Wheel Bolts Problems of Toyota RAV4

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota rav 4. While traveling 25 mph, there was an abnormal bang from the vehicle interior. The contact discovered that two bolts were fractured from the front driver side tire. In addition, all four tire bolts were extremely unstable. The dealer replaced all four tire bolts. The current and failure mileages were 35,000.

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The contact owns a 1999 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated that the tire was wearing at an angle on the rear driver's side. The tire protrudes out two inches from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the contact was informed that the bolts in the back were frozen. Even though the bolts were adjustable, they could not be adjusted. The repair would cost over $1,200. The contact also noticed the defect on other Rav4 vehicles. The failure mileage was 155,915.

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The car was purchased with alloy wheels but the spare tire has steel rims in which the existing lug nuts do not fit so the spare tire can not be used. I think the company should provide a usable spare tire. I contacted them about that but they said that year, their rav 4 came with steel rims so they gave me some lug nuts to use but they are too short and cannot lock the tire in place. The existing lugs also cannot lock the tire in place and the tire rattles. One of the managers told me to use these in an emergency only but I do not want to damage the treads on the bolts with the tire sliding on the bolt. I think if they sold the tire as a spare, it should function as a safe spare and I should not be responsible for purchasing another rim, lug nuts, or tire jack so I can use the spare tire safely. This should apply to all '97 rav 4 owners. I did not catch it earlier because I did not need to use the spare until now.

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