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Old 02-03-2016, 12:16 PM
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I've seen a wheel fly off from a Jeep once, not pretty...

the IWE failure is "common", at least on this micro-sample-size forum. It may or may not be related to your flying wheel, but certainly not unheard of.
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I would see if it shows up on CarFax, because you would be financially harmed if it does.
The only thing that the carfax says is service performed but if you pull it up on the ford owners site it says axle clutch transmission
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I take it the dealership is not the one that Dwayne Johnson works at?
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Originally Posted by ecopat
I've seen a wheel fly off from a Jeep once, not pretty...

the IWE failure is "common", at least on this micro-sample-size forum. It may or may not be related to your flying wheel, but certainly not unheard of.
The wheel came from them not righting the lugs back up. The initial problem occurred in September and they fixed everything then. Then I get it back and have two cv boots bust. Yes the dealer assured me that the IWE problem is a occurring problem. So I never argued the issue. But I still saw as it was on the left front where the tech never tightened the lugs up
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Originally Posted by jhowey
The only thing that the carfax says is service performed but if you pull it up on the ford owners site it says axle clutch transmission
As a buyer, the only repair I concern myself with is a wrecked vehicle repair. A vehicle repaired correctly by a dealer, is not an issue. As a matter of fact, its one less thing to worry about!
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Originally Posted by digitaltrucker
As a buyer, the only repair I concern myself with is a wrecked vehicle repair. A vehicle repaired correctly by a dealer, is not an issue. As a matter of fact, its one less thing to worry about!
But should the accident that I had show up on my carfax? I mean I never filled it to my insurance I had to have the police come out because I was blocking no a lane of traffic. I know how the carfax works alil but I would think it would go into detail alil more. I mean the carfax shows my other accident that I had. So I guess it's all in how the dealership classifies it.
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Originally Posted by jhowey
But should the accident that I had show up on my carfax? I mean I never filled it to my insurance I had to have the police come out because I was blocking no a lane of traffic. I know how the carfax works alil but I would think it would go into detail alil more. I mean the carfax shows my other accident that I had. So I guess it's all in how the dealership classifies it.
Not sure how it is done, but I would assume that if a vehicle shows an accident, it comes from an insurance claim not from a dealer report, they cant make that call nor would I think they would want to.

I think you are worrying for nothing!
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Everyone's advice has helped me out on this situation I'm going to ride this out until something else happens. Thanks everyone for there opinions.
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