Or, you know, driven at a speed that wouldn't be deadly for themselves or others in case of catastrophic failure. Lucky for them that the worst of it is a video-shaming on Yootoob.
I was thinking the same thing. Did avoiding the $100 tow cost really save money now that he has to replace possibly up to the entire axle, and STILL need to get it towed anyway? Lol.
Can anyone here name a few things that may cause this ? I want to avoid ever being in this situation, so im going to replace everything and anything that can cause this lol
I don't know what happened here without the facts, apart from the lug nuts or studs completely failed, but the owner said the snow tires were installed 2 weeks before. So this incident, if correct to assume the owner drove during the two weeks, took many miles before lug or stud failure to occur. This doesn't look like a bad wheel hub. Notice how the concrete median failed to contain the rogue wheel within those lanes? I cringe every time I hear an impact wrench in an auto shop. They're great to loosen lugs. Bad for torquing. When shops torque the lugs on with an impact wrench (IW) it violates the whole physics behind the clamp load of wheel stud. lug nut and rim. All components should be clean, each nut torqued to the manufacturer's lb.ft spec. in correct fastening order. Only a calibrated torque wrench can achieve this precision task. All steel bolts stretch under enough torque. Even though wheel studs aren't 'stretch bolts', they do stretch at the manufacturer lb.ft. spec., usually 100 lb.ft. for most passenger vehicles. The Ford Expedition torque is provided by Ford and printed in the owner's manual. Every lug spec. achieves a clamp load of zero play without meeting or exceeding the steel's yield point. The yield point is the do-not-go-here point. If landed on or surpassed, the elasticity of the steel, and what enables clamp load, is ruined. Over-powered auto shop IWs can easily meet or surpass yield point. When do, the studs are now useless. Which is why I have a calibrated torque wrench, and avoid auto shops at all possible. Incredible tool for any car owner. Do not loan this to your brother-in-law or neighbour. They will stupidly use it to loosen lugs and break it, even if one warns ten times not to. Once torqued, hearing the distinct 'click', the wheel's on good. Once a month or after any abnormal vibration, check the torque.
> "the owner said the snow tires were installed 2 weeks before" Don't know that I buy that. Every time I get my snowtires changed - or anyone else I know - the hub-caps stay away for the winter.
It always completely pisses me off when drivers knowingly operate a vehicle with a shoddy tire system. Anything to do with the tires or steering of the vehicle should be brought in for repair as soon as it becomes known. Instead, people choose to put it off for months on end until this happens and people end up getting killed. They should be jailed.
The police have talked to him apparently, and he had just had his winter tires installed, so the lug nuts or bolts were not torqued up properly, and/or were not inspected and re-torqued after driving for a few hours like your supposed to do. I read this update on 1010 talk radio news website, as they featured this video yesterday.
Mini Cooper Dashcam I never "re-torque" the lug nuts. My wheel has never fallen off or gotten lose. I cross tighten them tho a few times until they are not tightening anymore.
Every tire shop and tire manufacturer Ii know says drive 100 to 150 klicks and come back. Why were the 4 ways on i wonder?? driver knew something was wrong but kept going???
I also heard that story on 1010. This video however does not look like loose wheel nuts. Clearly there were some mechanical issues like control arm or bearing? If the nuts were loose the person would fee a massive vibration especially driving on the highway. I don't think this person was that dumb to drive 100+ klm/hour with a loose wheel.... but you never know- you always see some real winners whenever you drive in the GTA
Watch the slo-mo footage at 0.25 slow motion. You can see the wheel is moving left/right slightly with each frame, then one lug nut comes off, then the rest. Pretty sure it was under-torqued lug nuts or lug nuts that were not re-torqued. You'd be surprised what people drive through, I've seen cars going down the highway in person with the wheel literally BOUNCING. Can't tell me you don't feel that! And they just keep driving.
I had this happen to me going 115km/h a couple years ago after some kids (I assume kids at least) had tried to take my wheel off. I had a security lug on but that only stopped them from removing 1 of the 5. I didn't notice any vibrations or anything before that last lug snapped off. Was a surreal experience for sure! luckily my dad lived close to where I lost the tire so he came and helped me get rolling again. I wish someone had my experience on camera, would have been interesting to see what it looked like.
FAKE! We can see the stand by ambulance in front in case the stunt went wrong. Wow what people will do to go viral. Seriously who has 3 dashed cams on their car?
