After 12 years and 10's of thousands of miles a tire tech advised me that I should have my brakes and wheel bearings checked. Bottom line breaks were still good and the wheel bearings also. I do not...
A bud of mine lost a wheel going down the road from a failed wheel bearing. It was greased every year through the bearing buddies, but apparently they don't do a good job of greasing the inner bearing.
He lost the wheel and tire, luckily it didn't hit anyone, or at least no one reported it. He never found the wheel and tire.