This Problem Across All Years
NOTE: GRANADA TIRE BRAND(A LES SCHWAB BEND OREGON TIRE BRAND) WAS NOT IN THE DROP DOWN TO SELECT. LEFT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT DUE TO DELAMINATION WITH LESS THAN 2500 MILLE'S ON A NEW SET OF TIRES. DRIVING A 2011 F350 WEST BOUND 6 AUG 2017 ON CANADIAN HWY 16, EXCELLENT ROAD AND WEATHER, STRAIGHT SECTION WHILE TOWING 40 FT FIFTH WHEEL. HAD JUST CHECKED FOR CORRECT INFLATION. BLOW OUT OCCURRED ON A STRAIGHT CLEAR LEVEL SECTION WHILE DURING THE SPEED LIMIT IN CRUISE CONTROLL. COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL IN OTHER SITUATIONS. BOUGHT FOUR NEW COOPER TIRES TO REPLACE THE GRANADAS. FOUND THE RIGHT REAR WAS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DELAMINATION AND COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT SOON. SEVERE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL ARE AND EXTERIOR TRUCK BED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AFTER SPARE WAS INSTALLED. TIRE BRAND GRANADA TIRE LINE TOURING L/T TIRE SIZE, P275/70R18 COMPONENT* LIGHT TRUCK TIRE BLOW OUT DOT NUMBER 5KWS RT 2711
NOTE: GRANADA TIRE BRAND(A LES SCHWAB BEND OREGON TIRE BRAND) WAS NOT IN THE DROP DOWN TO SELECT. LEFT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT DUE TO DELAMINATION WITH LESS THAN 2500 MILLE'S ON A NEW SET OF TIRES. DRIVING A 2011 F350 WEST BOUND 6 AUG 2017 ON CANADIAN HWY 16, EXCELLENT ROAD AND WEATHER, STRAIGHT SECTION WHILE TOWING 40 FT FIFTH WHEEL. HAD JUST CHECKED FOR CORRECT INFLATION. BLOW OUT OCCURRED ON A STRAIGHT CLEAR LEVEL SECTION WHILE DURING THE SPEED LIMIT IN CRUISE CONTROLL. COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL IN OTHER SITUATIONS. BOUGHT FOUR NEW COOPER TIRES TO REPLACE THE GRANADAS. FOUND THE RIGHT REAR WAS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DELAMINATION AND COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT SOON. SEVERE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL ARE AND EXTERIOR TRUCK BED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AFTER SPARE WAS INSTALLED. TIRE BRAND GRANADA TIRE LINE TOURING L/T TIRE SIZE, P275/70R18 COMPONENT* LIGHT TRUCK TIRE BLOW OUT DOT NUMBER 5KWS RT 2711
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. NOTED VIBRATION AS WHEN TIRES ARE NOT BALANCED. EXITED INTERSTATE AT FIRST EXIT AND CHECKED ALL TIRES. TIRE PRESSURES GOOD AND EQUAL. NO KNOTS OR DAMAGE NOTED AND ALL TIRES SAME TEMPERATURE. THOUGHT A BALANCE WEIGHT HAD COME OFF AND TIRES NEEDED TO BE REBALANCED. BEGAN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WITH NO CHANGE IN VIBRATION. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PULLED BACK INTO MY LANE AND THEN PULLED OVER TO RIGHT SHOULDER. RIGHT FRONT TIRE DESTROYED. CALLED AAA AND HIGHWAY PATROL. DESCRIBED INCIDENT TO TROOPER AND HE LOOKED AT THE TIRE AND SAID THE BELTS SEPARATED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO VEHICLE - BENT RIGHT FRONT BUMPER FORWARD, BLEW A 7 FOOT FACTORY RUNNING BOARD OFF OF THE VEHICLE AND DESTROYED THE RIGHT FRONT QUARTER PANEL. RIGHT FRONT TIRE CHANGED AND STAYED OVERNIGHT AT MOTEL. OBTAINED NEW TIRE REPLACEMENT NEXT MORNING. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK TO PULL A TRAILER BUT HAVE NOT BOUGHT A TRAILER YET. LUCKILY I WAS NOT PULLING A TRAILER AND THERE WAS NOT A VEHICLE NEXT TO ME IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO VEHICLES NEARBY OR THEY MAY HAVE HAD SOME MAJOR DEBRIS FLYING THEIR WAY. THE TIRE IS A CAPITOL H/T TIRE NOT CAPITOL PRECISION TRAC II (BUT FORM WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO ADD THIS TIRE TO COMPLAINT)
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. NOTED VIBRATION AS WHEN TIRES ARE NOT BALANCED. EXITED INTERSTATE AT FIRST EXIT AND CHECKED ALL TIRES. TIRE PRESSURES GOOD AND EQUAL. NO KNOTS OR DAMAGE NOTED AND ALL TIRES SAME TEMPERATURE. THOUGHT A BALANCE WEIGHT HAD COME OFF AND TIRES NEEDED TO BE REBALANCED. BEGAN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WITH NO CHANGE IN VIBRATION. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PULLED BACK INTO MY LANE AND THEN PULLED OVER TO RIGHT SHOULDER. RIGHT FRONT TIRE DESTROYED. CALLED AAA AND HIGHWAY PATROL. DESCRIBED INCIDENT TO TROOPER AND HE LOOKED AT THE TIRE AND SAID THE BELTS SEPARATED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO VEHICLE - BENT RIGHT FRONT BUMPER FORWARD, BLEW A 7 FOOT FACTORY RUNNING BOARD OFF OF THE VEHICLE AND DESTROYED THE RIGHT FRONT QUARTER PANEL. RIGHT FRONT TIRE CHANGED AND STAYED OVERNIGHT AT MOTEL. OBTAINED NEW TIRE REPLACEMENT NEXT MORNING. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK TO PULL A TRAILER BUT HAVE NOT BOUGHT A TRAILER YET. LUCKILY I WAS NOT PULLING A TRAILER AND THERE WAS NOT A VEHICLE NEXT TO ME IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO VEHICLES NEARBY OR THEY MAY HAVE HAD SOME MAJOR DEBRIS FLYING THEIR WAY. THE TIRE IS A CAPITOL H/T TIRE NOT CAPITOL PRECISION TRAC II (BUT FORM WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO ADD THIS TIRE TO COMPLAINT)
CATASTROPHIC TREAD SEPARATION (TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE) OF LEFT REAR TIRE ON PICKUP. NEARLY LOST CONTROL, BUT MAINTAINED CONTROL AND GOT TO SIDE OF ROAD. ESTIMATED $8,500 DAMAGES TO TRUCK. NO INJURIES AND NO OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED. NO ROAD HAZARD HIT. TIRES ROTATED AS REQUIRED. IN FOR DEALER SERVICE THAT MORNING AND CORRECT INFLATION VERIFIED.
CATASTROPHIC TREAD SEPARATION (TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE) OF LEFT REAR TIRE ON PICKUP. NEARLY LOST CONTROL, BUT MAINTAINED CONTROL AND GOT TO SIDE OF ROAD. ESTIMATED $8,500 DAMAGES TO TRUCK. NO INJURIES AND NO OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED. NO ROAD HAZARD HIT. TIRES ROTATED AS REQUIRED. IN FOR DEALER SERVICE THAT MORNING AND CORRECT INFLATION VERIFIED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN M+S ALL SEASON TIRES, SIZE LT 275/65 R20, DOT B70T003X2211. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE INSIDE SECTION OF THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT 3 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE CONTACT STOP THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE OUTER SECTION OF TREAD ON THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD TOO SEPARATED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE AT SLOW SPEEDS FOR A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN M+S ALL SEASON TIRES, SIZE LT 275/65 R20, DOT B70T003X2211. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE INSIDE SECTION OF THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT 3 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE CONTACT STOP THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE OUTER SECTION OF TREAD ON THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD TOO SEPARATED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE AT SLOW SPEEDS FOR A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.
I HAVE A 2011 FORD F350 THAT CAME WITH MICHELIN LTX A/T2 - LT275/65R 20 TIRES. IT HAS JUST OVER 28,000 MILES, HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED BY A FORD DEALER, WITH EACH SERVICE REPORT INDICATING NO PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO TIRE ISSUES. TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY I EXPERIENCED A SHAKING IN THE FRONT END LIKE A WHEEL HAD THROWN A WEIGHT. PULLING OFF THE ROAD I DISCOVERED A TREAD SEPARATION BUBBLE APPROXIMATELY 12-13" LONG ON THE OUTER PORTION OF A FRONT TIRE. AFTER CHANGING TO THE SPARE WE CONTINUED THAT DAY'S DRIVING. THE NEXT DRIVE IN THE TRUCK WAS TOWING OUR 5TH WHEEL HOME AND I AGAIN EXPERIENCED THE SAME SHAKING. I PULLED OVER AGAIN AND FOUND THE OTHER FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED IN THE SAME MANNER AND SIZE BUBBLE. THE TWO SEPARATIONS OCCURRED WITHIN 300 MILES OF EACH OTHER. IT WAS ONLY MY RECOGNITION OF THE VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT ALERTED ME TO PULL OVER TO INSPECT THE TIRES BEFORE THEY BLEW OUT CATASTROPHICALLY. A CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH, BUT WHILE TOWING IS AN IMMINENTLY GREATER HAZARD. I FOUND THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PURCHASE TWO NEW TIRES TO GET HOME. ONCE THERE I WENT TO MY FORD DEALER AND TOLD THEM I WANTED THE OTHER TWO TIRES OFF THE TRUCK BEFORE THEY FAILED. THEY HAVE CONTACTED MICHELIN ON MY BEHALF AND AS YET I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM, ALTHOUGH IT'S ONLY BEEN A WEEK. I HOPE MICHELIN STEPS UP AND REPLACES ALL FOUR TIRES. THE ONLY OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT MAY BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS THAT ALTHOUGH THE TIRES ARE WARRANTED FOR 60,000K MILES, THEY WERE WORN TO (7/32-5/32-10/32) ON THE BUBBLE, 180 DEGREES (7/32-5/32-9/32) ON ONE TIRE AND (8/32-7/32-10/32) AND 180 DEGREES ACROSS (10/32-7/32-10/32) ON THE OTHER. I FILED THIS REPORT BECAUSE I SEE THAT MICHELIN HAS HAD A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THEIR LTX M/S2 TIRE AND HAS OR IS CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY RECALL. THIS TIRE IS SO SIMILAR TO THE A/T THAT I HAVE TO WONDER IF IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TREAD PATTERN ON THE SAME TIRE CARCASS. *JS
