NHTSA Complaint #10360387 — 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA

MICHELIN X RADIAL TIRES (80,000 MILE TIRES) FROM SAM'S CLUB I HAD 4 MICHELIN X RADIAL TIRES ALL PURCHASED FROM SAM'S CLUB ON MY TOYOTA SIENNA. ALL 4 TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. ON 9/10/10 MY SIENNA'S RIDE FELT BUMPY. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE SHOWED MY WHERE MY REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS SEPARATING DUE TO THE RADIAL BELT OF THE TIRE COMING LOSE. I TOOK MY SIENNA BACK TO SAM'S CLUB ON 9/10/10. SAM'S CLUB ALSO DIAGNOSED THE TIRE AS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED IT. ON 9/28/10 MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE LOST A RADIAL BELT WHILE I WAS ON I-75 TRAVELING AT 70 MPH. I BROUGHT THE TIRE BACK TO SAM'S CLUB ON 9/29/10 AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE TIRE AS DEFECTIVE. ON 10/1/2010 I TOOK MY SIENNA TO MY MECHANIC FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION AND ALIGNMENT (SINCE MY ALIGNMENT WAS THROWN OUT WHEN THE TIRE STRIPPED ON THE HIGHWAY.) MY MECHANIC INSPECTED MY FRONT TIRES AND FOUND MULTIPLE SIGNS OF DEFECTIVE RADIAL BELTS IN BOTH FRONT TIRES. MY MECHANIC MARKED THE PECULIAR WEAR ON BOTH TIRES WITH CHALK. I REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND. I TRIED TO RETURN THE TIRES TO SAM'S CLUB BECAUSE THEY WERE ONLY THREE YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON THEM. SAM'S CLUB REFUSED TO TAKE THEM BACK. *TR