NHTSA Complaint #10566148 — 2003 WINNEBAGO MINNIE

2003 WINNEBAGO MINNIE RV. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MULTIPLE MICHELIN TIRE FAILURES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE SIDEWALLS WERE SHOWING CRACKS. AL 4 TIRES, WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, 4 MONTHS LATER, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW OUT ON THE LEFT REAR INSIDE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 2 LOWER BASEMENT COMPARTMENTS, CABLES, ELECTRICAL HOOK-UPS, ETC. THE AFFECTED TIRE WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL. THE DAMAGED TIRE, WAS REPLACED WITH AN ALMOST NEW SPARE TIRE. APPROXIMATELY TEN HOURS LATER, A SECOND BLOW OUT OCCURRED. THE ROADSIDE SERVICE REPLACED THE INSIDE LEFT REAR TIRE, BUT ALSO THE OUTSIDE LEFT REAR TIRE, WHICH UNDETECTED AT THE TIME, HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY THE EARLIER BLOW OUT AND WAS LOSING AIR. CONTRIBUTING TO THE BLOW OUT OF THE INSIDE TIRE. THE TIRES WERE EVENTUALLY REPLACED WITH GOOD YEAR TIRES. MICHELIN CONCLUDED THE TIRES WERE FINE AND DECLINED THE CONSUMERS REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT. HOWEVER, A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE.