Tires?? Should I be concerned?
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Bossman
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How old are the tires? Would be good to know the DOT date of manufacture.
Reading Tire Information From Your Sidewall | Michelin Tires Canada
That kind of cracking on the sidewall should be of some concern. Looks somewhat similar to what happened to my Michelin Cross Terrains - they still had plenty of tread life left, but the sidewall deterioration made them a liability.
https://www.kaltire.com/is-tire-cracking-a-normal-part-of-age-related-wear/
Definitely worth having a reputable tire shop look them over.
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calvinv8sr5
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They'll be fine, as long as they don't go over half deep they'll be ok
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JLRSR5
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3 were manufactured the 30th week of 2011 and the last was manufactured the 3rd week of 2012.
Thanks also for the information!
Just curious what kind of tire pressure do you run? I've seen some debate over LT VRS passenger rating and if LT need to me run at a higher (above 50 psi?) pressure to avoid sidewall breakdown. I've no idea if that theory holds water or not. But when I was running basically the same tire on my commercial fleet I never saw anything like that. I ran them up around 55-60 lbs on both my medium duty trucks and light duty Chevy or GMC vans. Had no problems in over 20 years running them in hard use.
Looks like you are still good. I've had my tires for 9 years, had those kind of cracks on the side. It was a Michelin too. used it for around 90000 miles. There was still some thread in it but I noticed the tire becoming slippery, seems like the rubber is hardening up and during that time, I need to do a really long drive and the last thing on my mind is tire trouble so I replaced it all with the cheapest I could find, that was 3 years ago.
if you don't have any plans for a long drive, I mean for more than 12 hours, you are still good in my opinion.
if you don't have any plans for a long drive, I mean for more than 12 hours, you are still good in my opinion.
Brokeazzlos
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All michelin tires crack like that. They are good
BlackWorksInc
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Yeah, I don't know what it is about Michelins but they dry rot FAST, I've had brand new cars that barely have a year on them before you start seeing the dry rot cracks on the sidewalls.
JLRSR5
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I run them around 32-35 psi, it's a p-metric tire with max psi of 44 psi I believe.
Opps, I misunderstood thought that LTX meant truck. It was anaware Michelin made a p rated tire for trucks. Does it say on them where the were made? I've been becoming a fan of Generals these days, Made in North America. A UPS driver once commented that they smell different than most tires he's delivered: like "real" rubber.
JLRSR5
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Says they were made in Dothan, Alabama.
Safety Recalls for Michelin LTX M/S light truck tires | Michelin US
If you can get that link to work there appears to be a recall on tires very close to what you are running. If not go to Michelin main site it's easy to link to. I think it was recalls to : commercial/Lt tires and it was right there.
Good luck, I'm going out to a close look at my MS2's which are from about the same time period. Thought I keep pretty close track of tore condition and I think there fine.
If you can get that link to work there appears to be a recall on tires very close to what you are running. If not go to Michelin main site it's easy to link to. I think it was recalls to : commercial/Lt tires and it was right there.
Good luck, I'm going out to a close look at my MS2's which are from about the same time period. Thought I keep pretty close track of tore condition and I think there fine.
