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Got two new front tyres on Tuesday then the wheel falls off today whilst traveling down the A1.. coincidence or garage at fault?

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Browndoor25 · 06/07/2025 18:09

So I got two new front tyres fitted on Tuesday then on Saturday I noticed a weird noise, like the wind getting under the car and flapping plastic or something, I asked my husband to look and he said some of the plastic is slightly loose but that it’s not anything to worry about. I was going to get in booked in on Monday anyway. I was driving to work today and it was getting worse which I thought was odd then suddenly there’s a bang and the front passenger wheel is off.

Thankfully nobody has been hurt which is the main thing! I’m not car savvy at all but never had any issues with the wheels before in the whole time I’ve had the car. Could it be the garage not fixing the wheel properly when they changed the tyres?

Got two new front tyres on Tuesday then the wheel falls off today whilst traveling down the A1.. coincidence or garage at fault?
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rwalker · 07/07/2025 18:32

GPTec1 · 07/07/2025 17:57

Most wheels are 5 bolt, are you saying that all 5 can come lose?

Like i said, never been asked for this to be done or seen in on an invoice & one of partners friend runs a trye fitting business.

We had a fleet of 350 cars.. was never in the driver handbook either.

They -some- advise it to be done, to remove themselves of the responsibility of an incorrectly fitted wheel.

In anycase, if tthe wheel needs re checking after 50mles, why keep checking daily? your reasons can happen at any time....

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It’s to do with the initial settling rather than continuous wear
as for 5 bolts if one works loose then the vibration and oscillation would eventually work to others loose

the problem is it’s unlikely but certainly not impossible for it to happen

msbevvy · 07/07/2025 18:56

We had the wheel come off on the M1 shortly after getting new tyres. The axle was damaged as well. The RAC said that the bolts had been tightened too much.

We were very lucky not to have been hurt in the incident or in the 5 hours waiting next to the motorway for the RAC to come to us.

Calamitousness · 07/07/2025 18:59

This happened to me years ago and it was actually my dad’s fault. He’s been fixing brakes and put the wheel on without tightening the nuts. Meant to go back and do it. It happened the day after he’d been doing the brakes.

CappyHamper · 07/07/2025 19:09

Could It possibly be the case that the people saying they’ve never been told to … just haven’t read the full invoice? It’s generally written in small print along the bottom - which obviously doesn’t help situations such as this!

I’m not saying all places do it but I’d be really really surprised is the 30/40/50 year drivers have NEVER had one that said it and have NEVER gone to a garage that had a sign up. More likely they just didn’t notice it.

Givenupshopping · 07/07/2025 19:43

That's BRILLIANT news OP! I'm SO pleased for you! As you say, Facebook can be a pain in the arse at times, but on this occasion it's done you a massive favour!

Bet you'll always check your wheel nuts in future, I know I will, after your experience!😂

Shade17 · 08/07/2025 19:45

PeapodMcgee · 07/07/2025 14:15

Done up by hand isn't a factor unless DIY, realistically.

Do you want me to post a photo of a recent tyre invoice from HiQ?

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All wheel nuts should be torqued by hand, unless you mean literally tightened up by the fingers?

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