Why did the tire fall off?

ramonell
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:29:27 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

My husband recently purchased a 1996 Ford Bronco 4x4 with 115,000 miles. He drove it about 2,000 miles when one day he noticed a strange noise coming from the back. He thought there may be something wrong with the breaks but they were still working so called the mechanic and made an appointment for the next morning. Well, he didn’t quite make it. The noise got louder and sounded almost like he had a flat tire. He exited the highway and slowed to about 20 MPH. About 100 feet later the back of the truck came crashing to the pavement as the driver-side rear tire shot off the car! We were never able to find the tire (we were hoping it might offer some clues as to the cause). The mechanics have absolutely no idea why this happened. Has anyone heard of this?! We’re curious to know the cause.

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