Broken Lug Stud

[Crotalus]

enricosonic previously said:

Unfortunately I'm now a member of this club too. During a routine tire rotation, the guy at the tire shop sheared off one of the studs and swears he torqued 'em all the same - to spec - and I believe him, the rest are fine. But when I called my Toyota dealer, they said it won't be covered and it'll run me about $100. While that's not the end of the world or anything, I think they should cover it. I put in a call to my sales guy who's helped me before so I'll see what he can do.
I'm sure this is more common than I realize but I've never had it happen and I've owned 17 vehicles and counting.

Holy crap!!! $100 to change a stud?

[enricosonic]

imgone10 previously said:

Sorry to hear it happened to you too. Dealer replaced all the studs on my wheel under warranty.

Northern_Cruiser previously said:

tire shop snaped one off on mine and the dealer covered it under Warrantee

I think I'll bring in my laptop and show 'em your posts!

[enricosonic]

Crotalus previously said:

Holy crap!!! $100 to change a stud?

I know.

[taltyman]

Crotalus previously said:

Holy crap!!! $100 to change a stud?

Seems like I remember buying lug studs for just a few bucks last time I changed one. Of course the install was complicated. Knock out the old one, stick in the new one, put wheel back on, etc

[Northern_Cruiser]

try telling them other dealers are changing replacing them...

[ballkillerxxx]

wow lucky for you that you caught it before the wheel came off! that would have been a bad day!