Michelin Failures???

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I can't BELIEVE you guys are missing the obvious! Look at the user name! Scratch Michelin off and I'll bet ACME is underneath! As long as you have that name you will have catastrophic failure!
Wile E. Coyote!
Man, you are asking for it!

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1997 Cummins Dodge 4x4 Bombed & Amsoiled
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My 2000 came with Michelins. They have nearly 23000(rotate regularly & check air pressure) and you can not tell it. Just wish they made something like BF Goodrich AT. I guess there 265/16 is a start. Maybe when Dodge comes out with the crewcab they will have more choices.

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Originally posted by Markcuda:
I'm not to far away am i?

Well, yeah. The shipping quotes I was getting were pegging 300 to 400 bucks w/ a trusted carrier. I'm sure a trucking company could ship them for 75 bucks or so, but a grand worth of wheels and tires is too risky for my blood.

Still seriously thinking about it though.

And speaking of valve stem failures, I had one at 22k. One morning the right front tire was dead flat on the rim. Hooked up the compressor, aired it up and no obvious leaks, until I started to put the stem cap back on. Almost looked like someone purposely cut the stem, but would hold air unless you touched it. (The truck is garaged, so I know it wasn't cut).

Had all the stems replaced that day including the spare. Yes I have the steel wheels.

Is this a problem? Didn't find anything on a TSB search. Maybe a warranty issue? Sure seems like a safety issue!

Maybe it's time to move forward with that wheel purchase #ad



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I have 26k on a 98 4x4. Just replaced my Michelins because they were down to the wear bar. Went wtih 305 70 16 WHAT A DIFFERENCE. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE A TRUCK. My buddy told me that he thinks new factory tires are made not to last that long and I agree. Maybe all this Firestone crap will hopefully do something to shake up all these tire makers and you can get 40k out of a new set. I thought American made stood for something???

 

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Steve, the reason I said that was, not long ago I saw a post where somebody said he/she got over 100,000 miles on their original Michelins !!!???
I was using this as a "measuring stick".
I drive it a bit on the hard side #ad
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, but expected more because of that post.
My last new car (an 1987 Buick Grand National) went 50K miles on the original tires (Goodyear... . CRAP) I couldnt drive this car in the rain from day one!! #ad
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I also got 75K out of the brakes, and had about 40% left when I did them!!!
Guess I should be satisfied with the wear I got out of these Michelins, after all, they're just about shot, and it's still pretty good in the rain.

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98 Quad cab 4X4 2500 12 valve,5 speed,3. 54 rears, 8' bed. Boost and egt gauges but basicly stock except for a "properly adjusted" AFC. Uniden HR 2510, Texas Star 1200 amp. 55,000 Mi as of 8/21/00.
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ol ron, I picked up my truck used a couple months back. The dealer had replaced one of the original tires. They left the invoice in the truck. Their cost $53. 00.

TR

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99, 2500 QC, Laramie SLT, 5 spd, 3:54 LSD, Sprayed Liner, Nerf Bars, K&N Stock, PacBrake, EGT (Pre & Post Turbo) & Boost Gauge, PE, 275 injectors. Jardine 4" Exhaust.

 

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Tires for dealers are probably bought at bulk discounts, with no quality checks.
The more manufactures quality check their product the more it cost.

 

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RedNut, American-made DOES stand for something: poorly built! My BMW is flawless. My MB is flawless. My VW (Passat, built in Germany) is flawless. And my old 95 Ram, assembled in Mexico, is pretty darn nice. The crap that comes out of Warren and St. Louis is what gives Dodge a bad name!

 

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Sorry to be so late with replies, I have been out of town.

The valve stem in my alloy wheel was fine, no problem.

The other really interesting item was that the side of the tire where all the chaos occurred was on the OWL side, where the white rubber meets the tread/belt line. The other side of this tire looked perfect. Hard to reconcile the absolute destruction of one side with the almost perfect condition of the other.

Go figure.

Harry

 

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I once had a brand new tire (like 30 miles on it) come apart and fly off the rim (not on my Dodge) Defetcive from the factory. How many miles on your tires when it happened?

 

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Since my truck and trailer are both new, I've been keeping an eye on tire pressure. Three of the four tires on my 01 2500 Cummins (265 Michelins) are losing 4-5 lbs. per week. Can't see any cut stems and soap and water around rims showed nothing. The only time I've seen this before is with bad rims.

I'm checking pressures anyway, but that seems like an awful lot each week.

 

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Ray J-

Something must be wrong. Mine never lose air (except the one that had a nail in it). You could have gotten a nail or screw in all three if you drove through a construction site etc. Also, check to make sure that the valve stems are tight.

Dave.

 

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BCFAST;

Its awfully easy to over generalize from personal experience.
A few years ago, I bought into the idea of foreign cars being superior, so I bought a Mercedes --- I had many problems. transmission turned belly up at under 50K, the engine was shot and needed rebuild before 90K and MANY small problems, such as the heater controls broke about every fall. I could aford to buy the car, but I could not aford to maintain; not to mention the charges by a MB dealer.

SSOOOO, Volvo has a greate rep I heard, so bought a new Volvo----Same tune. It lived at the dealer, and they just let me drive it once in a while so something else could break. Five (yep 5) camshafts in the first year. Diff. self distructed at about 30K, then the transmission turned to a bucket of loose bolts, then the engine needed rebuild and on and on and on.

So, came back to US and ran two T-birds a total of 200k and had to replace one power steering hose and one heater switch.

I have been licenced and driving since 1950, and have had four vehicles that did not give greate service---three of them were "fine" foreign jobs. All the really good ones were U. S. products.
Ooopps--forgot, there was also a wheel bearing on one of the T-birds that got noisy so was replaced.

Vaughn

[This message has been edited by merryman (edited 10-05-2000). ]