Ok so the reason he had his hazard lights on already was because the tire will shake for a while when driving at this point you can still drive under 50-60 safely, but above that is dangerous. Now right before the tire will come off the whole car will violently shake which is why he attempts to stop. Also the reason the bus instantly stops is because the tire is spinning at really high speeds and can cause some serious damage to the vehicle. And yes this had happened to me before but at 10:00pm with no one around
GoldenDragon667 Yeah either under torqued or way over torqued. Couldn't quite tell if those were lug nuts flying off seconds before failure or the actual studs.
Not exactly a wheel failure. You can see the wheel nuts flying off. Someone forget to torque them.... But cool capture! This happened to me once, except the nuts were over-tightened and the studs sheared off. I felt it coming and slowed down better than this guy though.
I don't know about the rest of you....but if I felt the front end shaking like that, and believe me it would have been very apparent to the driver, I'd pull over as soon as I felt it, not continue at those speeds....what an idiot.
This happen to me and my boyfriend a few blocks from our home. Our ball join broke. We are lucky that we are not on expressways because according to our mechanic our wheels might fall off or overturned our car
The driver had the flashers on before the tire came off, so they knew something was wrong beforehand... They should have pulled over and got out the emergency tire kit and snugged up the lug nuts enough so they can get off the highway.
I heard a loud thuk, and thought for sure I would have a dent, or windscreen chip, but I found nothing. Lucky as in the video at the end you can see in the slo-mo bit a wheel bolt bounce right into my car.
I could see he had the hazards on from 1/2 a KM away, I expected to see he had the skinny spare on when I caught him up, so he knew something was wrong with his truck. Perhaps the steering wheel was shaking.
+Mini Cooper Dashcam oh ya, his steering wheel would have been shaking. ..violently, the guys lucky, it could have been worse...why he kept going is beyond me...
Right? If you know that something is wrong with your vehicle, so much so that you decided to put on your hazard lights... then WHY THE FUCK would you keep on driving at a high rate of speed? Pull over and at the very least call AAA or your mechanic.
I can tell from all the other Commons no one ever thought that the wheel bearing was bad clearly they knew something was going wrong because they had the hazards on
This is one reason to re-torque your lug nuts to proper specs within 80 to 100 kilometers after getting your wheels changed. (Hopefully they are torqued to the correct spec initially)
The hazard light are flashing BEFORE the wheel fell off. The driver must have known something was wrong. WHY are they still driving at full speed, and, why haven't they pulled over and stopped???
This happened to me today...I was only 3 blocks from my home and was just gonna get on the highway..However tire didn't come off completely...it was just sideways...Damn I hope I'm not to much in the hole after this...the wrecker had a hard time getting it hooked...
Love the comments from people who really know nothing about cars...his wheel bearing hub assembly failed...no warning for it, trailers, along with Chevy , dodge foreign models all have the same design ...when it fails this is what happens that’s why u pay for an inspection yearly
bruh my new rims flew off my car after i got off the highway, i noticed a serious wobble and checked but i could see anything since it was dark out hopefully most people can check their lug nits after every attempt
Wow... I was wondering if this was the 407 and then I read the description. I'm honestly not surprised. I've seen many people over the years driving with the wheel wobbling and I wonder if they don't feel that. Also, you already put your bike away? You've missed some nice riding weather.
My dad's car was also not properly finished and he nearly had the same incident but rushed his way back to the workshop. He got the installment for free.
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notice how he still had control of the suv with only 3 wheels, something Chevy can’t even do with four brand new tires with 100 compound tread wear lol 😂
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When your Ford gets tired of Exploring...
The last expedition
*slaps knee in spanish*
It'll be a while before they can go on another excursion.
@@georgiaboy7674maybe they'll buy a Navigator to replace their explorer to continue their excursion ;)
I literally just blew coffee out my nose, thanks for that.
Clearly the moron driving knew something wrong with his car because he had his flashers on. He should've stoped and checked, at least nobody got hurt.
Or, you know, driven at a speed that wouldn't be deadly for themselves or others in case of catastrophic failure. Lucky for them that the worst of it is a video-shaming on Yootoob.
I was thinking the same thing. Did avoiding the $100 tow cost really save money now that he has to replace possibly up to the entire axle, and STILL need to get it towed anyway? Lol.
You don't just "stop and check" on a freeway, idiot. You drive to the exit and get off the freeway and pull off into a parking lot.
@@Luckingsworth Yeah, probably had to replace, axle, hub, strut, rotor, caliper, tie rod, control arm, and God knows what else
@@TheConservativesrock don't forget those brake lines/ wires, and the wheel itself! Guys in for an expensive repair
"Built Ford tough"
this is an old car lol
Jebus Hypocristos yep "exploders"
Fix Or Repair Daily!
LMFAO
“Built ford tough with a death wobble”
Can anyone here name a few things that may cause this ? I want to avoid ever being in this situation, so im going to replace everything and anything that can cause this lol
I don't know what happened here without the facts, apart from the lug nuts or studs completely failed, but the owner said the snow tires were installed 2 weeks before. So this incident, if correct to assume the owner drove during the two weeks, took many miles before lug or stud failure to occur. This doesn't look like a bad wheel hub. Notice how the concrete median failed to contain the rogue wheel within those lanes?
I cringe every time I hear an impact wrench in an auto shop. They're great to loosen lugs. Bad for torquing.
When shops torque the lugs on with an impact wrench (IW) it violates the whole physics behind the clamp load of wheel stud. lug nut and rim. All components should be clean, each nut torqued to the manufacturer's lb.ft spec. in correct fastening order. Only a calibrated torque wrench can achieve this precision task.
All steel bolts stretch under enough torque. Even though wheel studs aren't 'stretch bolts', they do stretch at the manufacturer lb.ft. spec., usually 100 lb.ft. for most passenger vehicles. The Ford Expedition torque is provided by Ford and printed in the owner's manual. Every lug spec. achieves a clamp load of zero play without meeting or exceeding the steel's yield point. The yield point is the do-not-go-here point. If landed on or surpassed, the elasticity of the steel, and what enables clamp load, is ruined.
Over-powered auto shop IWs can easily meet or surpass yield point. When do, the studs are now useless.
Which is why I have a calibrated torque wrench, and avoid auto shops at all possible. Incredible tool for any car owner. Do not loan this to your brother-in-law or neighbour. They will stupidly use it to loosen lugs and break it, even if one warns ten times not to.
Once torqued, hearing the distinct 'click', the wheel's on good. Once a month or after any abnormal vibration, check the torque.
> "the owner said the snow tires were installed 2 weeks before"
Don't know that I buy that. Every time I get my snowtires changed - or anyone else I know - the hub-caps stay away for the winter.
Bryan Stuart I had the same car and the studs fell off twice on the same side I think it just happens to those
yikes. I'm not here to call you a liar. But that is one hell of a defect. Stay safe.
Same if you change your lug nuts to say mcguard lugnuts ?
It always completely pisses me off when drivers knowingly operate a vehicle with a shoddy tire system. Anything to do with the tires or steering of the vehicle should be brought in for repair as soon as it becomes known. Instead, people choose to put it off for months on end until this happens and people end up getting killed. They should be jailed.
Fuck face not everyone has money to fix expensive shit
Just came from Canadian tire I bet
Good job boys!
Phil Bourgeois No at least my Canadian tires good.
lower ball joint failure and then tie rod, sway bar and CV axle separation. Good piece of driving.
The police have talked to him apparently, and he had just had his winter tires installed, so the lug nuts or bolts were not torqued up properly, and/or were not inspected and re-torqued after driving for a few hours like your supposed to do. I read this update on 1010 talk radio news website, as they featured this video yesterday.
The shop never tells me to come back in a few hours to re-torque it.
Mini Cooper Dashcam I never "re-torque" the lug nuts. My wheel has never fallen off or gotten lose. I cross tighten them tho a few times until they are not tightening anymore.
Every tire shop and tire manufacturer Ii know says drive 100 to 150 klicks and come back. Why were the 4 ways on i wonder?? driver knew something was wrong but kept going???
I also heard that story on 1010. This video however does not look like loose wheel nuts. Clearly there were some mechanical issues like control arm or bearing? If the nuts were loose the person would fee a massive vibration especially driving on the highway. I don't think this person was that dumb to drive 100+ klm/hour with a loose wheel.... but you never know- you always see some real winners whenever you drive in the GTA
Watch the slo-mo footage at 0.25 slow motion. You can see the wheel is moving left/right slightly with each frame, then one lug nut comes off, then the rest. Pretty sure it was under-torqued lug nuts or lug nuts that were not re-torqued. You'd be surprised what people drive through, I've seen cars going down the highway in person with the wheel literally BOUNCING. Can't tell me you don't feel that! And they just keep driving.
The wheel bearing/hub can fail and cause this too! Even with the lugnuts tight
FAKE!!! The 407 ETR was closed on the 19 from 8:00 am - 11:00 am... probably just a green screen.
Somebody needs a torque wrench. maybe get a breaker bar while you're at it.
I had this happen to me going 115km/h a couple years ago after some kids (I assume kids at least) had tried to take my wheel off. I had a security lug on but that only stopped them from removing 1 of the 5. I didn't notice any vibrations or anything before that last lug snapped off. Was a surreal experience for sure! luckily my dad lived close to where I lost the tire so he came and helped me get rolling again. I wish someone had my experience on camera, would have been interesting to see what it looked like.
