NHTSA Complaint #10732485 — 2003 FORD F-250

I HAD LT265/75R16 BF GOODRICH TIRES ON MY TRUCK, WITH ONLY APPROX. 12,000 MILES ON THEM, THE TRUCK DOES NOT GET DRIVEN BUT ONCE A WEEK. TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK AND GET IT OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE. BUT MY TRUCK SUSTAINED $3800.00 IN DAMAGE. I FILED CLAIM WITH MICHELIN AND SENT THEM THE TIRE, THEY DENIED THE CLAIM THAT I MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING VERY HARD AND THAT CAUSED THE TIRE TO SPLIT ON THE INSIDE LINING WHICH THEN CAUSED THE BLOW OUT. I HAVE NEVER HIT ANYTHING AND I TRAVEL THE SAME TWO ROADS ALL THE TIME WITH BOTH MY VEHICLES SO I KNOW I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. SECONDLY THESE ARE "ROUGH TERRAIN" TIRES SO EVEN IF I DID HIT SOMETHING THEY SHOULD HAVE NOT SPLIT. MICHELIN IS VERY LUCKY THAT I HAD CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, THERE WERE CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF ME THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM IF I HAD HIT THEM. I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK WITH THE OTHER 3 EXISTING TIRES SO I HAD ALL FOUR REPLACED AT TIRES PLUS. MA 10/5