I HAVE A 2011 FORD F350 THAT CAME WITH MICHELIN LTX A/T2 - LT275/65R 20 TIRES. IT HAS JUST OVER 28,000 MILES, HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED BY A FORD DEALER, WITH EACH SERVICE REPORT INDICATING NO PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO TIRE ISSUES. TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY I EXPERIENCED A SHAKING IN THE FRONT END LIKE A WHEEL HAD THROWN A WEIGHT. PULLING OFF THE ROAD I DISCOVERED A TREAD SEPARATION BUBBLE APPROXIMATELY 12-13" LONG ON THE OUTER PORTION OF A FRONT TIRE. AFTER CHANGING TO THE SPARE WE CONTINUED THAT DAY'S DRIVING. THE NEXT DRIVE IN THE TRUCK WAS TOWING OUR 5TH WHEEL HOME AND I AGAIN EXPERIENCED THE SAME SHAKING. I PULLED OVER AGAIN AND FOUND THE OTHER FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED IN THE SAME MANNER AND SIZE BUBBLE. THE TWO SEPARATIONS OCCURRED WITHIN 300 MILES OF EACH OTHER. IT WAS ONLY MY RECOGNITION OF THE VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT ALERTED ME TO PULL OVER TO INSPECT THE TIRES BEFORE THEY BLEW OUT CATASTROPHICALLY. A CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH, BUT WHILE TOWING IS AN IMMINENTLY GREATER HAZARD. I FOUND THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PURCHASE TWO NEW TIRES TO GET HOME. ONCE THERE I WENT TO MY FORD DEALER AND TOLD THEM I WANTED THE OTHER TWO TIRES OFF THE TRUCK BEFORE THEY FAILED. THEY HAVE CONTACTED MICHELIN ON MY BEHALF AND AS YET I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM, ALTHOUGH IT'S ONLY BEEN A WEEK. I HOPE MICHELIN STEPS UP AND REPLACES ALL FOUR TIRES. THE ONLY OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT MAY BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS THAT ALTHOUGH THE TIRES ARE WARRANTED FOR 60,000K MILES, THEY WERE WORN TO (7/32-5/32-10/32) ON THE BUBBLE, 180 DEGREES (7/32-5/32-9/32) ON ONE TIRE AND (8/32-7/32-10/32) AND 180 DEGREES ACROSS (10/32-7/32-10/32) ON THE OTHER. I FILED THIS REPORT BECAUSE I SEE THAT MICHELIN HAS HAD A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THEIR LTX M/S2 TIRE AND HAS OR IS CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY RECALL. THIS TIRE IS SO SIMILAR TO THE A/T THAT I HAVE TO WONDER IF IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TREAD PATTERN ON THE SAME TIRE CARCASS. *JS
CHUNKS OF THE TREAD ARE COMING OFF OF THE TIRE. THIS DEFECT WAS NOTICED WHILE HAVING MY TRUCK SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO VISIT A TIRE STORE THAT SOLD MICHELIN TIRES TO GET THEM RELPACED. WHEN I WENT TO THE TIRE STORE AND THEY CONTACTED MICHELIN. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GIVE ME A 30% DISCOUNT ON NEW TIRES. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I PURCHASED MY TRUCK NEW AND HAVE APPROX 23K MILES ON THESE TIRES. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THESE TIRES. I AM AFFRAID THAT THIS MY CAUSE A BLOW OUT OR A AUTO ACCIDENT AND DONT WANT TO SEE ANYONE INJURED BECAUSE MICHELIN DOSNT WANT TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *TR
CHUNKS OF THE TREAD ARE COMING OFF OF THE TIRE. THIS DEFECT WAS NOTICED WHILE HAVING MY TRUCK SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO VISIT A TIRE STORE THAT SOLD MICHELIN TIRES TO GET THEM RELPACED. WHEN I WENT TO THE TIRE STORE AND THEY CONTACTED MICHELIN. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GIVE ME A 30% DISCOUNT ON NEW TIRES. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I PURCHASED MY TRUCK NEW AND HAVE APPROX 23K MILES ON THESE TIRES. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THESE TIRES. I AM AFFRAID THAT THIS MY CAUSE A BLOW OUT OR A AUTO ACCIDENT AND DONT WANT TO SEE ANYONE INJURED BECAUSE MICHELIN DOSNT WANT TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *TR