Thank you for video. As stated in reply to other comment my Wife and daughter were stranded and had vehicle towed home. I couldn't believe what they were telling me till I tried myself. Used info in your video and another one had to use 19.5 slip socket to get wheel off and have tire replaced. Thank you again this information is almost a breaking news or public awareness someone could be stranded in middle of no where or a storm and nothing to do.
These lugs had me trying to flip the car over like the hulk. Pulled a muscle and gave up on the whole thing and finished putting a plug on the tire the next day with it on the car. Wish I saw this before. Thanks for the info
I'm here because I'm trying to swap to winter tires on my wife's car. And just one lug keeps spinning. Thanks for this tutorial. More and more I hate Ford.
Most U.S. manufacturers do this. I'd suggest buying a new set of lugnuts from your local tire store or Amszon, etc. Just don't buy the really cheap ones. They have a thin chrome plating that chips the first time you put a socket on them and they start to rust.
It was pretty funny pulling up this video and watching what we could do, just to figure out that our last resort was actually our only option for changing the tire out, pretty terrible idea with these caps on Fords end
What a shit show by Ford. How the heck are motorists supposed to know this until too late. Thank you for sharing, I was able to call a friend while stranded along freeway.
Thank you for the help on this. Such a pain. We have a Mazda and I'm finding the Ford has many of the same design features on items such as the brakes. I'm sure this is a collaborative design that incorporated Mazda and Ford design ideas. Most likely this is a foreign lug nut with a pretty cap that does not work.
Is there something mentally off with the designers at Ford. The problem addressed is outrageous not to have been anticipated……..surely testing for such occurrences would have picked up on the problem lurking and the inconvenience awaiting unsuspecting Ford owners. But it’s not the only example of outrageous oversight. Attaching the spare bicycle under the vehicle to babe it exposed to the elements and in some instances have the rod holding the tire in place either seize and be impossible to remove or actually snap off leaving the tire behind on the highway and a startling and enraging surprise for the owner suddenly needing to do a tire change out on the highway. Ford needs to raise the bar on its aptitude tests for the designers it hires or the company is headed for major sales problems. This is a great video demonstrating the intelligence of the purchasers of Ford products to rise above the low level design flaws. Thanks.
@@dogfilms7753 I used a 19mm socket but one with 12 points. Some sockets only have 6 points. Im not sure if a 6 point socket will work since I only tried it with a 12 point socket.
My Wife and daughter were stuck on road side end up having it towed home and told me lug wrench wouldn't fit. Couldn't believe it till I tried myself used info from this video to take wheel off. I will be replacing the lug nuts to ones with out the cover