Rusty Lug Nuts
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Rusty Lug Nuts
My '04 TL is 7 months old and has 9 K miles on it. Yesterday I was washing the car and noticed that the lug nuts are starting to rust. Has anyone else observed this?
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Originally Posted by mkarg
I am out of town until March 5 and don't have a digital camera with me so I won't be able to provide any pictures at this time. The dealer replaced my tires about a month ago and I'll bet the coating on the lug notes was damaged. There are at least 10 nuts that have rust on them.
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Originally Posted by andym22
Mine rusted only cause some idiot at the dealership used the wrong size lug wrench and chipped the plating off all of them at the corners of the hex. Had dealer replace no charge.
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Cheap?
Uh, no. I had someone who insisted on having all 20 of his lug nuts replaced under warranty a few years back, and I submitted a bill to Acura for $115, for parts & labor.
The kicker? Only half of them were rusted. But, he was unhappy that the others were dirty & didn't match the brand spanking new ones when he came to pick it up.
So I got some new ones from our parts department, got down on my hands & knees, and put the rest on while he was watching. He showed obvious discomfort & embarrassment that a department manager was reduced to manual labor because of his childish behavior.
So I guess that was my "pound of flesh."
Uh, no. I had someone who insisted on having all 20 of his lug nuts replaced under warranty a few years back, and I submitted a bill to Acura for $115, for parts & labor.
The kicker? Only half of them were rusted. But, he was unhappy that the others were dirty & didn't match the brand spanking new ones when he came to pick it up.
So I got some new ones from our parts department, got down on my hands & knees, and put the rest on while he was watching. He showed obvious discomfort & embarrassment that a department manager was reduced to manual labor because of his childish behavior.
So I guess that was my "pound of flesh."
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Originally Posted by Bluenote
Cheap?
Uh, no. I had someone who insisted on having all 20 of his lug nuts replaced under warranty a few years back, and I submitted a bill to Acura for $115, for parts & labor.
The kicker? Only half of them were rusted. But, he was unhappy that the others were dirty & didn't match the brand spanking new ones when he came to pick it up.
So I got some new ones from our parts department, got down on my hands & knees, and put the rest on while he was watching. He showed obvious discomfort & embarrassment that a department manager was reduced to manual labor because of his childish behavior.
So I guess that was my "pound of flesh."
Uh, no. I had someone who insisted on having all 20 of his lug nuts replaced under warranty a few years back, and I submitted a bill to Acura for $115, for parts & labor.
The kicker? Only half of them were rusted. But, he was unhappy that the others were dirty & didn't match the brand spanking new ones when he came to pick it up.
So I got some new ones from our parts department, got down on my hands & knees, and put the rest on while he was watching. He showed obvious discomfort & embarrassment that a department manager was reduced to manual labor because of his childish behavior.
So I guess that was my "pound of flesh."
I woulda said thanks though!
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Originally Posted by mkarg
My '04 TL is 7 months old and has 9 K miles on it. Yesterday I was washing the car and noticed that the lug nuts are starting to rust. Has anyone else observed this?
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