Slightly worrying!

[Blaptastic]

So I've had my Leon for about 7 weeks now and had started to notice a slight rattle coming from the front somewhere.
After much is it that or is it this I popped it into my local tyre place to get it in the air.
Turns out 2 wheel nuts on the passenger side were only finger tight!
So much for checking brand new cars out before collection!

 

['& Son' managed]

That's not good, someone needs to be given at least a quiet word about following the PDI checklist...

 

[garybuttle]

So you have not rechecked your wheelbnuts for 7 weeks and that is the dealers fault?

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[Blaptastic]

So you have not rechecked your wheelbnuts for 7 weeks and that is the dealers fault?

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Meaning?
The car is new so I'd expect not to have to check them for a long while.
Tbh I've never heard of anyone checking them on a regular basis.

 

[Kinetic]

So you have not rechecked your wheelbnuts for 7 weeks and that is the dealers fault?

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Going by your logic, are you saying every single nut and bolt should be tested regularly? I must admit I've rarely checked the wheel nuts unless I've changed a wheel myself.

 

[Blaptastic]

Going by your logic, are you saying every single nut and bolt should be tested regularly? I must admit I've rarely checked the wheel nuts unless I've changed a wheel myself.

I'm having a dragons den moment...
I'm going to put multi size wheel braces at every air compressor in every garage.
Check you pressures and do your nuts, oooh matron, at the same time.
I'll be a millionaire by this next time year Rodders.

 

[garybuttle]

So when you have new Tyres fitted and are told to recheck your wheelbnuts after a few days you just don't bother.

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[Blaptastic]

So when you have new Tyres fitted and are told to recheck your wheelbnuts after a few days you just don't bother.

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That's not collecting a new car from a dealership is it though?
Those wheels have been on the car for a while by that stage so you'd expect them to be tight and I mean tight.
Tbh whenever I've had tyres fitted by reputable tyre places they've never told me to check the nuts again.
I stand by what I wrote in the original post as the dealership should have checked them, to become finger tight means they weren't anywhere near tight enough to start with.

 

[Deleted member 103408]

Before we turn into facebook warriors lets just agree to differ.

Dealership did not do a good job - So tell them they missed something serious please make sure it don't happen again.

 

[Blaptastic]

Before we turn into facebook warriors lets just agree to differ.

Dealership did not do a good job - So tell them they missed something serious please make sure it don't happen again.

Trust me they've been informed.
Totally apologetic and blamed it on new staff, not the sort of thing that should ever happen, blah blah blah.
Anyway it's been rectified and all's good.
I though, as it's a forum, it's something others may have had happen to them.
Love and peace.

 

[Gilding92]

Happened to my old man when he ordered a CLK a few years ago, on the way home from picking it up his wheel fell off going round a corner. Turns out someone tried stealing the wheels from the garage the night before

 

[Blaptastic]

Happened to my old man when he ordered a CLK a few years ago, on the way home from picking it up his wheel fell off going round a corner. Turns out someone tried stealing the wheels from the garage the night before

That would really p!ss me off!

 

[martin j.]

Where I worked every wheelnut tightness was double checked, with a torque wrench of known accuracy, the two techs signing the job sheet, after one wheel almost parting company from a sales car rules were enforced.