2008 MERCURY MILAN Tires Problems

P205/60R16

THE CONTINENTAL TIRE ON MY 2008 MERCURY MILAN HAS DEVELOPED UNUSUAL SIDEWALL CRACKING AND DETERIORATION. THE DEFECT CANNOT BE TRACED TO WEATHER, CHEMICAL, OR PHYSICAL DAMAGE. IT IS MOST LIKELY A RESULT OF IMPROPER CURING OR OTHER MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE OTHER TIRES ON THE SAME VEHICLE DO NOT EXHIBIT ANY UNUSUAL SIDEWALL CRACKING. THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH TIRE SENSORS AND ROUTINE PRESSURE CHECKING HAS NEVER REVEALED ANY UNDER-INFLATION. *TR

I OWN A 2008 MERCURY MILAN WHICH CAME FROM THE FACTORY WITH MICHELIN P225/50/R17 V93 M&S RADIAL TIRES ON IT. I DISCOVERED A BUBBLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE AND HAD TO THROW THE TIRE AWAY WITH ONLY 8700 MILES ON IT. I CONTACTED MICHELIN AND INQUIRED ABOUT THESE "50" SERIES SIDEWALL CONFIGURATION TIRES HAVING THIS PROBLEM AS TOLD TO ME BY MY TIRE DEALER. THEY AGREED WITH THEIR DEALER THAT THESE TIRES CAN'T TAKE POTHOLES AND WOULD BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL AND COULD BLOWOUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS!! THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO CONTROL WHERE THE CAR MANUFACTURERS SELL THEIR CARS WITH THESE TYPE OF TIRES INSTALLED ON THEM. THIS PROBLEM EXISTS ON ALL "50" SIDEWALL CONFIGURATION TIRES SOLD BY ALL TIRE MANUFACTURERS. I LIVE IN NEW JERSEY, THE POTHOLE CAPITOL OF THE USA! THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS, IF A BUBBLE APPEARS ON THE INNER SIDEWALL WHERE IT CAN'T...