FAKE! We can see the stand by ambulance in front in case the stunt went wrong. Wow what people will do to go viral. Seriously who has 3 dashed cams on their car?
*Pixar, please add this to Cars 3.*
Jåden Yuki You know I though Cars 3 wasn't getting a lot of attention but it seems like it's doing the opposite.
This happened to my first car i had, a 1990 honda civic si. My gross rim flew into the lake. Good times.
Ok so the reason he had his hazard lights on already was because the tire will shake for a while when driving at this point you can still drive under 50-60 safely, but above that is dangerous. Now right before the tire will come off the whole car will violently shake which is why he attempts to stop. Also the reason the bus instantly stops is because the tire is spinning at really high speeds and can cause some serious damage to the vehicle. And yes this had happened to me before but at 10:00pm with no one around
Torque spec those lug nuts guys
One word- Firestone.
Justin McNeil its not the tires fault
why the hazards though.. obviously the person felt the car shaking or something
Tech probably didn't torque it down properly by the looks of it, someone's gettin' fired.
GoldenDragon667
Yeah either under torqued or way over torqued. Couldn't quite tell if those were lug nuts flying off seconds before failure or the actual studs.
Neither. Front end failed. Lugs broke the studs off after that. You can see them fly by the Mini's windshield around 0:50.
knowing fords this appears to be a lower ball joint failure and not the wheel coming off.
he controlled it well at least
That tire is probably in Hamilton by now.
Yep! think I passed it on the Linc about 4 hours ago.
legend says the tire is still rolling to this day...
Not exactly a wheel failure. You can see the wheel nuts flying off. Someone forget to torque them.... But cool capture! This happened to me once, except the nuts were over-tightened and the studs sheared off. I felt it coming and slowed down better than this guy though.
Watch it again. The lugs didn't come off until after the wheel went cockeyed. Front end failure.
See the OP's comment. The lug nuts were loose. They were likely held in their holes by centripetal force until the wheel starts to go sideways.
Lucky the highway wasn't busy! Hope everyone is ok!
I don't know about the rest of you....but if I felt the front end shaking like that, and believe me it would have been very apparent to the driver, I'd pull over as soon as I felt it, not continue at those speeds....what an idiot.
Wow Nice Capture. I hope their ok. this video shows the Worst case scenario if you don't replace a bad wheel Bearing.
This happen to me and my boyfriend a few blocks from our home. Our ball join broke. We are lucky that we are not on expressways because according to our mechanic our wheels might fall off or overturned our car
This is why you must always torque all of your wheels.
The lugs didn't fail until the front end did.
Rumor has it the tires still rolling to this very day
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The driver had the flashers on before the tire came off, so they knew something was wrong beforehand... They should have pulled over and got out the emergency tire kit and snugged up the lug nuts enough so they can get off the highway.
Wow, good capture. Did the front end of your MINI catch any of the shrapnel?
I heard a loud thuk, and thought for sure I would have a dent, or windscreen chip, but I found nothing. Lucky as in the video at the end you can see in the slo-mo bit a wheel bolt bounce right into my car.
That's a good thing. Maybe it just hit one of the plastic pieces.
I see they had their hazards on before the tire came off.
I could see he had the hazards on from 1/2 a KM away, I expected to see he had the skinny spare on when I caught him up, so he knew something was wrong with his truck. Perhaps the steering wheel was shaking.
+Mini Cooper Dashcam oh ya, his steering wheel would have been shaking. ..violently, the guys lucky, it could have been worse...why he kept going is beyond me...
Right? If you know that something is wrong with your vehicle, so much so that you decided to put on your hazard lights... then WHY THE FUCK would you keep on driving at a high rate of speed? Pull over and at the very least call AAA or your mechanic.
Found On Road Dead
thats just an overused myth
Legend has it that tire is still rolling down the highway
Saw this on CTV Kitchener. Nice catch!
I can tell from all the other Commons no one ever thought that the wheel bearing was bad clearly they knew something was going wrong because they had the hazards on
Looked like a Wheel bearing/ lower ball joint failure
FORD! explains that! Found On Road Dead! Driver Returned On Foot!
Fix Or Repair Daily.
This is one reason to re-torque your lug nuts to proper specs within 80 to 100 kilometers after getting your wheels changed. (Hopefully they are torqued to the correct spec initially)
How would that cause this? Loose lugs that is, looks like a wheel bearing failure doesn't it?
