It depends on where on the tire the cracks are, and how severely the cracking. Consumer complaints include sudden blowouts of new tires, tire separation, sidewall and tread cracks, poor inflation, dry rotting, and early signs of wear. Here is a video of my 4 12 year old michelin motor home tires cracking dry. These tires were primarily on light trucks and suvs, such as the ford escape, toyota sienna, and dodge ram 2500. Michelin recalls 100,000 in north america tire safety group. Michelin mxm4 on my volvo, they were made in france.
This cracking can eventually cause the steel belts in the tread to separate from the rest. Tire cracking, also known as dryrot, happens when the tires rubber starts to break down due to ozone, uv, roadsalt, chemicals, and grime you can slow down sidewall cracking by using an offtheshelf cleaner once a week. Explore tires for cars, trucks, suvs, and more, then buy michelin tires online. Cracks in a tires rubber begin to develop over time, appearing on the surface and inside the tire as well. Firestone precision touring electing to do replacements at this time is because the firestones were manufactured in sept. On july 12, 20, michelin issued a voluntary recall of defective tires sold to consumers in the united states, canada, and mexico. Here is a video of my 4 12 year old michelin motor home tires cracking dry rotting on my 2015 newmar canyon star. Box truck has michelin tires on front, either goodrich or goodyear on rear. Tire dry rot is pretty common here in ok no matter the tire brand. Educating customers on the problem of dry rotting tires duration. Just wanted to share these dry rotted michellins and talk discuss a little about dry rot on tires.
The summer sun and heat which often exceeds 100 degrees, and hits 110 on a regular basis, can do them in pretty quickly. Buy car tires, truck tires and suv tires online michelin. Tire dry rot maintenancerepairs car talk community. You should cover the tires and keep them in a shaded area. This type of tire sidewall cracking is sometimes called ozone cracking or weathering. Cracked tires causes and what to do about tire cracking. For what its worth, a project car i went and looked at a few years back and did not buy had 4 pretty decent tires on it.
Just because theres a little tread left on your car tires doesnt mean its safe to keep driving on them. Jul 14, 2016 i used to be a fan of michelin tires, but their rubber these days is terrible. I used to be a fan of michelin tires, but their rubber these days is terrible. As a tire continues to degrade and dry out, dry rot can occur. This video is about prevention, preservation, and protection. A quick explanation of 4 essential ways to prevent fading and dry rot on tires, plastic, and vinyl. Noticed some cracks on your tires and wondering how serious of an issue it is. Only driven maybe 5,000 miles since then so all tire treads appear as new but front tires developing small cracks in sidewalls. They were very worn and noisy at 24k, i spoke with others on a volvo forum and thats fairly typical with the original michelin tires i am told. I replaced them with a set of kumho ecstca 4x, been very satisfied so far.
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