Loose Wheels!!!
In October 2012, we were southbound on I-5 in the vicinity of Bakersfield, CA, when the left rear dually wheels on our Silverado simultaneously flew off the truck and overtook us. The hub hit the p...
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This is problem with heavy duty wheels (all wheels, actually, but more so with HD).
When a wheel is removed and replaced, it may not seat well at first, so even if fasteners are properly torqued some of them can, probably will, loosen within the first few hundred miles. This is a warning in the owner's manual for the chassis, you may even find the warning in the owner's manual for your passenger car.
My tire dealer makes sure to warn me to recheck lug nut torque, on the motorhome at least, or bring it back in after 50-300 miles for him to check. So does the guy at the alignment shop.
But dealers tend to fall down on this one. I've never had the service consultant (salesperson) at a car dealer tell me to recheck the wheel fasteners after xxx miles, although they almost always want to pull wheels off every time the car comes in, to get the 30 minute labor charge for a tire rotation.
When a wheel is removed and replaced, it may not seat well at first, so even if fasteners are properly torqued some of them can, probably will, loosen within the first few hundred miles. This is a warning in the owner's manual for the chassis, you may even find the warning in the owner's manual for your passenger car.
My tire dealer makes sure to warn me to recheck lug nut torque, on the motorhome at least, or bring it back in after 50-300 miles for him to check. So does the guy at the alignment shop.
But dealers tend to fall down on this one. I've never had the service consultant (salesperson) at a car dealer tell me to recheck the wheel fasteners after xxx miles, although they almost always want to pull wheels off every time the car comes in, to get the 30 minute labor charge for a tire rotation.
