I went out for an alignment today and noticed that my steering wheel was a bit wobbling when I got onto the freeway. I heard a few clinks come off from the front right side.

It coulda been my lugs I thought. Then I saw smoke come out from the side. I tried to make the quickest exist and as I made the turn. My wheel falls off and is sitting up against the fender. Right at that moment my car turned off.

So I jacked up the car, bolt the wheels on again and torqued them to a good amount just the be safe. No damage to the suspension from what I saw. My car didn't hit it's frame either. It just sat on the wheel. I don't think there was any damage underneath.

Everything's good to go and but when i tried starting the car, it wouldn't turn on. No cranking whatsoever. I check my fuses: my AM2 fuse is out and my hazards are out. I replaced the hazards but the AM2 keeps on blowing as I plug it in. My battery is still good, I even tried jump starting.

Does anyone have any idea????? My car's stuck out there and I need helppp badd. Any helps appreciated.

 

Maybe the wheel coming off has hit a bunch of wiring around that area?
I may be completely wrong but some cars have wiring behind the arch liner

 

Alright, fixed the problem. A bunch of wires got their jackets stripped off. I taped them up, plugged in another fuse and was able to start the motor.

 

Wow, way to pull through that one.

 

i woulda gone back and verbally raped the asshat who didnt torque the lugs down on my car

ul prolly want to relace the rotor for that corner of the car....

 

Moreso than that, I would have made them pay for towing to the nearest Lexus dealership and the costs for repairing it back to the state before this incident.

 

It's totally ridiculous for the mechanics not to bolt the wheel correctly. I'd be giving those guys hell and demanding that the fire the fool who mucked that up. Very dangerous situation caused by some idiot not paying attention to his work.

 

To add to vsynergy, all my lights were out except the headlights , I checked fuses and all were fine come to find out my front shocks were bad and everytime I hit a bump you'd hear the tire rub the plastic in the fender wells, the tire rubbed a hole in the plastic and wore out some of the wires. I fixed the problem and all is well now, its just a weird place to run so many important wires...