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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003237854 | Incident Date: Sep, 23 2003 |
| Consumer's City: WILMINGTON | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: MICHELIN TIRE CORP. |
| Model Name: XRV | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4UZ6XLCA3XC | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 20 2003 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 30 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: All four tire sidewalls failed while driving about 55 mph. motor home sidewall had a zipper rip 18 inches on every tire. michelin ,xrv, size 255/80r22.5, dot number b6hak3x358. there were no injuries or fatalities to report. *ak after the first failure, michelin stated it was due to under inflation. from that point on inflation was checked before every trip. after the second failure, michelin stated it was due to overloading. after the third and fourth failure, michelin stated overload or under inflation. michelin changed their original xrv tires and they no longer have problems, however they stated there was no problem with the original. *ph *jb |
