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08-05-2013, 09:00 AM
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Lug missing...how big of a safety issue?
Long story short...well sort of.
Bought new tires (4) For the life of me I could find the "key" for the locking lug nuts so the shop said they could get them off - no worries. They installed the new tires and I left. I didn't even think to check how they dealt with the lock issue. Anyway, I get home and realize that I had one lug missing on each wheel. I come to find out to get the lugs off they damaged the locking lugs beyond repair. I would have assumed that they would have replaced them - at least with a standard lug. Nope. They didn't tell me this either. I went back to the shop and they acted like it was no big deal. The guy even said "it's not really that big of a deal, you could drive 100MPH like this and it wouldn't matter". Only after I asked did they offer to order new lugs for me. A few days later they arrived and I went over to the shop to pick them up. They handed me a bag and walked away. Really? You aren't going to even install these for me?!? I just spent $1500 on tires. Nice... I find it hard to believe that missing a lug is "safe" especially on each wheel. But what do I know...  I do know I will be finding a new place to buy tires in the future. 
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08-21-2013, 05:36 PM
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I swapped out my summers to winters and I install the lugs with a torque wrench. My wrench went afoul on the last wheel I thought I had them fully torqued. I come find out that one of my tires lugs were really loose and I ended up loosing 2 of the 5 lugs and the third and fourth were loose but the 5th was tight. I felt a weird vibrations and was lucky enough to catch it. I took the car to the dealer and had them inspect the wheel and they could not find any damage (My SA is a good friend and I was with them when they looked at it. They said it all looked good to them. With you only missing one lug, it is not the best but I am pretty sure you did not cause any damage.
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11-11-2013, 10:47 AM
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Driving with missing/improperly torqued lugs can result in warped brake rotors.
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