After a few years of use, changing the tires is one of the things that must be done. For consumers, tires, which involve safety, are big brands to buy. But are big brand tires good?
Since February, many consumers have complained that Michelin is prone to aging, cracking, and wear-resistant, and other big-name tires have received similar complaints.
The owner of a brand posted that the car he bought traveled less than 40,000 kilometers, and the Michelin tires equipped with it were peeling. According to its introduction, the two front wheels of the vehicle are in the same position of cracking and peeling. The lack of grip can be clearly felt when driving on high-speed roads.
Another owner of the same model also reported that three Michelin tires on his car had cracked. "There are two tires with shoulder cracks in a full circle, and cracks on the inside and outside of the tires can be inserted into business cards." The owner of the car reported that when he called Michelin Tire to seek a solution, he was told that the tire needed to be tested. During the test, the staff said that "tire cracking is a Michelin disease". Michelin officials have reported that "the tires are normally aging, and there is still 58% lifespan."
On the website of the third-party complaint platform, the reporter also noticed many similar complaints, many complaints and feedback that Michelin's tires had problems at 40,000 kilometers, and even many tires with a driving mileage of less than 40,000 kilometers. The problems mainly focus on the tire surface is not wear-resistant, and the tire wall is easy to bulge.
In addition to the problems with Michelin tires, the reporter saw on the website of the third-party complaint platform that only since February 2022, it can be seen that there are more complaints about brand tires such as Yokohama, Hankook, and Kumho. The main reasons for complaints are tire bulging, peeling, cracking and other issues.
Last month, the third-party complaint website Chequy.com also released the "2021 Domestic Tire Complaint Analysis Report". In 2021, The car quality network accepted a total of 1723 real-name customer lawsuits on tire issues, involving a total of 27 tire brands. Among them, "tire cracking" is the fault problem with the highest number of complaints.
How should consumers choose the wearing parts on such a car?
With the development of China's automotive industry chain, the production of tires, wipers, front and rear bars and other automotive consumables has been very mature, and the prices of large brands are no longer high.
In the selection of tires, there is no need to completely stick to only the choice of brands, and large brands such as Michelin have quality problems. It is recommended to choose according to the overall evaluation of a tire. Each brand has tires in different performance directions such as comfort, silent, sporty, durability, etc., and should be selected according to their own car needs.
At the same time, tire replacement should not be obsessed with the original tire, many low-end models in order to save costs, the original tires are the entry model of the low-end brand used. There is no advantage in various dimensions such as silence, wear resistance, and grip, and the comprehensive performance is relatively poor. When changing tires, you can choose a higher model of tires.
In cars, tires are very worth investing in wearing parts. The car's cornering, acceleration, comfort, silence and other aspects of the indicators affecting the performance of the vehicle are related to the tire, a set of tires with better comprehensive performance than the price of low-end tires will not be much higher.
It is recommended that you can compare prices on multiple mainstream e-commerce platforms, and you can enter your own model and choose the corresponding matching tire model. You can not be obsessed with the brand, but you must choose a formal and guaranteed channel to buy tires.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Hu Xiong