what LOOSE Lugnuts sound like when you’re driving, and how to PREVENT the problem

[@maggieaustin8887]

Thank you so much for this video. The shop I went to only tightened one of the five lug nuts on one of my wheels. If it wasn’t for your video, who knows what would have happened on the drive back to the mechanic to investigate the sound. You are a life saver, literally!

[@roberthouston3809]

How long did it take for you to notice thd problem . How long was it from the time the shop didn't tighten them?

[@671Blazed]

So glad you posted, I had the exact sound, went and checked it and that was exactly it. You saved my life and my worries bro, thank u

[@swavekbu4959]

Modern cars have all these safety features, yet they cannot guarantee a wheel won't come off while driving 70 mph. There should be a safety feature on your dash that immediately notifies you if any lug nuts have been breached, and there should be a lock on lug nuts so it's impossible they come off.

[@todtalk3912]

Makes u wonder why there also isn't even a little rubber plug type system for each lug nut to protect the bolt and the nut n keep stuff out of there, simple in theory.

[@mrcoconut9205]

If your lugs are torqued to spec this is not an issue but when you got DIY "techs" working on your car a significant amount of them completely ignore torque specs including your tires, all manufacturers have a wheel torque procedure which usually consists of torquing the wheel lugs to spec driving the car around in the lot a little bit and then coming back and checking the torque specs again as at least one has backed up a bit. As for technology there is no conceivable way to accomplish a sensor for lug torque or it would've been done already the technology for torque sensing components is bulky that's how they function they are subject to high torque figures so getting a sensor in there that's slim and can withstand the torque is just not conceivable on top of that TPMS are already a pain in the ass to mess with now imagine having 16+ additional sensors for each lug nut that would need to get programmed... There is a reason this kind of technology doesn't exist why fix something that isn't broken right just follow the procedure for lugs

[@doom3380]

Just buy a torque wrench and retorque once a month or as many times as you'd like. Problem averted

[@user-gk7zv8qz8i]

@@todtalk3912even a spring would help

[@ggmeansgooggame7183]

Because that would do nothing if the lug nut comes loose the bolt will snap easily the bolt are only made to take the weight if it’s bolted properly. If it’s not bolted properly it will eventually snap. And it would be very hard to make a sensor on the bolt it self. Logical speaking your the safety feature check your vehicle now and then and you won’t have that problem

[@Ghost88890REAL]

I had the same sound, and I was driving 75 MPH on the freeway for 60 miles on a round trip thinking it was my tire pressure. Thanks for posting the sound, I figured the lug nuts were loose because I shook the tire with my foot and felt little loose versus the other tires.

[@TipaBeha]

Wish I knew this before my wheel went flying down the road

[@leangreen3112]

😂

[@TipaBeha]

Lean Green true story bro

[@leangreen3112]

Ninja Ripper Damn, anyone get hurt?

[@TipaBeha]

Lean Green thankfully no I turned into an empty street right as the wheel popped off that thing went rolling at least a 1/4 mile

[@leangreen3112]

Ninja Ripper a Thats good!

[@edbrandt8972]

This is a great PSA!!! I have made this mistake several times. Recently I thought I had a CV joint going bad. Then I remembered that I forgot to torque my lug nuts to specs and once I did that my clunk was gone.

[@tiffanymysticstorm1471]

Seriously you just saved our lives!! We are missing three lugnuts!!!! We just had our tires replaced and.. Ya omg the horrible clunking sound

[@HunterPanoch]

Yup... that's it... didn't know what this noise was and found out 3 days later I was missing 2 and one was pretty much unscrewed 😬🙃 happy it didn't come off while driving

[@skibiddijizzler69]

Saved a lot of concern and potentially a life. Cheers.

