Sailun tires

[cummins2014]

As many know as of late there have been some Sailun tire failures , what I have seen ,and read its been tread separation, and damage to some fifth wheels . So far it has been the Vietnam made Sailun S637's . Have not read any about the China made Sailun

Purpose of this thread is to report that Sailun has paid this one individual that I have been following his thread on the Montana Owners forum , titled " Sailun Tire Failure " The thread was started last July .He just replied on that thread he had been compensated for the tire ,and damages . Great news for Sailun owners that are having these failures , and damage. His tire was the ST 235/80/16 S637

Sailun has been a quality tire with a great reputation ,but lately these Vietnam made are having issues ,they appear to have been made in the last year to 18 months .

Anyone that cares to read the thread over there it's in the tire section . A lot of reading its 8 pages.

[Me_Again]

I ran a set of RIBs on 5200 axles for 6.5 years and sold them with 65% tread left for 200 bucks on CL and then ran R250 for 4.5 years until I sold that trailer.

[JIMNLIN]

ChuckSteed wrote:
YES - NINE YEARS of use wasn't the brightest thing with a set of RV tires.. 5 maybe depending on how they are cared for and weight load and speeds towed at..

But to run a set of RV tires nine years you were lucky you didn't have issue your really didn't want

The Michelin XPS Ribs is a commercial grade all steel ply carcass LT tire that Michelin recommends for commercial trailer service. The LT XPS Ribs work great on trailers with 6k and smaller axles and are much preferred over the usual poly carcass ST tire.

Michelin replacement policy says;
**it is recommended that any tires in service 10 years or more from the date of manufacture, including spare tires, be replaced with new tires as a simple precaution even if such tires appear serviceable and even if they have not reached the legal wear limit.

and from a Michelin XPS Ribs add says;

**Michelin® XPS Rib® tires are the best value per mile in the Michelin commercial tire lineup and an ideal choice for commercial trailers because of low rolling resistance (for better fuel economy), a long-wear tread design and retreadability. These tires also have the strength of a reinforced all-steel construction for lasting durability.
Responsive handling helps you negotiate through tough traffic
Greater durability and puncture
resistance from a third steel belt.
Easily retreadable all-steel casing
Lowest cost per mile in this category
Resists sidewall damage with the sculptured sidewall protector.
Sidewall: black serrated
outline lettering.
Load Range: E
Service Description: 120/116Q

[Michelle_S]

I was hoping to get 5 years out of my GY G114s, but one blew at 4 1/2 year, lucky it only took the Plastic Fender Skirt.
Now have 2 year old 17.5 .Sailuns and already lost a section of tread on one and it's made in China and before the recall date. So maybe the change was made in China before Vietnam.

[MNRon]

It's unfortunate manufacturers don't publish reliability and longevity data on their tires (for obvious reasons). As ChuckSteed said, running any RV tires 9 years isn't the brightest move anyone can make. Yet, I'm confident that there are some, OF ANY MAKE, that will make 9yrs or more. The issue is that percentages of surviving tires, again on ANY make, will go down with time.

Five years seems to be the consensus break-point where it's time to replace RV tires. Because we don't have data, I'll hypothesize that at 5yrs the survivability of good RV tires is somewhere between 98% and 99.8% depending on brand, and how you run them. At those numbers most of us will never have issues over our RVing lifetime. If you buy cheap china-pop's, overload them, and run them at 80mph that number is probably more like 5-10% but there probably are a few that might survive.

With good tires, and care, I fully expect that most can get well over 5yrs BUT the odds of catastrophic failures go up with time and most wisely don't try to squeeze the extra couple/few years out of their tires. If tire manufacturers would give us better statistical information we could all make better decisions, and maybe get a few more years out of tires but that isn't in the tire manufacturers best financial interest.

If you want to run your RV tires to 9yrs, good luck, but please don't drive next to, or in front of me, on the road...

[ChuckSteed]

YES - NINE YEARS of use wasn't the brightest thing with a set of RV tires.. 5 maybe depending on how they are cared for and weight load and speeds towed at..

But to run a set of RV tires nine years you were lucky you didn't have issue your really didn't want

[Splashers3]

Geez, my Cedar Creek Silverback got 9 years out of one set of Michelin XPS Ribs......enough said!

[Edd505]

momentum rv wrote:
Copied from another thread...

Sailun Tire Americas, Inc. (Sailun) is recalling certain Sailun, RoadX, Blacklion, Blackhawk, and Ironhead brand tires, sizes ST235/80R16 and ST235/85R16 with DOT codes 2020 through 4120. Due to a manufacturing issue, the tires may experience a belt separation. Belt separation could lead to loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash. Sailun will replace the tires, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed in December 2021. Owners may contact Sailun customer service at 1-844-281-9696.

Now you made me go look ....... St 235/85/16 about a year old.

Yep got 3 in that range, no answer at the number listed.

[momentum_rv]

Copied from another thread...

Sailun Tire Americas, Inc. (Sailun) is recalling certain Sailun, RoadX, Blacklion, Blackhawk, and Ironhead brand tires, sizes ST235/80R16 and ST235/85R16 with DOT codes 2020 through 4120. Due to a manufacturing issue, the tires may experience a belt separation. Belt separation could lead to loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash. Sailun will replace the tires, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed in December 2021. Owners may contact Sailun customer service at 1-844-281-9696.

[TxGearhead]

Sailun has announced a recall for the Vietnamese tires. Owners should be getting letters.
Details on the Keystone forum.

[Cummins12V98]

It’s nice to support your own Country when possible.

[walker111]

I am also on my second set of saliuns on my voltage TH. Got 6 years and about 35000 k on the last set. I did notice the Vietnam print on the sidewall. I hope they work out like the last set. I don't tow as much anymore as my boys are now 15 and 18 and do their own things more and more.

Of note, I found Bridgestone Blizzacks in the LT for winter tires for my truck and was amazed that they were made here in good ole CANADA!!!!

[buc1980]

RetiredRealtorRick wrote:
Doesn't Michelin make trailer tires?

The RIB are not trailer tire.I use to have them but they blow and at that time I replace the with Sailun(I said at that time)Goodyear 614 was a very bad tire back in 2005-2008.I don't want to buy the bad batch(Sailun) so I look somewhere else.

[Lantley]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
If the Sailun tires still look good I would not hesitate going 8 years.

My last set went 8 years. I'm on my 2nd set. 2nd set is 2 camping seasons old.
Interestingly I had a axle/bearing issue complete with wheel fire that overheated the hub and caused a blowout.
Luckily I had zero body damage to the 5'er. The Sailun popped but did not disintegrate.
I chained up the axle manage to limp the rig back home 30 miles or so on 3 tires.
I did replace both the blowout tire and the tire beside it that carried the additional weight as we limped back home.
I would not switch tires brands due to any percieved or real problems with a batch of Sailun tires.

[Cummins12V98]

Yes but from what I have read they don't seem to back them up.

[RetiredRealtorR]

Doesn't Michelin make trailer tires?