Tire Sidewall Problems of Buick Century

Multiple cracking on sidewalls of 4 michelin harmony tires being used 3000 miles a year. Tires bought in 2007 and have 99% of tread still present on tire. Feel michelin used insufficient uv/ozone inhibitor chemicals in rubber compound manufacturing these tires. Tires may be unsafe and not due to car owner's fault. Feel michelin should replace these at their expense, not my mother's expense. Tires should last much longer than 7-8 years at 3000 miles a year when 80,000 is advertised for these tires.

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The contact owns a 1999 Buick Century equipped with goodyear douglas (na) tires, size: 215/70r15/98t xtrac2 (na). After inspecting the tires, the contact discovered that the rear passenger side tire sidewall was uneven. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the technician stated that the tire needed to be replaced. The tire was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate vehicle and tire failure mileage was 71,803.

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While driving at 40 mph rear driver's side tire blew out.

Tires purchased 7/25/03 wal-mart, kernersville, nc mts p205/70r15 douglas xtra-trac. Sidewall of tire discengrated from tread. Was told by highway patrolman, had the tire been on the front, I would have had an accident.

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I noticed the sidwall seperating from the tread on the inside of my tire while I was washing my car and took it to a tire dealer who replaced my tire. The tire(s) only have 8858 miles on them and not sure how long it was like that. The seperation was about 4 inches long . My other 3 tires have crackes arounds the tread and side wall as did the tire that had the seperation, but because the side wall had yet to seperate the tire dealer would not replace the other three. Nlm.

While driving 30-35 mph in a 1999 Buick Century, the right rear tire had a flat because of a nail, also noticed a deep split on sidewall. Original equipment, tire size 205/70r15, and dot# a3mod81099. General dealer was contacted. The inside seam failure ran up both sides of the sidewall. The other tires were inspected and were found to have the same sidewall failure. All tires were replaced and carried the same dot number as stated above.

There has not been an actual failure to this point. However, the tires have indulations on the sidewalls which are visible to the naked eye and dramatic to the touch. (tiresize: p205/70r15)( dot number: tire size: p205/70r15 ).

The tires were removed due to cracking in the sidewalls. The tires were dry rotted. Tires are general ameri g4s.