[@roshi98]

I recently purchased a used 2006 Highlander and most of the lugs on both front tires consistently started to walk themselves off despite being correctly torqued to 74ftlbs. I ordered new lugs and used blue threadlocker to keep the old ones on until I replaced them. A lot of shops just use the impact to install lugs instead of a torque wrench, so, over time, the threads can get stretched preventing them from properly mating with the threads on the studs. If you know your lugs have been torqued to spec and they're still coming loose, order new ones for EVERY tire immediately. This is a point of failure you really don't want to mess with.

[@jackychoi870]

Thank you so much! Literally saved me from doing so much more work!

[@barlogdark]

I had same problem yesterday few hours after tires change. I realised they didnt make sure the nuts are tight enought

[@rubenproost2552]

I heard more of a rrrrrrrrrrrr sound that disappeared when I tightened the wheel bolts. Now months later I heard a similar sound and the garage said that it's a bad wheel bearing. Now I just remembered those bolts.

[@jonw1235]

Lucky my tires didn’t go flying down the road. I just did a break repair so I assumed it was an install error-but no, I just didn’t tighten lug nuts tight enough due to negligence. One lug nut was even missing.

[@chrisli3858]

This video saved my ass, LF side making strange noise like something is rubbing tire, vibration reflected in the car and steering is slightly vibrating. Checked front cracked mud flap wind deflector not in the way of running tire. Drove another 35km, getting worse, pull over to the side. All 5 nuts went loose and one almost fell off. That could be 15k+ damage if tire flew off

[@chrisli3858]

Still 360km to go from Edmonton to Fort McMurray

[@KyleFigner-oq8xi]

Best video ever thank you for lifting a weight off my shoulders

[@huemid3974]

Thanks a bunch, youve just saved my car and possibly my life, watched this video, went out to check my lug nuts and i could take them off by hand! thanks boss

[@QadashJew]

Same I literally check mine and I’m like wait huh they was super loose

[@calebshawgo1238]

I broke 3 studs yesterday after changing a wheel bearing. I think I just forgot to tighten the lug nuts

[@ErikHansenDrums]

This video literally just saved me a trip to the shop... thanks!!

[@Dement6]

That shit happen to me xd im even searching up how does it sound like to make sure 🤞😂

[@philipmartin708]

At least with loose lug nuts you get some advance warning they're loose before your wheel comes off. When the studs finally snap (from your wheel being put on with an impact wrench, thus WAY over torqued) your wheel comes off without any warning.

[@tristaaaaan3473]

I had the same problem until yesterday. I was in a Skiing area with my car and had a bit fun in the snow, if you know what I mean. After that I had the ticking noices you've complained about and I was very pissed the whole day. A few days after I talked to my mechanic and he drove with me and afterwards he lifted the car on a lifting platform. He looked underneath and didn't find the problem, he just saw that one drive shaft sleeve had a very small leak. So we both agreed on that I continue driving until it gets louder so we can have a look on it again and hopefully see something. After I drove about 250 miles with about 120mph over the German Autobahn, the noise got about 3 times louder. When I was home I had some time to look under the car the day after. So I took my car jack and the tools to loosen the wheel. When I wanted to use the torque wrench, the wheel bolts loosen itself from the weight of torque wrench. That is when I knew I've forgotten to tight the one wheel after changing to winter tyres. That was really scary considering I drove with that setup a day ago that fast.

[@MadMaxMFP-dc6kw]

Just happened to me, lost two lug nuts and three were backed out half way. Initially felt a shimmy, progressed to a wobble then on to a soft thump over about 50 miles on the highway. My tires had been rotated about 1000 miles previously at a Toyota dealership during below zero weather. The wobbling tire screwed up my brake calipers and wore the pads down to nothing cost me new lug nuts, bolts,calipers, pads...$1200. Never again will I go back to that dealership in Iowa.

[@ItzzShazey]

Shoulda just went to autozone and got all that for probably 400. And doing it yourself is easy too.

