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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006117166 | Incident Date: Jun, 29 2006 |
| Consumer's City: ROLAND | Consumer's State: OK |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: MICHELIN TIRE CORP. |
| Model Name: RADIAL X | 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#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 27 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 16 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: (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 |
