Swollen Wheel Nuts

- Lenexa, KS, USA

My vehicle only has 74K miles and the Ford dealership told me I need to replace all lug nugs because they are swollen and will need to be broken off. This is a $200 cost at the dealership for replacement. If purchased at store it is $60 plus someone to change them out. No way at $74k miles this should happen. I've seen many other posts about the same this with this years model. Also since I have aluminum rims, the lugs are hard to locate anywhere. They must have the "mushroom" offset with long attachment.

- Baltimore, MD, USA

I own a 2015 Ford Edge 4 door SEL with 76k miles which I purchased in 2017 as the second owner. The dealership sold me 5 new lug nuts due to swollen original lug nuts. One lug nut cap were damaged during routine removal to replace an 8 yr old failing tire pressure sensor. I was told the lugs were swollen and had to be replaced. This seemed OBSURD. I researched this to find out that the OBSURDITY was that Ford Motor Company had been sued about this and it is a known defect of Ford vehicles. Quietly known. I am submitting this complaint because of the defective lug nuts that are a known issue, and could have been replaced at the dealership from the very first oil change or routine maintenance appointment. These defective parts routinely strand motorists or cause unnecessary excess costs to the owners when the actual fix is far less than $1 for each. when the entire vehicle uses only 20, this is negligence on the part of Ford Motor company. As a consumer on a fixed income, who purchased the bumper to bumper warranty from Ford, the neglected $20 fix of MY vehicle has cost me over $75 so far, and if the dealership (an extension of Ford Motor Company) has their way, they are happy to charge me that for my 3 remaining tires. A total consumer burden of $300 (per the dealership pricing) for a $20 fix by the manufacturer. All becuase the know problem causes a financial burden and not enough consumers have actually had physical or catestrophic accidents, ... yet. A RECALL is REQUIRED. If not, there should be a required reimbursement to ALL consumers who are forced to replace the defective parts. The reimbursement should be that the dealerships seek reimbursement, and that the consumers receive the replacements free of charge.

- Springboro, OH, USA

I have had to replace three tire pressure sensors in the past six months. Mileage is about 130,000 and do not understand why the sensors are all failing about the same time. $80 to replace peach sensor.

- Novi, MI, USA

Lug nuts swelling up dealer says need replacing

- Kokomo , IN, USA

9/28/2022 after tire rotation, the mechanic notes "Technician noted lug nuts are swelling. Should replace at next tire rotation. $10 per nut plus labor" ALL FOUR TIRES

- Northbridge, MA, USA

Car Shimmy's when hitting a bump or rough pavement. If this happens when road surface is wet or icy I feel car will slide enough to cause accident.

- Gerald, MO, USA

Swollen or warped lug nuts.

- Edmonds, WA, USA

After experiencing a flat tire on an Interstate, we discovereed the Ford-supplied lug wrench could not fit over the lug nuts without the person helping laying across a lane on the interestate and kicking the lug wrench over the lug nut. And, then, disengaging the lug wrench took extreme effort. The person helping me could have been killed by traffic ignoring the position of my car. There is ample reference to the lug nut problem on Google'd Web pages. The lug nuts on our Edge have not been inspected, yet. No warning lamps apply to this problem.

- Eagan, MN, USA

Lug nuts were two piece and fell apart after a few years. Unable to remove tire for rotation or flat tire with standard wrench Dealer called lug nuts-??swollen -?? One piece lug nuts are available and purchased by me.

- North Royalton, OH, USA

According to Bob Tomes Ford in McKinney, Texas, they are unable to rotate the tires on my vehicle because the lug nuts are swollen and would have to be cut off and replaced to fix. This leaves me with an unsafe vehicle and an inability to change the tire should I have a flat.

- Celina, TX, USA

Lugnuts have inflated and stripped on the wheel.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

The factory installed lugs nuts have become swollen and now the lug nut wrench which is provided by Ford does NOT fit the lug nuts! If I tried to change a flat tire I would be unable to do this since the lug nut wrench does NOT fit the lug nuts!!!!

- Edgewood, KY, USA

According to local dealership, a common problem with lug nuts swelling. Dealer couldn't remove wheels and rotate tires in accordance with tire mfg. (Goodyear) guidlines.

- Iola, TX, USA

Lug nuts could not be removed with manufacturer's lug nut wrench, after a tire deflated while driving on interstate 75 in Kentucky. The wrench would not fit over the lug nuts. An aftermarket lug nut wrench would also not remove the nuts (21mm was too small; 22mm was too large). The lug nuts on the wheels are original manufacturer installed nuts. Car had to be driven on the flat tire to service center for wheel removal, destroying the tire in the process.

- Cullowhee, NC, USA

The wheel lug nuts swell up so that a 21mm wrench wont fit and a 22mm wrench is too loose. The lugs are a two piece construction and what happens is the inner piece ca roads and swells the outside piece. Dealer says all 20 nuts have to be replaced at a coast of $200. Ford has had this problem for years ! my nephew had the same problem on his 2011 F-150 Ford truck.I called Ford customer service and they gave me a claim number cas-17162485. This is a safety issue because if I get a flat tire my lug wrench is useless and I would be stranded. Please look into this problem, talking with the Ford service tech.at the Ford dealership this has been a ongoing problem for years

- Oregon, OH, USA