[@codyramey6115]

🤔 How much was labor!? $6-700!? The 4 items you listed, shouldn't have cost THAT much.... Obviously when you go to the dealership, you are purchasing OEM parts, but I couldn't fathom paying over a grand for something such as brakes and the necessary hardware needed for them to function properly/safely. Shazey is correct. You could've done it yourself and saved at least half of what you spent. Unless you are still within warranty of course, but even then.. just be sure to buy OEM specific parts. In such case, you'll spend a little bit more, but I highly doubt you'd close in on $1200

[@jimbob9631]

My buddy had his wheel come off after getting his tires rotated at a Toyota dealership in SC. Ironically, his 4Runner went into the ditch right in front of the dealership.

[@missingremote4388]

@@jimbob9631 dang 🚕

[@rubenproost2552]

No weirds sounds that made you stop and call the dealer?

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

I had this sound happening for the past week or two and was waiting for my family member to have time to take a look at it. When my husband took it to go look, he saw that one stud had broken off and other lugnuts were loose. I can’t imagine if the wheel had come off while I had my 3 tiny kids in the car with me.

[@VincentScales]

I just had that happen this week (Jul 12th) and I tighten then with my four way, I didn't have a torque wrench! I went to Goodyear to have it done right!

[@zacharyrodriguez8795]

If you drive with ur windows open you can definitely hear more to see if u got more problems, for me whenever that happened for me, I was hearing a duck sound like Donald the Duck

[@missingremote4388]

I've been driving for 40 years and just did this to my own car. -forgetting to tighten one rear tire / Ford Fusion 146,000 miles Drove 40 blocks and it just got worse and worse. Eventually the car began to crab walk sideways! Luckily the wheel didn't fall off. 🚕

[@batista2113]

Great informative video. Thanks! I just want to add that if your car's manual says to torque your lug nuts to 80-100 ft lbs, I'd go for 90. I wish you torqued yours to at least 85ft lbs TBH, especially knowing that all torque wrenches have a margin of error, and your primary problem was loose lug nuts. Also about the storage of a torque wrench. Good advice. I'd say follow what's on the instruction manual. Mine says to torque it to "20% of the maximum torque setting." For others though, it is to torque it to the lowest setting.

[@rubenproost2552]

Factory said 105nm for my car but they still rattle so I do 140. Garage usually just does uggaduggaduggadug!

[@shotbydon651]

wish i would’ve known this before i took it in the shop, thanks for the info

[@TraceguyRune]

If your shop charged for that, get a new shop.

[@PoloBoyPrince]

@@TraceguyRune mechanics would take advantage of their own momma if they could.

[@TraceguyRune]

@@PoloBoyPrince they probably do.

[@Striker9]

I'm tryina figure out what causes it in my truck. Second time this month the lug nuts have come extremely loose after tightening to the point the trucks shaking. Before it happens it sounds like the wheel just jumps out on the threads like the threads are stripped at the bottom but doesnt look like it.

[@someusername121]

You may have stretched the wheel studs where they're not holding tension anymore.

[@JeffTheHokie]

The time I lost a wheel, it was a loud, rattling engine sound coming from the wheel. The time I almost lost one. and the time a bearing came apart (same sounds, same kind of wobble) it was a squeaky shoes-on-a-basketball-court sound.

[@thedatavampire7383]

At first I herd the rhythmic knocking then I started bouncing then the wheel locked up and I got out to have a look my rear left tire is hanging on by one lug nut and all but two lug studs were visible the rest were gone. Last time I ever change a tire on my own 🤦🏽

[@martinrodriguezjr3383]

bro i drained my diff thinking it was an axle bearing when i went to take the wheel off i noticed my lugs were loose as well now im having to go to the store to buy some more oil and a gasket hopeing that was the problem

[@jamestidwell8891]

Same here lol

[@danielrios274]

hey i gotta sound when i drive it sounds like i have a flat tire when i don’t. what do you guys think it is. usually fades out when i go faster

[@jshcarmonakc]

I just fixed mine today that's exactly what I was experiencing, found out my rear driver side 3 lug nuts were so loose they almost fell out. I tighten them and now everything is back to normal.

