Q: A friend of mine just bought a 2002 Corvette. Nice car but he neglected to check out the lug nuts. The wheels have a locking lug nut on each one. There is no master unlock and previous owner is not ...

DEAR CAR TALK: I bought a used Volvo for my wife. I didn't know it had locking lug nuts on it. The car did not come with a key to remove them. None of the tire dealers in my small town had keys or ...

Did you ever notice that highly stressed fasteners like rod, main, and head bolts don't use any locking devices? These critical fasteners stay tight by being stretched-they work like clamps. If a ...

Without exception, the biggest headache for repair shops anywhere (and among the top 10 for car owners) are locking wheel nuts. If you bought your current ride new from almost any of the over 3,200 ...

Recently, we had our 2005 Toyota RAV4 taken in for its regularly scheduled maintenance, which included rotating the tires. Each tire has a locking lug nut, and when I picked up the car, my mechanic ...

Q: Does the auto industry have any plans to provide one odd-sized lug nut for each wheel to deter theft? T.G., New Lenox, Ill. A: One odd-size lug nut would probably do nothing to stop a determined ...