe as being dangerous. Poor grip in the dry and wet, like trying to drive on ice skates in even the slightest amount of snow. I've lived in the snow belt my entire life, so it's not like I wasn't used to driving in the weather. This car now has over 176,000 miles on it and without question the worst tire ever installed on it were the original high priced Michelins.
2008 Kountry Star DP. This is the one set of Michelins we've ever owned I can say worked well. They gave us good service over the 9 years they were installed. But as you'll see below, in the 9 years they were on we had more Michelin issues. We replaced these with Bridgestones and have been very well satisfied.
2010 Ford Fusion, daughters car, same tire as my 2006 Fusion. 2 of the 4 were replaced under warranty for going out of round. She too now runs snow tires for winter driving.
2013 Ford Super Duty Diesel. Michelin LTX2's I believe. 60,000 mile rated tire, completely bald in less than 35,000 miles. I don't mean a bit worn, I mean BALD. These tires too had always been properly inflated and rotated regularly.
2016 Ford Super Duty Diesel. Unfortunately it too came with the same junk tire as the 2013. It now has around 17,000 miles on it and these are headed in the same direction. Not a chance they'll make 60,000 miles, I'd guess they'll make it about the same as the last set.
I'm on the road for work and as a family we buy a lot of tires. Between my wife and 2 kids we currently have 8 vehicles on the road. I know a lot of people like their Michelins, I'm not one of them. For my money there are just way too many other choices that have given us far better service for far less money.
I grew up as a Goodyear guy but have moved on from them too due to a few that didn't perform as advertised. My '16 F150 has Goodyears on it and so far I like them a lot, but it's less than 4 months old and I only have around 8,000 miles on them so far. Lets see how they stand the test of more miles - and weather.
As always, this is just my opinion based on my experience, so take it for what it's worth.