[@dankydarron6081]

I recently took my incapable Jeep through some pretty rough terrain, and didn’t notice it on the drive back at high speeds, but definitely when I reverse out of my driveway and start going, I have your exact problem, was a fix just the lug nuts, I checked and it seems I’m missing around 2 on the tire(s) that seem to sound this way

[@ycsbuckets686]

It Was The Lugnuts ! Thank You

[@adrianjamesdizon]

Happened to me today, was really pissed coz I can't find the sound coming from. Glad it didn't come off

[@neshifuturo]

I had a knocking noise and I thought it was the suspension and 2 screws were not tightened enough

[@Sideways7.62]

Haha same thing happened to me I don’t know if I forgot to tighten them but I thought my wheel bearing was shot but then I saw I was riding with 2 lugnuts I went to auto zone to get the missing 3 lugnuts and it stopped making that noise

[@vaneciamoore5582]

Literally just went through that … thinking it was a bigger problem then what it was

[@missingremote4388]

I did the rotation at home.and totally didn't tighten the one rear tire. I use three wrenches to tighten lug nuts Drive about 40 city blocks and noticed the car 'crabwalking' to the left And also the rumble noise from the start. Believing or Thought it was tire tread noise

[@WendzDarKnight08]

I do all my mechanical stuff on my ride. I take my ride to a mechanic for a wheel alignment and oil change and they didn’t torque my front driver wheel correctly. I was hearing a rhythmic thud especially turning left. Never again am I letting someone fix my ride.

[@dirtyorganboy2264]

no one gives a fuck about your ride bro

[@blarghinatelazer9394]

@@dirtyorganboy2264 Imagine going to a video about working on cars, seeing somebody talking about their work in their own car, and thinking "bruh nobody cares about your ride" lmao. It's a car video, expect car talk.

[@dirtyorganboy2264]

@@blarghinatelazer9394 dude, he called it his ride 3 times.

[@causeuncause4059]

@@dirtyorganboy2264 normally I fix my own stuff on my ride but when I took to a shop they didn’t even torque my lug nuts on my ride and when I got home I got out of my ride and torqued them now my ride is good to go.

[@rosyrose4620]

I could feel and hear something different on the truck and come to see THREE of the lug nuts were gone and that 3 of the five were broken off

[@alexhill1147]

I had loose lug nuts thought my axles went bad lol

[@suppmoppors9024]

I know that video is 2 years old but do you remember the noise you har when i m driving my 71 roardrunner i m hear a flac flac flac sound on the rear left side before changing tires or wheel bearing i thought i could ask if you had the same kind of sound would be really nice if it s just a lug nut issue and not a wheel bearing issue

[@andymartinhimself]

I was about to drive to a local concert but this happened and it’s winter. Not worth my life.

[@noodlem4336]

Thank you so much dude

[@davidwatson3456]

If the person putting tires on gets a phone call or sidetracked they can forget to tighten enough

[@superduperboyx]

tHANKS! What brand is your torque wrench?

[@brandonorozco8358]

My vehicle does this when I let off the gas but it only knocks once and I checked and I'm missing a lug nut. It's a 2005 Toyota Highlander do you think the missing lug nut would cause this issue?

[@JeffTheHokie]

I noticed that Ford center caps (at least the ones on my ranger) attach to the lug nuts. Does that offer any protection against them working loose?

[@missingremote4388]

That probably is an unintended benefit from the center hub cab. Lug nuts normally they never come loose. And are always over tighten

[@kingmyersgaming5582]

I hear this same exact noise on my car but I’m not sure I’ll have to see

[@gg_bot1874]

I had my tires took off in 2 different places, first was at mechanic shop, changed breaks then went to Walmart got 2 new tires, and after that on my wheels make a sound if it was hitting something and it moves the whole car including steering

[@abijitroy3796]

My one nut bolt threat is gone 😅and im worried if it's falls.

