Michelin recalls 1.2 million tires

[jcanavera]

Just got the recall letter today. I replaced mine in July of 2012 and I remember they were manufactured about 6 weeks earlier. I have to go down to my storage location to verify, but my gut is telling me that these will probably in the recall.

Jack

[switz]

Just home from getting the five Michelins mounted on four Aluminum and one Galvanized steel SenDel wheels with Dill TPMS senders. Unfortunately, out trailer is still parked outside at the factory awaiting a few parts before it can be released from production.

[Al - K4GLU]

Has anyone talked directly to Airstream yet about getting replacement tires through them and if so what was their response.

[m.hony]

I have received the recall letter twice. I haven't checked to see if any of our tires are subject to the recall. I guess I should start checking now.

[m.hony]

Could 2 tires have the same DOT Production Period?
Am I looking at the right number?
I guess 2 tires could have the same DOT Production Period if they were manufactured on the same day?

[HeadWest]

I drove over to our storage place a couple of days ago to check on the Airstream and also look at the date codes. A 100 miles each way but made me feel better to see everything safe and sound.

Our trailer was built in April of '13 and had the 16" Michelin upgrade. Our tires were 4912 or 5012, so made about 4 months or so before the trailer was built.

A year newer tires would have been nice but I'm happy not to screw around with having them replaced.

[Zigidachs]

We are fortunate: we will have three of the four tires replaced under the recall. The other is out of pocket but worth the cost given they are almost four years old and near replacement ( based on age) anyway.

We only have about 20K miles on the tires.

New shoes on our baby on Monday! Do other manufacturers warranty their tires as Michelin?

[CapriRacer]

Originally Posted by m.hony

Could 2 tires have the same DOT Production Period?
Am I looking at the right number?
I guess 2 tires could have the same DOT Production Period if they were manufactured on the same day?

Since the production periods are weeks, every tire produced that week would have the same DOT number. That could be thousands of tires.

[boondockdad]

Finally got the recall notice in the snail mail, Friday.

[kry226]

Just made good on the recall with five brand new MS2s. Production date December of 2013. Great shop took care of me, no charge replacement including road force balancing. One happy camper.

[Zigidachs]

HI

Four "shoes" for our AS replaced this morning via warranty recall. Spare was out of recall time frame.

"The Catch"…Michelin only paid the store $20.00 / tire to complete all the paperwork, and mount the tires!!!!! I'll bet it didn't even cover their costs of keeping the store open. I was happy for the new tires, but frustrated for the dealer. Zigi

[kry226]

Doesn't make sense that they would cheap out on that. My shop had the paperwork and it stated free replacement without any other catches that I am aware. Got new high pressure valve stems, etc. I was dead set on road force balancing and was prepared to pay the difference, but they said it was all good.

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[Sylver Slypr]

LTX M/S LT 225 75R16 recall Safety Recall : MICHELIN LTX M/S | Michelin Tires Nothing new for this informed group. Happy trails

[crisen]

I don't know if anyone has tried to get tires replaced lately under this recall but I'll tell what I experienced with it. Due to being winter here and the EB stored I didn't start to deal with this until about 3 weeks ago. It turned out all 5 tires on our Eddie Bauer were affected by the recall. First there are only 4 Michelin dealers in town and the first 3 said they couldn't get tires and couldn't (wouldn't in my opinion) help.

The last option was the Ford dealer and these guys could not have been nicer. Only problem was after several calls they made to their normal wholesaler and then to Michelin, they found that indeed there were no Michelin tires available. Michelin told the Ford dealer they were not keeping up and then authorized any BFG or Uniroyal tire. Since we are leaving shortly for a long trip we went with BFG tires in the same spec, i.e. size, load range etc.

So if you need to get tires replaced under this recall you might want to plan ahead a little.

[Al - K4GLU]

Have not seen any mention of this yet but if you happen to be going to Jackson Center you can get the replacement done there. Just made appointment to have mine done in mid-May when I'll be in the area for the Dayton Hamvention.

[streaminlife]

Hi,

In case this has not yet been posted (I have not checked that it has), I thought I would pass it along. This is the safety recall link for the LTX M/S LT 225/75R16 load range E tires. You will see that the date range is: January 2010 - June 2012, and there is also a picture of the DOT information to look for on the sidewall of the tire.

Safety Recall : MICHELIN LTX M/S | Michelin Tires

Hope this helps.. apologies if this is a redundant post!

[Gene]

Originally Posted by crisen

Only problem was after several calls they made to their normal wholesaler and then to Michelin, they found that indeed there were no Michelin tires available. Michelin told the Ford dealer they were not keeping up and then authorized any BFG or Uniroyal tire. Since we are leaving shortly for a long trip we went with BFG tires in the same spec, i.e. size, load range etc.

Glad you could get tires and I'm not surprised Michelin is out of tires. Goodrich is Michelin's cheaper brand. They came on our Tundra years ago and didn't last and rode badly, though our new FJ Cruiser came with Goodrich also and we'll see how they last. Did Michelin say they would replace the Goodrich's with Michelin's when they were available.

Gene

[crisen]

Originally Posted by Gene

Glad you could get tires and I'm not surprised Michelin is out of tires. Goodrich is Michelin's cheaper brand. They came on our Tundra years ago and didn't last and rode badly, though our new FJ Cruiser came with Goodrich also and we'll see how they last. Did Michelin say they would replace the Goodrich's with Michelin's when they were available.

Gene

It is a one shot deal, the BFG are it. Goodrich has been around for donkey's years, as you say probably not the top brand available but since we're leaving next week on a 10000 mile trip, new BFG instead of Michelins with a known problem seemed like about the only smart decision.

[Gene]

Rick, I understand and because of our experience with Goodrich, we would have probably taken the Uniroyals. Michelin has owned Goodrich for quite a while now, and the ones we had in 2007 may be very inferior to the ones they make now. Hope so.

Enjoy your trip.

Gene

[Phoenix]

These might be a good alternative for those with 16-inch wheels:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....m=275R6COMMTAE