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- I have all season 245-70-17 Michelins and am very happy after couple years of driving,
they handle good and get great traction in the snow too.. - Bridgestone is a Japanese company (started in 1930). Bridgestone only came to America in 1967. Bridgestone actually bought Firestone in 1988. Bridgestone now, of course, has tire manufacturing plants all around the world.
pezvela wrote:
OBXcamper, it might have been interesting to look at the actual date the tires were manufactured on the ones that began to experience rot. They might have been much older than 3.5 years. Sometimes tires sit around in distribution centers or slow retailers.
I've gotten 5+ years on sets with no rot. But I have heard good things about Cooper tires, too.
Good point about the date code. I did look for it on both sets, both less than 4 years old. One thing I did learn, the date code was only on one side of tire. Mine was on the inside as I had RWL turned inside.
I know this dry rot is not a common problem, just wanted to share my experience and warn others to watch closely if they have this tire.
I have Bridgestone's over 5 years old (Made by Michelin??) on my van, with no dry rot.- OBXcamper, it might have been interesting to look at the actual date the tires were manufactured on the ones that began to experience rot. They might have been much older than 3.5 years. Sometimes tires sit around in distribution centers or slow retailers.
I've gotten 5+ years on sets with no rot. But I have heard good things about Cooper tires, too. - Well, for what its worth, we had two sets of Michelin LTX M/S (though I know there are a variety of versions of them) ......we got amazing wear and life out of them....no dry-rot, no air-loss/blow-outs at all. I was amazed at how good a tire they were hence buying another set when the first wore out. (this was on a 4Runner, not a TC hauler....)
Ran the new 16/265 LTX MS/2's on factory wheels. 3 1/2 years later, dry rot, bad dry rot
....we are at 5 years and 3 months with Michelin LTX A/T2 at LT245/75R16 @ 3042 LBS weight rating, and the camper was only unloaded for the last ~7 weeks of this life-span; all 4 tire sidewalls (and between tread blocks) look like nearly factory new...go figure! Regardless of their condition (still have ~70% tread), they will all be replaced with the same tire brand, but in a higher weight rating size (LT265/75R16 @ 3415 LBS) this April.
We had a set of BFG TA/Ko (BFG is Michelin: same size as above, LR-E; these replaced the awful OEM Steeltex GM tires), and after just 2 years and 5 months, the tread was at ~84%, but the side walls and between tread blocks were so terribly cracked/crazed, I feared for our lives. So, at 2 years and 7 months, I scrapped the still virtually new tread but cracked BFG TA/Ko set, and replaced them with the LTX A/T2 series (date stamp manufactured 2 months before my date of install on truck).- I'll throw my 2 cents in.
I ran Michelin 16/285's LTX MS on 8" Pacer wheels for 3 1/2 years. Developed dry rot. Still had 1/2 tread wear at 35,000 miles. My tire dealer contacted Michelin who after some debate gave me $100 per tire credit on new ones with a stipulation that the next set would not be warrantied.
Ran the new 16/265 LTX MS/2's on factory wheels. 3 1/2 years later, dry rot, bad dry rot. Did not persue any credit with Michelin as all I would get is a possible credit. Did not want another set with 2 bad sets in a row. Ya know, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. Fool me 3 times, ain't gonna happen.
New tires are Cooper AT/3's and so far so good. I always thought Michelin was top of the line, but no more.
silversand wrote:
"Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. is recalling some 76,000 of its Michelin LTX M/S commercial light truck tires in Canada."
Read more: here-->
Link to Michelin's site: here-->
Comments on US situation?
This is a old past and already done from last summer recall for 18"/19" and 20" "P" tires.- We experienced a tread separation several years ago. Afterwards, I researched the various tires on the market and found most (if not all) had issues of some sort, although some to lesser degrees than others.
In the end, we settled on Michelins. May be time to do another round of research. In some ways, tire research is like exploring the dangers lurking in our food supply. After awhile, I had to stop because it was driving me crazy.
Thanks for the alert. - Thanks for the tip, will look today when it gets light.
