Does Tire Rotation Include Tightening Lug Nuts?
 

Does Tire Rotation Include Tightening Lug Nuts? Michigan Court Thinks About It For Awhile, Concludes 'No'

In what will surely go down in history as one of the most Galaxy Brain court rulings of all time, a Michigan appeals court determined that a tire rotation does not, in fact, include tightening the lug nuts.

It is a ruling that not only defies common sense but has potentially broad ramifications for Michigan car owners who may find it much harder to sue mechanics for doing unspeakably dumb things, such as not making sure the damn tires stay on the car.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...cid=spartandhp

Unreal.
How about letting the hoist down on a Wheel/tire? Bell tire boneheads. Lol

Those judges need their tires rotated.

"We conclude, under the plain language of MCL257.1307a, that defendants “performed” a tire rotation, albeit negligently...There is no support for the trial court’s determination that a tire rotation is not “performed” if a service person fails to sufficiently tighten the lug nuts on one tire."

The court is not saying that it was "OK" for the Mechanic/shop not to tighten/torque the lug nuts......only that the particular law applies mainly to worked charged which was not done and this is not the case here.

Of course the Mechanic/shop were negligent and therfore liable by not doing the job properly, but they did indeed do it.

That's insane!! I can't believe "Motor City" has such nimrods running things. How could you remove a tire and when you put it back on you don't tighten the lug nuts?? That is pure stupidity!

The next "F" up ruling will be that the oil pan drain plug does not need to be tightened on an oil change...

LOL

Rich

...and in fact the customer will be charged twice because another refill was required.