Michelin issues urgent recall of over
500,000 tires that don't have enough snow
traction or pass safety standards
Daily Mail & Associated Press,
by
Stephen M. Lepore
&
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
4/23/2023 11:59:29 PM
Michelin is recalling more than 542,000 light truck tires in the U.S. because they don't have enough traction to work in all snowy conditions.
The recall covers certain Agilis CrossClimate C-Metric tires that Michelin says don't meet U.S. safety standards.
The tire maker says in documents posted Thursday by safety regulators that tires, which were first sold in the United States and Canada in 2018, without sufficient traction can increase the risk of a crash.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jayjeti 4/24/2023 12:11:13 AM (No. 1454709)
Fear of lawsuits. When a company figures a recall is less expensive than potential lawsuits they do a recall.
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In the last year or so, the dependable and durable Michelin motorcycle tires have doubled in price, halved the durability, and are more prone to failures than any other tire out there. I lost a chunk of tread the size of a deck of cards off the rear tire of my bike in October last year. I managed to get the bike stopped without kissing the pavement on the Interstate. This was the first mishap of that sort I have ever experienced in over 50 years of riding and I will never use them again.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 4/24/2023 5:51:04 AM (No. 1454763)
Michelin has their tires manufactured in 23 countries. These ones were probably the ones manufactured in China. The Chinese are notorious for nodding their heads at your specs when signing the contract, then short-cutting and substituting cheaper materials on the finished product. What's the company gonna do? Round up bad batch, load them on a ship and send them back to China? Qualcomm experienced this when they signed with China to manufacture their cell phones. The cell phones failed quickly due to cheap components, and in a very competitive cell phone market, sales plummeted. They then signed with a Korean company, but the damage to their brand had been done.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
franq 4/24/2023 5:57:00 AM (No. 1454767)
Had a similar occurrence, #2, when I had my Road Star. It came with Metzler tires, made in Brazil. Lost a chunk on the rear, fortunately I saw it before heading out on a ride. Different manufacturers, I know, but quality problems are everywhere. Recently replaced the headlights on my car, and the terminals in the plugs for the high beams looked to be stamped from about .006" thick material. I cut the old ones off to save in case of failure. They looked a lot more robust.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
shredmaster 4/24/2023 6:28:20 AM (No. 1454777)
I was in the tire business for 17 years in my earlier work career. I was working in it during the transition to all season tires. They're primary design was to afford the convenience of not having to switch over to snow tires every winter. All season tires are designed to be mediocre in every type of driving condition. If they're so worried about traction then maybe they should go back to building dedicated snow tires.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/24/2023 8:29:34 AM (No. 1454860)
People in Florida adversely affected. If you don't exercise caution while driving on snow and ice, no tire is going to save your butt.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 4/24/2023 11:09:59 AM (No. 1454995)
I’ve never bought any Michelin tires. For the past forty years, they just haven’t been that good, and they’re always expensive. Sort of like French wine.... And #6 is correct- if you don’t know how to drive, no tire will save you.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 4/24/2023 11:53:11 AM (No. 1455038)
I have used Michelin tires exclusively since 1971, and have had superb performance from them, and on at least two occasions, in very bad, near accident situations been just BARELY able to retain control of the car and, in each, superior traction - one in the rain on the interstate, one on dry - and some driving skills learned on racetracks kept me from so much as scratching the paint.
I sure hope that they haven't done some "green" or "eco" crap and wrecked their tires. But, when a product suddenly doesn't work properly, I instantly know that the prime suspect is some EPA or ecocrazie rule or requirement.
Damn the EPA and the ecocrazies.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 4/24/2023 12:22:19 PM (No. 1455080)
Hmm. Two opinions...one from an expert who "never bought one" and one from a track trained driver who has owned countless sets over 52 years, and driven them literally multiple million miles. I had one Michelin tire develop a bubble, and it was replaced under warranty without hesitation. On my cars I routinely have gotten 80,000 miles on a set, but I am very careful about inflation pressures (I add about 3 psi to recommended pressures) and tire rotation.
You be the judge
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