Lug nuts and MaxCare warranty Question

[BossHogg]

Recently put new tires on my 2013 RAM, as a side note, the factory Goodyears made 72,600 miles. The tire shop told me I needed new lug nuts because of lug nut swelling, a condition where lug nut rust pushes out on the chrome lug nut caps. I checked and a 22mm socket would only go on the lugs about halfway down.

To my surprise, the cost for a lug nut was $12.95 each through the dealer. I did find non-capped chrome lug nuts through Amazon for $55 plus $10 for a non-marring impact socket, for all four wheels.

Now the question, I have a lifetime Mopar MaxCare zero deductable warranty on my RAM. I read through the warranty information but there is no verbiage regarding the lug nuts. I guess it will come down to whether a lug nut is a wear item or not.

Anyone been through this with the lug nuts and Maxcare warranty?

 

[phantomfixer]

I don't know if they're covered or not but I'm guessing they're not,but for $55 bucks,I would just move on and consider you got yourself good deal

 

[Pull Ya]

Wait--you said the dealer wanted $12.95 per lug nut--x 20=$259. That's crazy!!! Check with Benny at Mopar Parts a vendor here on this site. I bet he can help you out.
Jay

 

[indept]

Wait--you said the dealer wanted $12.95 per lug nut--x 20=$259. That's crazy!!! Check with Benny at Mopar Parts a vendor here on this site. I bet he can help you out.
Jay

It's worse than that, he has a 2500 so he has either 6 or 8 lugs / tire so it's $310.80 or $414.40...

 

[Pull Ya]

"The screw'n you get for the screw'n you got"
Jay

 

[RLJ10X]

That fabulous **** Care that you extended warranty fanboys are always touting, ought to send a complete set Next Day Air.

You paid for it!

 

[Gr8bawana]

Rockauto $4.07 each.

 

[Scottly]

Read the exclusions...it usually states that "corrosion" isn't covered. Since corrosion is causing it....

 

[jbrown5030]

Swollen nuts are an increasingly common problem.

 

[Dodge 1500 4X4]

I've owned FORDS and they have the same problem, I thought I got rid of it has anyone heard of Gorilla lug nuts or McGard lug nuts, that are the better ones.

 

[DirtyWipers]

I think I paid $15 or so for 20 of these on Amazon...No problem.

 

[DodgeDude99]

I bought those for my Charger (which never sees snow) they rusted to **** in a year. Bought Gorilla black lugs for my 2500, got 2 years before they were rusted to ****
Only used the impact on low to spin them down with no “impact”, then torque by hand or broke loose by hand.

I will throw them in the blast cabinet & then powder coat them.

 

[Mbrigh3]

my deductible for the max-care warranty is 100 bucks so 55 bucks would be an easy decision for me

 

[RLJ10X]

I always smear a little gob of grease on the wheel studs; never had a problem with rusty lug nuts.

 

[yillbs]

I'm going to say no... They have one of the worst written contracts known to man. "Any modification to the truck that wasn't added in the factory".

It literally says, if you add a bed cover they can deny service to you. So yeah, good luck with that.

 

[Nick14]

I would take a look at ebay. I bought a used set for a Ridgeline I had. People buy new wheels and tires right after buying their new truck. I believe I paid 25 shipped for a full set of OE lug nuts. They looked brand new. Nick

 

[yoda]

Recently put new tires on my 2013 RAM, as a side note, the factory Goodyears made 72,600 miles. The tire shop told me I needed new lug nuts because of lug nut swelling, a condition where lug nut rust pushes out on the chrome lug nut caps. I checked and a 22mm socket would only go on the lugs about halfway down.

To my surprise, the cost for a lug nut was $12.95 each through the dealer. I did find non-capped chrome lug nuts through Amazon for $55 plus $10 for a non-marring impact socket, for all four wheels.

Now the question, I have a lifetime Mopar MaxCare zero deductable warranty on my RAM. I read through the warranty information but there is no verbiage regarding the lug nuts. I guess it will come down to whether a lug nut is a wear item or not.

Anyone been through this with the lug nuts and Maxcare warranty?

I own a 15 Ram with the Maxcare, I just ran the labor op. for lug nuts on my truck, they are not covered under the maxcare

 

[grizzstang]

I've owned FORDS and they have the same problem, I thought I got rid of it has anyone heard of Gorilla lug nuts or McGard lug nuts, that are the better ones.

Get the McGard lug nuts they still have lifetime warranty.

The Gorilla lug nuts I have on my truck and the Jeep started to rust pit after one winter and they are no longer lifetime warranty for the OEM style lugs.

 

[Jberg]

The lug nuts have a thin cap over them for appearance. The swelling of this cover occurs because of the corrosion of the cheap metal underneath and the trapping of water between the layers. This is a terrible design and it's the cause of the problem. It should be covered for that reason alone. Polished stainless or even powder coated lug nuts would avoid this problem entirely.

 

[corneileous]

I bought the McGard lug nuts about a yea ago and they still look as good as the day I put turn on.


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