# 2017 Ford Fusion - Swollen lugs **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [July 3, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-swollen-lugs/166785 "2020-07-03T17:28:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yewch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ce7236/32.png) [@Yewch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yewch)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-swollen-lugs/166785/1 "2020-07-03T17:28:08Z")
I most recently went through an expense of $311.00 Canadian in order to have my brakes checked, only to find out the repair shop had great difficulty removing the tires due to swollen lug nuts??? Come on Ford ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-swollen-lugs/166785/2 "2020-07-03T19:06:45Z")
> [@Yewch](#): > > the repair shop had great difficulty removing the tires due to swollen lug nuts This not a new thing. You have a lug nut with a decorative cover on it . If the are cracked the lug nut inside will rust . I can’t believe the shop had difficulty because this is a common problem. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-swollen-lugs/166785/3 "2020-07-03T19:09:11Z")
Common problem with Ford lugnuts, but not limited to Fords. You can replace them with solid after market lugnuts or replace as needed. I had two lugnuts replaced after 14 years. The rest are still okay. I had an Oldsmobile that had chrome covers over the lugnuts. Covers on, lugnuts in inches, when the covers fell off lugnuts were metric. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-swollen-lugs/166785/4 "2020-07-04T00:28:53Z")
Why did the tire shop have great trouble removing the lugs? The lug nuts take a 19mm socket. When they start to rust underneath the chrome covers, they swell up a little bit. Then you use a 19.5mm socket. I work at a general service auto shop and we have the correct sockets. I can’t believe a tire and brake shop doesn’t have the same. I see this trouble mostly on Toyota, Chrysler, and Ford products. But it happens to any car, and it’s not new. The 77 Oldsmobile I had in high school had the same trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-swollen-lugs/166785/5 "2020-07-04T00:34:23Z")
Anybody who knows anything about lug nuts with condoms has a set of these sockets. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/3/d34d54f2f3d4ac1f3dfa6c0cddf7fa7e32b42d36.jpeg) Pound it on, hit it with an impact gun and off comes the lug nut. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-swollen-lugs/166785/6 "2020-07-04T02:01:51Z")
How do you put the lug nuts back on after the brake inspection when the customer declines the repairs?