[@hal752]

I changed the shocks on mine and took far longer than expected. Thought this was to do with the shock. Then I gave up after checking everything I decided to check the wheel. It was loose. Don't work tired kids ha

[@causeuncause4059]

You could hear it a lot when turning sharp

[@christianknight2905]

Came hear due to vibration noise with ticking...all 5 loose from tire dealer

[@aaronpena8510]

My wheel came off today and it took the wheel bearing is that posssible?

[@RobertMorris-l3l]

Mine sounded like a grinding and a popping noise

[@cristianpurkey2449]

lol i was hitting like 98 and my whole car was shaking i didnt even know half my lug nuts werent even on

[@yungmelloyellow6189]

Everyone in the comments talkin about a shop leavin em like this💀 meanwhile I realize down the street I left my lugs not torqued cuz I wasn't expecting to drive the car safe to say that was my own mistake

[@benjaminpedersen6345]

Hi i have the same sound just after haven gotten tires changed but i also had like a knocking sound and it shok the car a bit twice can it still be the same problem?

[@JeffTheHokie]

Could also be bearings. When I had a bearing fall apart, first it was noisy (shoes on a basketball court) Then it thumped and the steering wheel jerked to the side, and then it was like driving a shopping cart with a bad wheel, but at highway speed. Given the timing (right after the tire shop) I'd check the lugs first.

[@itmightbeoctober8789]

My car is wobbling when I go 45 & idk if it’s cuz I replaced my axle & I might’ve not torqued stuff correctly or bcz one of my wheel studs in da front doesn’t have the lugnut on

[@AllanJ...Batmo365]

Dude.. Cut those hand nails...

[@cameronmartin428]

Holy crap. 🤣🤣

[@Gr33n3ggs6ndH6m]

My lug nuts are all stuck on and it’s making a noise when I reverse

[@JeffTheHokie]

slightly dragging brake?

[@watvid1]

I went to check my tyres, nuts were tight. What else could it be?

[@yasinebaroudi1242]

make sure you jack it up first. my tire almost flew off on the freeway. only had to 2lugs left

[@cesarromero5622]

Bent tire?

[@watvid1]

@@cesarromero5622 I took it to the garage. He lifted it and there was some metal piece (which seems to have come with the car) that kept rattling against the tyre the guy got rid of it saying that piece isn't needed, literally was like a small square metal piece. But it's removed and no more noise finally

[@JeffTheHokie]

A bad bearing can cause the same wobble and sounds as loose lugs.

[@Hubcaps219]

That is so dangerous! Wow. They should be fired.

[@emrys6738]

you need to jack the car up first to find this

[@h3ll0_2]

How are some of yall missing lug nuts so randomly?

[@Hareem309]

Mine was a nail in the back tyre

[@JeffTheHokie]

Gravel sounds just like a nail.

[@Averoxis]

glad to know im not the only one who made this dumbass mistake

[@MrApaHotel]

Only 80 foot-pound? Are you sure?

[@tanaka4299]

All cars are different do research on your car before hand..

[@JeffTheHokie]

That's what Honda specifies. You go too far over the torque you can strip the threads.

[@RobertMCotter]

Rythmatic?

[@mercybased7317]

How much ??

[@creator4413]

Why would you drive like that...

[@889976889]

Lucky the wheel didn’t come off

[@emilylynn7627]

No way my car sounds just like that

[@reallyhappenings5597]

rhythmatic 😄

[@cereed19981]

I hope you know that the only way to fully seat the wheel is to tighten the lug nuts 😂 and they shouldn’t come loose unless you didn’t tighten them😂 this video is Hilarious

[@cliffordfox5927]

No

[@eskimojoe6564]

80 pounds of pressure should do the trick.You don't need them too tight or you will strip them

[@FireEater]

Scary 🙀

[@joshuathebuckeyeartistbarton]

You need to clip your nails dude 😆

[@tonysaiz1339]

trim your damn findernails.

[@danhamjam]

Why are your finger nails so long?

[@melaninmaee]

i didn’t hear it