I just got in after changing out my freshly blown tire for my spare. Thankfully that was still fully inflated.
The bad tire (A Michelin Energy MXV4, one of their XSE offerings) which I purchased new in October 2008 from Ed Voyles Honda, blew a nice 2 inch gash in the sidewall while I was driving home from work today along Highway 9 near Old Milton. Nothing special on the road, not even potholes around there.
Before you ask, I did check the manufactured date a few weeks ago and saw that it was 2807 (28th week of 2007) so one should think that dry rot is not a factor.
I suppose I should be happy, back in March of 2004 I put 4 new Michelin Harmony tires on my car. That lasted only until that November before one of my front tire sidewalls blew (while I was traveling at highway speeds next to a tractor trailer). So this tire lasted me a good 100% longer than that crappy one did. I managed to put a whole 19,000 miles on my current tires.
No more Michelins for me. I might understand this if I bought the cheapest and crappiest tires I could find, but I buy middle range tires from established outlets. This time I think I’ll just head to Sam’s club and buy whatever’s cheapest and have them slap them on. I don’t think I can do any worse than what I’ve been doing.
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Posted under Opinions, Retail Experiences
This post was written by Marc
on February 11, 2010 at 8:33 pm
I wholeheartedly agree! Bought a new Honda minivan with Pax run flat tires and had to change the out after only 26000 miles at a whopping cost of $1266 dollars. There is a class action suit on this and I filed in July 2009 for a rebate. Eight months and still no rebate. I will never buy Michelins again. They are a complr ripoff!
Ditto! Got 23,000 miles out of ours. Bald and with cracks throughout the sidewalls. Driven by my soccer mom wife with a 5 mile commute and average speed of 30mph.
Overpriced garbage! The only reason Acura puts them on is because these ultra soft, delicate tires provide a nice, quite, comfortable ride. Well, no wonder!
Same Here! Damned tires were 2WEEKS OLD!
The tire developed a leak on the inside side wall just at the edge of the tread so it couldn’t be repaired and there is no road hazard guarantee unless you buy them at Costco. I wasn’t even told that you could buy a road hazard guarantee! So now I’m stuck with a $200 tire swing!
Michelin and Tire world SUCKS!
Well, my tires did not even have 10,000 miles on them. I bought them last year with my leftover income tax. It was alot of money for these tires and one of them developed a knot in the side of the tire. I was scared to death that it was going to blow with me and my children in the car so I took it to the tire shop where I was told that I would have to get another tire, but they would send it in to Michelon for my money. After a couple months, I asked the tire shop owner about my tire money because I really needed the money and come to find out, MICHELON REFUSED TO PAY FOR IT. So I called the main company and got a man who stated that I never even had a ticket with them and that my tire dealer was a liar. I know very well that my dealer was NOT a liar because these are good christian people. Well, the next day, Michelon called me and told me that I should have bought the road hazard insurance and they would have covered the tire. Why was I never even informed they had a road hazard insurance because I probably would have spent more money on that, but MICHELON tires will NEVER get another dime from this girl or any of my family!
I also want to add that I was supposed to have a 60,000 mile warantee on these dumb tires!
@Shelly Sharp -