Loose alloy wheels on Nissan Patrol

[LeroyPatrol]

People are saying wheels come loose after 20-50km well my LHR did approx 2000km before parting the vehicle today. There is obviously some kind of issue with it happening to so many people.

..........Leroy

[megatexture]

Much damage? Who put the nuts on last ?

[mudski]

Hi Jeff

I have had the problem it came off at 95km
Replace the hubs on the rear it did again left hand rear
Replace the rims seems to be work Unfortunatly I need check the tyres every day
I will never buy a Nissan again going to buying a BT 50 Mazda
Contacted Nissan first time they about
Peter

Pfft! Mazda. They have yet made a real car. Sorry, the old RX series with the Rotary engines were the only decent vehicle they made.
See ya.

[threedogs]

After having wheels or tyres replaced or worked on You need to RECHECK your wheel nut after say 10 kays
even if you leave 4x4 shop and return 15 min later requesting they re tension nuts up.
You just missed "NATIONAL CHECK YOUR NUTS DAY" but another coming up soon with the track closure.

@ leroy patrol should of checked them well before 2000. mark it in as part of a monthly check list

[Country_GU]

Patrol wheels should only be torqued to 133Nm. There was a batch of bad ones where the alloy had too many impurities and the nuts would rip straight through. I've only seen it twice but it has been known to happen.

[Clunk]

From what I've been reading this isn't just limited to Nissan or patrols..... has happened on a wide variety of makes and models, whether on OEM alloys, or after market jobbies

MCCrappatappalot signing in!!!

[lussers]

Patrol wheels should only be torqued to 133Nm. There was a batch of bad ones where the alloy had too many impurities and the nuts would rip straight through. I've only seen it twice but it has been known to happen.

driving along in my 07 Pathfinder last week, doing 70KPH, rear left wheel parted the vehicle, scary when it happened but no one hurt so that's the main thing.

The alloy had worked its way over the wheel nuts and came off, bit of bodywork damage nothing too serious.

I think whats happened is that the cup type washers that are pressed into the alloy (see pic) have come loose and when wheels have been off for new tyres or servicing these have fell out and not replaced, anyone agree with this?

These cup washers are not meant to come out of the alloy so is this an alloy wheel defect? ~You will see in the pic of the alloy wheel itself the circular holes have all been reemed out to the shape of the wheel nut. When the wheel came off the nuts were left on the studs attached to the brake disc...

seems most people are talking about the rear left wheel coming off, why would this one be more prone to failure?WP_20150401_009[1].jpgWP_20150401_008[1].jpgWP_20150328_007[1].jpg

[Wizard52]

Happened to me as well in 1976 in my first 4X4 a 1969 shorty cruiser after driving 600ks from Brisvagas to Rocky. I had rotated wheels and rear left been done up tight (no torque wrenches in those days) but wheel was up against the raised lip in middle of brake drum and after some time had worked loose and now against the drum had enough play to almost wear through studs.
Rear left wheel gets most of the drive from diff as seen when tyre wears more than any other tyre on vehicle. I have seen explanation but can't remember how or why this happens and was beyond my simple mind.

[tracemul7]

Hey Folks,

Sorry I haven't read all the posts - but a quick note from me.
Had the rear passenger side wheel come loose at 110 (there's a long thread somewhere on here with regular updates).

From my research, I found that Nissan never lodged an official recall, but they did fit the plastic markers.
The only reason for the wheels to come loose is if they are incorrectly tensioned (wrong order, wrong tension).

So I went back to the place who did our wheel rotation and they (eventually - after raising with Australia-wide manager) replaced the rim and tyre with new ones.

PM me for more info, if you want it

Cheers, Trace

[jack]

You can add another late model GU to the list, not mine but someone I have met before. Lost his left rear wheel about 6 weeks ago, I only just found out but don't know the circumstances.