Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 11/16/2010 | 100476 | ||
| 2002 nissan xterra, over the last year, wheel lug nuts have broken off the wheels, the actual stud broke off for no apparent reason, this has happen on all 4 wheels, each time i had a mechanic replace the bad parts. note these were not cross threaded,. and were alos tighten with a torque wrench. the stud just broke off. today was the most recent when i from a broken one in the driveway. | |||
| 08/19/2003 | 1 | ||
| When driving at various speeds and without warning consumer could hear a loud grinding noise coming from the right rear wheel. dealer had been notified. *ak | |||
| WHEELS - LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | |||
| 09/08/2002 | 70540 | 1 | |
| The right rear wheel separated from the axle. the nuts and bolts had loosened and fallen off. *jb while driving down an off road path, the vehicle suddenly stopped. the emergency brake had engaged. the consumer noticed the tire shifted outside of the tire well about 2 inches. as the consumer examined under the vehicle, he noticed that of the 4 bolts holding the wheel to the axle only one remained and didn't have a nut holding it. (all four nuts had loosened to the point of falling off) at a slow speed on a gravel surface it had broken the brake line, parking brake, and various parts of the brake drum. *scc *jb | |||