New Michelin LTX M/S recall 225/75R-16

[elfhearse]

This will probably include a few Class C RV's, its for light commercial tires.

Recall LINK

[purduepete2]

Hey Ponderosa,

How far off the ground are you when you click your heals?
Congrats on finally beating the big guys at there own game!

I'm looking forward to a new set of Michelons on my rig also.
This will be my third set on My 2007 BT Cruiser.
I'm waiting for the snow to melt and to get some with 2014 on them.
Ain't this a country?

Pete

P.S. - I see you have not been to Indiana. Check out Indiana Dunes State Park on the Southeastern shore of Lake Michigan. Nice park with a train next door that goes into Chicago.

[Ponderosa]

Just got back from Discount Tire with 7 new tires for FREE! Not so much as a nickel in cost. The recalled ones had some serious side wall checking and I was looking at replacement sometime in the near future. This is $1500 I won't have to worry about, not to mention new shoes on the rig complete with new tire warranty. They replaced them with MS/2. I can't tell any difference in handling.

[pnichols]

Sagecoachdriver wrote:
I hope these M/S2 are quieter than the old ones.

We've had Michelin M&S2 tires all around on our Class C for two and a half years. They don't make a sound on the highway.

Were your previous tires the older Michelin M&S type? My original Michelin M&S set of tires didn't make a sound, either.

However, I do use a full 80lbs. of pressure in the rear and 65 lbs. in the front. Maybe inflation pressure has something to do with tire noise?

[nomad_289]

Thanks! for the heads up elfhearse.
3 of 4 visible tires on recall.

Leaning toward replacing with XPS:
Michelin XPS

based on F1bNorm's handling experience:

F1bNorm wrote:
MS/2 has softer sidewalls for a better ride and to try XPS

Further info on best replacement or experience with MS/2, XPS, etc. would be much appreciated.

[Harvey51]

Looks like I have 7 of them. Have the B3JH AKEX code and date 0812 on one of them anyway. I cannot go to the recall link posted here; I get a glimpse of the page and then I'm redirected to Michelyn's international site where I must choose a country ande then start looking for recall notices which I have not been able to find.

Our MH is snowed in for the winter with no insurance. I guess I call the tire store and ask if spring would be okay for the recall. How does it work - are they replacing all of them or doing some kind of check to see if they are defective?

[SFVdave]

F1bNorm- they said the sidewalls are softer. Your 24'Class B isn't that much heavier than my 22' class C. I better get it out on the road and check it out. I heard the XPS were a great hiway tire but poor in rain and snow, that's why i didn't opt for them when I got a new set back in January 2012. I hope these M/S2 are quiter than the old ones. My wife had to talk loud to be heard over the road noise and engine.

[F1bNorm]

Sagecoachdriver wrote:

F1bNorm wrote:
A heads up.
Last summer we replaced the orig. LTX M/S with M/S2. (The orig. were aged out and cracking).

It transformed our really nice handling 24' B+ into a squirming mess. Had the rig weighed, adjusted tire inflations, nothing was helping.

Dealer, America's Tire, was very good about exchanging the tires for Mich XPS. (We had to pay the diff in price)

Bottom line- if you get the MS2's (or any tire) give it a good run before putting it in storage.

Norm

F1bNorm stated nothing helped with the squirming. Did you get an alignment and how many miles on your shocks? Could it be radial wandering from the grooves cut into the pavement? I would call Michelin and ask them about it.

The old tires were fine except for age and sidewall cracking. It was literally an overnight change from good handling to very poor. Shocks (Bilsteins) and alignment were less than a year and I know how groove chasing feels and this wasn't it. I was also told that there was a brief break-in period on new tires, I understand that so I put 400 miles on them just to be sure. No change. Call one to Michelin referred me to another dealer to check verify pressure. Did so, no improvement.

Call two to Michelin and the rep's explanation was the MS/2 has softer sidewalls for a better ride and to try XPS. The XPS's cured the problem.

As first stated was this was a heads up so one doesn't get the tires changed, put their MH in storage for 3 months, and then find out they had a problem. Didn't say MS/2's were bad and don't buy them.

BTW, I'm not new at this and it isn't the first time I have had to have tires exchanged. Sorry if my first explanation and intent wasn't clear.

Norm

[MNtundraRet]

fighterpilota wrote:
Need some help. My tires seem to be those that need replacing. One anomaly. They read Michelin LTX M/S LT 225/75R16 115/112R but next they read LTX not LRE. The dot sequence that follows is recallable, B3JH AKEX and production is 1310 which also falls in the recall. From a previous post assume the LRE is load range E and since they are LTX tires and everything else matches assume they fall under the recall. They are load range E.

Your tires are the correct ones for recall. My tires read like yours but do show Load range E. Although mine were not the DOT sequence being recalled.

Call their 1-800 number.

[BruceMc]

BruceMc wrote:
I stopped by Costco this afternoon, ...They'll be contacting me when they have further information.

Costco called today... they have 6 new M/S2s on order, they'll be delivered in about a week's time. They already had the Dot Sequence numbers/mfg date in their records, so there's nothing more I needed do other than let them know about the recall.

[fighterpilota]

My error. They are LTXs. Thanks for questioning that. The dealers referenced in the Michelin link for this area aren't very knowledgeable. In fact the General Motors dealer referenced won't do them. Instead they are referring people to others. I notified Michelin of that fact and suggested they take them off the reference list for this area and save us all some time.

[j-d]

FP-A, Is that "MTX" as you typed it or did you mean "LTX"? I ask because
1. When I gOOgle "Michelin MTX" it asked "Do You Mean MICHELIN LTX?"
2. Only LTX is the subject of this recall.

"LTX" is a model series designation like "Michelin LTX" = "Chevrolet Impala"

The "LRE" means Load Range "E" which is what we have to have on the E450 chassis. Load Range "D" will work on E350 but most replacement these days are "E". "LRE" could appear on brands in addition to Michelin.

Hope it helps.

[SFVdave]

F1bNorm wrote:
A heads up.
Last summer we replaced the orig. LTX M/S with M/S2. (The orig. were aged out and cracking).

It transformed our really nice handling 24' B+ into a squirming mess. Had the rig weighed, adjusted tire inflations, nothing was helping.

Dealer, America's Tire, was very good about exchanging the tires for Mich XPS. (We had to pay the diff in price)

Bottom line- if you get the MS2's (or any tire) give it a good run before putting it in storage.

Norm

F1bNorm stated nothing helped with the squirming. Did you get an alignment and how many miles on your shocks? Could it be radial wandering from the grooves cut into the pavement? I would call Michelin and ask them about it.

[fighterpilota]

Need some help. My tires seem to be those that need replacing. One anomaly. They read Michelin LTX M/S LT 225/75R16 115/112R but next they read LTX not LRE. The dot sequence that follows is recallable, B3JH AKEX and production is 1310 which also falls in the recall. From a previous post assume the LRE is load range E and since they are LTX tires and everything else matches assume they fall under the recall. They are load range E.

[elfhearse]

@chinrv

For me, I would definitely go with the newer LTX MS2, they get rave reviews at Tirerack.com. Big improvement over the original LTX.

[dan-nickie]

I have had two M/S replaced with M/S2 so far.
I don't have any issues with them.
They are rated to last more miles also.

Yes, the older M/S were discontinued in June 2012.

Given a choice, I would take the M/S2.