The last two sets of Michelin tires have shown/developed dry rot. I have read the discussions and the car is driven regularly and tire pressures are checked weekly. I am now wondering if my wife’s always parking the vehicle an a bed of leaves (rather then the concrete drivaway) might be the cause or…

I have experienced dry rot tire failure, but not from leaves though ( not a whole lot of leaves in the high desert southwest ) so I can’t really say if the decomposition of old leaves does anything more than UV exposure and time. My 1979 pickup has a GRAND TOTAL of 70,000 miles on it yet is on its …

Any idea what the age of the tires (from the code on the sidewall) was?

I’d want to know how old the tires are and what state you live in. Harsh sunlight can be pretty tough on rubber.

i have been in the automotive repair business for over 40 years. the past few years Michelin tires seem to develop “dry rot” more than any other brand that i have seen lately. Maybe they changed the composition. Is parking on the grass causing the problem? I do not think so. Some weather checkin…

I would not worry about the leaves. More likely other environmental conditions and/or tyre composition.

It’s the weather (mostly the sun), not the leaves.

All good questions and I certainly appreciate the responses. The Michelins (Synmetry) have been on the vehicle 2 years. I live in South Carolina so I understand the weather aspects but I have had other tires (Kelly Sproingfield on my truck) and 3 jeeps (kids you know) and have never had this problem…

Yes checking the MFG date on the tires is very good advice. Also…any time you spray any type of Tire shine on your tires you are asking for premature dry rot of the outer casing of the tires. Do you have your car detailed a lot? DO you use the tire shine products? If so…STOP…they all cause damag…

Tire dry rot is pretty common here in OK no matter the tire brand. The summer sun and heat which often exceeds 100 degrees, and hits 110 on a regular basis, can do them in pretty quickly. For what it’s worth, a project car I went and looked at a few years back (and did not buy) had 4 pretty decent …

Tire Dry Rot

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cbal2010 February 25, 2011, 1:31am 11

The car (actually all my vehicles) are washed regularly and waxed monthly but I have never used any tire dressing or other chemical. The tires were manufactured 11-2007 and were on the vehicle when I purchased it 3-2008. I am new to this forum but appreciate all the info.

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