Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES - PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | |||||
| 205 | 02/16/2005 | 10015296 | Tpms (tire pressure monitoring system) warning and/or diagnostic trouble code (dtc) 11, 13, 15, or 17. *tt | 07/13/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 06/30/2006 | 5000 | 2 | 02/17/2006 |
| (this is the abbv. version of original 4091 character complete description.) 06/30/2006, fort smith arkansas. vehicle: 2006 honda ridgeline. complaint re: oem tires: michelin tires (p245 65 r17 105s ltx m/s radial x)while negotiating a curve on garrison ave. before 13th street, in the inner lane (4 lane road), traveling appx. 25-30 mph, was crowded into the curb by a car in left hand lane. there was not a hard impact, as the truck was roughly parallel to the curb. i felt the right side of the truck start to climb up on the curb. immediately flattened both tires on the right side. maintained control, & pulled off in parking lot. both tires had u-shaped flaps ripped in the sidewall. omitted exact description of the rips to reduce character count, but it's available on request. it was night, but i looked at the curb & road for any sharp objects that would explain the damage to the sidewalls & found nothing. next day, i examined the curb & vicinity closely. i took photos of the tires, the curb, & vicinity. there was nothing that would have obviously caused the damage. i believe the tires blew out due to low speed contact with the curb. i believe the tire sidewalls are insufficient in design & construct for use on this truck, & that the tire sidewalls collapsed significantly when they came in contact with the curb, despite the fact that they did not sustain a direct impact. (all 4 tires fully inflated: truck was only 4 months old & the tires had < 5000 miles on them). i believe the collapse of the sidewall caused it to be pinched by the rim, & due to substandard sidewall construct, it was followed but a sudden & catastrophic rip (blow out) up the sidewall. i still have the two tires. these tires were manufactured for oem placement on a 4 wheel drive truck, but failed to withstand a minor brush with a curb on a city street. i believe these tires are inferior in design, defective in construct, & sub-standard for the application. *tr | |||