Michelin Tires

samsontdog,

Note that jerem0621 post does not state how long the tires (age) have been on his 14 year old 1999 F-350 DRW truck or how many miles are on them. I expect him to come back and claim they are only a year old and have only 5,000 miles on them. Ya right! Tires don't just leak! There has to be a hole or a bead seal problem or even a valve stem issue.

If on aluminum wheels, they corrode in the bead area as trapped salts or road chemicals lay in there and eventually cause leaking thru the compromised area. Nearly all our vehicles for my business and personal use having aluminum wheels have corroded and slowly lost air regardless of the brand of tires on them. Also on our towable RV's that had aluminum wheels. Part of the reason we now only have steel wheels on all our item's with tires and mysteriously, the slow leaking issues of the past are gone! Rusting in the bead area of steel wheels also often creates slow leaks if bad enough. Good tire mechanics/places check for rusting or corrosion and will remove/emery (sand) and seal the rust etc area. Do the research of aluminum wheel corrosion.

OK I'm not as much mad about the dollar amount they gave, just the whole 3/32 BS. When they sell you the tires they are rated for 60,000 miles. They also pointed out that the tire has "11/32" of tread. This is not a lie but it is BS. If they deduct 3/32 from the tires for warranty they should not say you have 11/32 of tread but 8/32 of useable tread.

As far has it being under inflated or driving habits, nope not either. The tires have never been run low nor does my DD beat her car. As for tire coatings, absolutely they will dry out the sidewalls and we don't use them.

Discount tire said that this is a known issue with Michelin's and BF Goodrich (Michelin owns BFG) and why he tried to steer me into a Yoko or Toyo tire (both BTW are made in the States).

My main complaint is don't market your tire saying you have x-amount of tread but then deduct 3/32 from the overall tread depth. If you are going to use the wear bars for the ending point then deduct that from the overall depth and say you have 8/32 of useable tread life.

BTW the old tires had a tick over 34,000 miles, again the amount of the claim was not the issue. The way they came to it was.

TNuts so you Google'd me? When are you stopping by for a cup of coffee and doughnut?


Don

WOW !!! I had new Michelins put on my F250 several days ago . $1,040 out the door. I hope I have better luck with mine

There is a reason that I don't spend the money on Michelins any more, out of the four sets I have had two sets developed extensive sidewall cracking. Another set would not balance correctly, my current set will not hold air in two of the tires. It loses 20 psi over two weeks. No apparent issues with the tires they just leak. No punctures etc.

They are the most inconsistent brand of tires I have ever owned.

Coopers on the other hand have served me well for a long time. Firestone have also served me well.

Next set will be anything but Michelins.

How is Michelin at fault in any way? Their warranty covered nearly the exact % it should have. Sidewalls cracked in approx 3 years??? Tells you aging was not the cause but rather underinflated operaton caused extreme flexing and rubber fatigue and/or a lot of hard cornering or both. Even some of the tire shine coating products on the market causes tire rubber compound to prematurely harden which creates premature cracking. Research it!

Of course, the OP will deny "anything" was ever done to or happened with the tires and they just simply cracked for no reason at all. He was even the driver as it was his daughyer's car. He lives in the same geographical area of the country as I do and I've never had any of the more than 2 dozen Michelins on our vehicles developed any cracks in even 7+ years of daily use including our HD pickup trucks. The front tires on our 2004.5 Chevy D/A were put on in 2006 and are still on with over 90K on them with an average of 4-5/32 tread left as of last week and not a single crack is on the sidewalls. They will be replaced this summer due to tread wear. The same tire rears were replaced last late fall before our Florida trip as they were down nearly to the wear bars and had no sidewall cracks either.

I also do not see what the OP is trying to tell us!!!

Could it be Freddy Kruger slashing tires on L_gan?

Three years of use on the tires. At 15000 per year, thats 45000 miles. If they were a 50000 mile tire, she did pretty good. If they were a 90000 mile tire, not so good.

I'm not really sure what you are trying to tell us. All tires start with a certian tread depth, and can be used until a minimum is left (3/32, or until the top of Lincolns head shows if you use the penny test). Without knowing the mileage put on the tires, and the expected life of them, its hard to draw conclucions. As they gave you a 35% credit, I assume they wore out early, but that is not always the tires fault. Alignment, driveing style and many other factors can effect the life of a tire.

I once burned through a tire in 20000 miles by not noticing that I, or my wife had clipped a curb, and jacked up the alignment. Car still drove and braked in a straight line, but it ate up the inner tread. At 15000 mile rotation all appeared fine, at 20000, one was unserviceable.

A bald tire is a hazard on wet pavement

There is a min tread depth and once that is reached...mandated by law to be illegal for street use

Why there are molded in wear bars.

If 'ANY' portion of the wear bar is even with the the tread surface, it is illegal to use

You got about 63% of the wear out of the tire. They gave you 35% credit adjustment that equals 98% seems pretty fair to me. You may could have fought for a bit more but not much