Consumer Complaint Detail
MICHELIN / MICHELIN LT 225 75R 16 / 1987
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003239333 | Incident Date: Aug, 31 2003 |
| Consumer's City: NAPLES | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: MICHELIN TIRE CORP. |
| Model Name: MICHELIN LT 225 75R 16 | Model Year: 1987 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FDXE45S73H | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 12 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I have a jayco motorhome on a ford e450 chassis, original. tires michelin 225/75 with load factor e. max load of the tires is 9880lbs, my actual rear axle weight 9270 (static and motorhome empty with no water, fuel tank 1/3 full) according to michelin that is asking for tire failure ( had 2 already) because the dynamic loads (going down the street, bumps - uphill - downhill- sideloads) will be over the tire limit. that's the reason the law requires pass, cars and light trucks to have a 16% reserve capacity; mine is down to about 2%. with full fuel and water tank, little bit of staff loaded for vacation or putting anything on the trailer hitch (boat or even loaded bike rack) i am overweight for the existing tires and max rear axle weight i know that is not an issue ford has to deal but jayco.but i would very much appreciate your expertise about what to do (is that motorhome a risk to drive , maybe unsafe?) is there any means to increase the max rear axle weight on that e450 chassis? any way i could put on a different tire size (enough room on the rim / wheel-well;that would increase the max tire load about 1000lbs - but is that legal and doable, especially. with the dual tires. i am looking forward to your answer *la |