re: Swollen lug nuts

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Just went in for an oil change and tire rotation and was told they couldn’t rotate due to swollen lug nuts. I’m 36 years old and this is my 4th truck and second ford and this is the first time I’ve heard of this. At any rate, I have to replace them so my real question is, anyone else who has had swollen nuts have a recommendation for replacements that might not have the same issue? They said look for stainless rather than alloy.

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Ford ought to be forced into banruptcy over it. It is the damndest thing I every encountered. My nieces SUV had them...I did her brakes for her and it took about 12 hours, 10 of which was spent getting the damned wheels off. It would be IMPOSSIBLE to change a tire on the side of the road. I would bet people have been injured if not killed after having a flat and not being able to change it because of this well known design flaw. I quit buying Ford trucks in 2014 over a F250 that had to have 2 motors before it had 30,000 miles on it and they claimed it was due to missed oil changes (documented oil changes at dealer where it was bought every 3000 miles or less). I wouldn't but a ford product on a dare after putting brakes on my niece's....