His comment is 7 years old but yes i agree it's a wheel bearing failure@@markbtw7987
It's all good the ambulance was right there
The hazard light are flashing BEFORE the wheel fell off. The driver must have known something was wrong. WHY are they still driving at full speed, and, why haven't they pulled over and stopped???
Thats the wheel studs breaking you can google that! lol ford!!
Ya might wanna check the bolts on your tires once in a while. You know, being responsible car owners and all.
Lugs didn't fail, the front end did.
This happened to me today...I was only 3 blocks from my home and was just gonna get on the highway..However tire didn't come off completely...it was just sideways...Damn I hope I'm not to much in the hole after this...the wrecker had a hard time getting it hooked...
great video, gonna use this for my next compilation
good capture. Heard of a few cases of the same mid spring this year, though it was all seasons this time.
What the hell I saw this yesterday (5 hours ago) on the metro news paper....
Of course it's in the GTA. You still wonder why hating Toronto is sport in the rest of Canada? Jesus Christ.
Love the comments from people who really know nothing about cars...his wheel bearing hub assembly failed...no warning for it, trailers, along with Chevy , dodge foreign models all have the same design ...when it fails this is what happens that’s why u pay for an inspection yearly
lucky
0/10. I paused my music for no reason.
You need to lighten up.
bruh my new rims flew off my car after i got off the highway, i noticed a serious wobble and checked but i could see anything since it was dark out hopefully most people can check their lug nits after every attempt
imagine seeing ur wheel roll across 4 lanes from ur window
Or 200 feet down the road past you. I swear when this happened to me, my wheel was going faster than I was driving
That's a piece of shit Ford for ya'.
0:11 #stancenation #cambergang
driver deserves 1 year suspension for knowingly operating an unsafe car
Big Money Salvia anyone?
Harrison L eric approves
I couldn't place the opening song but I vividly could feel it was from something. Thank you.
Also bounced on my boy's axle to this.
Literally all i thought about haha
Wow... I was wondering if this was the 407 and then I read the description. I'm honestly not surprised. I've seen many people over the years driving with the wheel wobbling and I wonder if they don't feel that. Also, you already put your bike away? You've missed some nice riding weather.
Me: "Jesus Take The Wheel"
Jesus: *Takes the wheel"
Me: "Not Literally"
😂
LOL THAT WAS FUNNY ha ha *cough*
The driver was probably tired ..
lmaoooo deaddd. ofc this is in ontario too, remember to torque your wheeeelss!
Just happened to me last night at 30mph...fuck jeep
all that debris hitting ur car and shit... u got a few chips from that fosho
This car seen the video of the Kia soul and thought nope not me😂
Anyone else here because this just happened to them ?!?!!
I guarantee it was a female driver or a black dude
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Shares of Ford just tanked
yeah, and the ambulance in front did not even think on stopping to check if the people on the car were ok.
Bender Rodriguez if you aren't trolling you're dumb.
If you have any service done where the wheels are removed you're supposed to retorque your wheels after 150 miles. They state that on your invoice.
This happened to me when I was backing out of my driveway.. was on the highway a few days ago lucky for me it didn't happen then.
That wheel had other places to be at that moment.
This is considered a totalled car right?
Lmao or the person who changed their tires didn't tighten the bolts correctly simple mistake huge disaster if not done right.
That's Suboptimal
If it were a wheel failure the wheel would have instantly flown off. It had some cool camber for a bit! Looks like a suspension failure.
My dad's car was also not properly finished and he nearly had the same incident but rushed his way back to the workshop. He got the installment for free.
Lower ball joint failure?
Jesus Take the Wheel no not that one
The Ball Joint: i think i had too much taco bell
Haha that's what happens when you got a Ford 😂 thankfully nothing hit ur car
it's a Ford ....how ironic
The Hazard lights were on before it happened did they feel something wrong?
of course it's a Ford.
Guys, this is clearly the origin story for that movie Rubber
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American cars
ballllljoooiiinnttttt
I hate 3rd wheeling
if you look closely you can see a couple of nuts or some screws fall
i saw five nuts fly off the car thanks to the slow motion footage
at worst the damn tire crossed the road to the on coming traffic
I️ HAVE THE SAME YEAR AND THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED HOLY SHIT
Good thing a ambulance was in front of them
Someone didn't put the lug nuts back on lol 🙃
notice how he still had control of the suv with only 3 wheels, something Chevy can’t even do with four brand new tires with 100 compound tread wear lol 😂
Lol I drive a chevy, and had this happen to me the other day. No issues steering the car to the shoulder.
What kind of dashcam?
Mike Wright a mobius up front and the rear is a bikerHD pro bullet cam