Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 03/11/2012 | 103340 | ||
| I own a 2002 chevy silverado 2500 on which i have four michelin ltx m/s 245/75-16 tires. after 18 months and 10,000 miles the sidewalls began to crack. i have michelin tires on all four of my vehicles and have never had one crack even on 6 year old tires. i called michelin, but they say that is normal weathering. now they are cracking to the point that the tread could easily separate. my tire dealer is going to replace them, but michelin will not reimburse them as michelin denies there is a problem. i see from online blogs that sidewall cracks in this tire are appearing all over the country and michelin is stonewalling it. this is a life threatening situation which should be investigated. | |||
| 08/13/2011 | 45000 | ||
| I had a complete tread seperation at 55 mph on the right rear tire of my 2002 silverado k2500 on 8/13/2011. the tire is a firestone steeltex lt245/75r16 inflated at 70 psi with 45,000 miles on it. it failed with just a small vibration warning. the consequences could have been fatal. we recovered the tread in the ditch. it and the tire is available. i replaced all tires with goodyear. our insurance company will pay for the bodywork damage. firestone must be held accountable for this defective, dangerous manufacturing. | |||
| 03/29/2008 | 40600 | 1 | 05/18/2002 |
| My tire tread came completely off as i was going 70mph on florida turnpike yesterday, almost causing an accident, and ripped my whole plastic dust protector, (not sure of proper name) off. tires are firestone steelex at lt 245/75/r16 which had 40,000miles, but showed very little wear. aaa came and got me on the road again, but was really a frightening experience. any other complaints on these tires? these were the original tires on my chevy silverado which i bought new, and have maintained faithfully. *tr | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 04/11/2009 | 49000 | 1 | 11/01/2001 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. the vehicle has firestone steel tex a/t radial tires, size l245/75/r16 (na). while driving approximately 70 mph on normal road conditions, the contact heard a loud noise outside of the vehicle. the vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road and inspected. the driver noticed that the rear passenger side tire exhibited complete tread separation. the tire was changed and replaced with a spare tire. the manufacturer was notified of the malfunction. the dot number was excluded from nhtsa campaign id number 04t0003000. the failure and current mileages were 49,000. updated 6/22/09 *cn updated 06/25/09.*jb | |||