Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 12/01/2002 | 1 | 01/01/2098 | |
| I was driving down i-94 going north in the center lane, suddenly it felt like i had a flat tire on the driver side front tire. i slowly turned into the right lane and suddenly my entire wheel rolled off my truck at about 55 mph down the highway towards the left lane and then bounced up between the concrete dividers and flew into on coming traffic hitting one car in the front end. i had driven the truck the night before about 50 miles and no problems, i drove the day of the accident about 10-15 miles before the wheel fell off the truck. all but 1 lug on the rotor were broke off and the one lug that was left was bent and the lug nut was gone. i had my tires rotated about 4-6 months prior to this accident and have heard from other friend that certain type rims are prone to the lugs becoming loose and the tire falling off. that's why i thought it would be a good idea to report this possible defect. many more innocent people could have been seriously injured. this was an oversized tire and probably weighed over 75 lbs. dt | |||
| WHEELS - CAP/COVER/HUB | |||
| 06/07/2002 | |||
| While turning a sharp curve at 30 mph left rear wheel hub disconnected from vehicle. dealer was not notified. feel free to provide any further information.*ak | |||
| WHEELS - LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | |||
| 06/16/2008 | 104254 | 1 | |
| 1998 dodge ram 1500 truck front left wheel separated from the vehicle then struck a ditch. *nj according to the police report, one of the five studs had broken off and three other appeared to have just lost lug nuts. (ohio traffic crash report # 10-0255-89)*jb letter updated 03/17/10*bf | |||
| 04/10/2001 | 1 | 01/01/2001 | |
| In april of 2001, the lugs: nuts of front/passenger side wheel sheared off and the wheel fell off. i was going 5 mph pulling into a gas station at the time, but 30 seconds before the incident i was going 55 mph on a highway.*ak | |||