1999 Ford F-150 Wheels Problems

“Upon returning home from work on 9/15/14, a hitch wire was noticed dragging on the ground. When I crawled under the truck to tuck it back under, I noticed the spare tire was gone and the cable that once held it in place via a retaining bracket had snapped and was frayed. The tire and bracket holding the tire were both gone. I had no knowledge of the loss until that point and am horrified at the thought of the accident or injury it could have/ may have caused, breaking free somewhere on the road while driving.”

“At the time this happen the wife and I were on the way back from another town went to eat out of our town we lived in, on a main highway I heard something that sounded like we were hit from behind, but when I looked in my rear-view mirror I could not believe what I was seeing, thank the good lord above no-one was behind us, all I saw at first were sparks flying from my spare tire and then the tire slide on it's side onto the shoulder of the highway, I picked up the metal pieces and other parts I could find and placed my tire and the metal parts in the bed of my truck, we have always checked…”

“Loose lug:nuts, resulting in the loss of a wheel. All wheels had loose lug nuts & have since discovered same condition. Lug nuts on rear seem to be too short, they don't even have a full nut of thread on studs.”

“I was driving through a residential neighborhood at approximately 25-30 MPH when the right front wheel came off of my 1999 F-150, causing me to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a vehicale parked on the side of the street. The impact caused extensive damage to the vehicle I struck and severe damage to my truck and causing physical and emotional injury to myself.”

“I collided with a smaller vehicle(chevrolet beretta) at a low speed. My wheel fell off and I ran over it. The reporting police officer shared my disbelief that this occurred with minimal damage from the collision to the other vehicle. I think that the wheel may have broken loose just prior to the actual collision.”