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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004300995 | Incident Date: Sep, 08 2004 |
| Consumer's City: NEWPORT COAST | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: MICHELIN TIRE CORP. |
| Model Name: MXV4 | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires:sidewall |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 27 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 20 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Dear sir/madam, when my wife drove the car on local road under 50 mph, one rear tire exploded suddenly. (the road was clean). the car we have is honda accord 2003. the tire has 60% usage under warranty. we went to a local authorized michelin tire dealer to get it checked and replaced. the dealer checked the tired and found the side wall of the rear tire blew up. the dealer think it is a defective tire. we are scared of the michelin tire and got replaced with four new goodyear tires. we and the dealer called michelin later and they told us even though it was a defect tire, we could not get any credit/discount back on the replacement since it was another brand. but who would pick the same brand after it just blew up. we are very disappointed with the quality of the michelin tire as well as their response. luckily the tire exploded on local road. if it were on freeway, it could be very dangerous. so we are writing to fail a complaint to you.*ak |
