general problems of the 2007 Nissan Quest

I own a Nissan Quest with the michelin pax run-flat tire system. The pax run-flat tire system is a defective product. I purchased the car in November 2007. By 13 months, at 18,000 miles, 2 of the tires had worn to the point where the dealer said they needed to be replaced. At 20,600 miles we had all 4 tires replaced. In 32nds of an inch, sears measured the tread at : left front - 1,0,0, right front - 2,2,1, right rear - 3,3,4, left rear was similar to right rear but had already been replaced due to a nail in it. Michelin had to courier a complete tire and wheel assembly to my home on the nailed tire because there is no tire dealer within 20 miles of us in downtown chicago that can work on the pax tires other than perhaps a Honda dealer who told us they would not work on a Nissan. Our Nissan dealer is not equipped to work on this tire. Our situation is not unique. A web search turns up many people who have written about premature wear and blowouts with the pax tire system. There are 2 class-action lawsuits related to the pax system, one against Honda and michelin and one against Nissan and michelin. With the wheels on our new car we can only have pax tires so either we need to spend thousands of dollars to replace the wheels, potentially voiding our warranty, or continue to replace our tires every 20,000 miles, assuming we can get them. It took a week to have replacement tires shipped to chicago. I can only imagine that the problem will get worse the longer we own the car. Michelin has end of life the product and only manufactures new pax tires for those already on the road. This declaration was made by michelin a mere 4 months after we purchased our car new. The michelin pax tire system needs to be recalled for Honda odyssey and Nissan Quest vehicles for premature wear, danger of blowouts and lack of people that can service them. Nissan and Honda need to be forced to replace the pax wheels with wheels that can accept normal tires.

The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Quest. The vehicle has michelin pax (na) tires. The contact stated that the run flat tire flattened. Run flat means that the tire can be driven flat for 125 miles; however, the contact drove 300 miles. He called the Nissan manufacturer and was informed to take the vehicle to poca, wv to a michelin repair shop. The shop has had the vehicle for more than 35 days and he does not know when it can be retrieved. The shop does not have the tires and the liner that are needed to repair the tire. The tire size and dot number were unknown; however, he provided the following numbers: 225-700r48oa, mxv4. The failure mileage was 29,400. Updated 3/5/09 the tire was loosing 3-4 pounds of a air a week. The dealer plugged the tire, however the consumer learned that the particular tire he has could not be plugged. It had to be removed from the rim and repaired from the inside, rebalanced and remounted. Updated 03/10/09.

Premature tire wear on Nissan quest 2007 van equipped with michelin pax run flat tires at 18,500 miles.

Vehicle will bottom out because of poor design utilizing the michelin pax tire causing scraping of the exhaust system. Increasing the level of the exhaust system burns a hole in the exhsust pipe that then has to be replaced which again causes a bottoming out and scraping of the exhaust system. .