[Kareem15]

Today, when i left class to go home from school, i got in my car and all of a sudden thousands of warning lights came on including the brake, TPMS, DTC, and a bunch of other things, and i'm thinking hmm that's weird. When i went to drive it, i noticed that the car is making funny noises and is driving really roughly, and the steering wheel won't stay straight when the car is straight! I stop the car and go outside and check to see what is the problem, and my right rear tire is not sitting on the car straight and there is it has a huge rash in it. I have no idea how this happened, and BMW is now on its way with a tow truck to take it to the dealership

I spoke to the SA, and they said that there may be possible suspension damage, but they will have to look at it sometime tomorrow. Will BMW cover this, or my insurance, because my SA said that this kind of work could cost over $3k.

Any tips or ideas guys? Thanks in advance

[Spool]

im not sure what you mean by "rear tire not sitting on the car straight"...like you hit something and bent the control arm causing the wheel/tire to point at a funny angle? or the tire itself is pointing funny due to a messed up rim...?

[oldkingdom]

What the hell happened? You didn't hit anything???

Did you have any work done recently? Maybe tire replacement or something where they only hand tightened the studs? This is awfully strange to happen for NO reason at all.

[Kareem15]

It seems like it is the control arm, cuz the whole tire is not sitting correctly

[Kareem15]

Originally Posted by oldkingdom

What the hell happened? You didn't hit anything???

Did you have any work done recently? Maybe tire replacement or something where they only hand tightened the studs? This is awfully strange to happen for NO reason at all.

No kidding it is strange as hell, i was parked on an angle in a parking garage, so maybe the person to the right of me hit the car or something? I have no idea and i'm going nuts over it, and no i haven't had any tire work done recently to the car.

[oldkingdom]

Originally Posted by Kareem15

No kidding it is strange as hell, i was parked on an angle in a parking garage, so maybe the person to the right of me hit the car or something? I have no idea and i'm going nuts over it, and no i haven't had any tire work done recently to the car.

That's certainly a possibility but it's amazing that they could only hit the wheel and not any body work. I mean, you probably could do that if you were trying, let along by accident.

Best of luck man... keep us updated.

[Kareem15]

Originally Posted by oldkingdom

That's certainly a possibility but it's amazing that they could only hit the wheel and not any body work. I mean, you probably could do that if you were trying, let along by accident.

Best of luck man... keep us updated.

My dad said the exact same thing, but i have no idea whats going on. The tow should be here in about fifteen minutes and i have to go to the dealership tomorrow to get things checked out, but hopefully everything will work out for the best

[oldkingdom]

Can you take any photos with your phone?

[Kareem15]

It's dark out right now but sure hold on

[JayKay335i]

No way BMW is going to cover it.

[jonerik26]

good luck....hopefully it'll all get worked out, at least nothing tremendously bad happened like the wheel coming completely off while driving

[cb1111]

Originally Posted by Kareem15

Today, when i left class to go home from school, i got in my car and all of a sudden thousands of warning lights came on including the brake, TPMS, DTC, and a bunch of other things, and i'm thinking hmm that's weird. When i went to drive it, i noticed that the car is making funny noises and is driving really roughly, and the steering wheel won't stay straight when the car is straight! I stop the car and go outside and check to see what is the problem, and my right rear tire is not sitting on the car straight and there is it has a huge rash in it. I have no idea how this happened, and BMW is now on its way with a tow truck to take it to the dealership

I spoke to the SA, and they said that there may be possible suspension damage, but they will have to look at it sometime tomorrow. Will BMW cover this, or my insurance, because my SA said that this kind of work could cost over $3k.

Any tips or ideas guys? Thanks in advance

If there is no body damage then the only possibility is that a big crub jumped out and hit your rear wheel while you were parked. It is hard to say without pictures, but I'd estimate that the crub was doing about 20mph when it sideswiped your car.

Those pesky crubs.

[Oulixes]

Originally Posted by cb1111

If there is no body damage then the only possibility is that a big crub jumped out and hit your rear wheel while you were parked. It is hard to say without pictures, but I'd estimate that the crub was doing about 20mph when it sideswiped your car.

Those pesky crubs.

It was either a crub or incra - in any case, a photograph would help.

[cfabluenose]

Or as was mentioned, the wheel wasn't on tightly. If it became loose while driving it could do some serious damage to the suspension. But surely you would have felt something.

[cb1111]

Originally Posted by cfabluenose

Or as was mentioned, the wheel wasn't on tightly. If it became loose while driving it could do some serious damage to the suspension. But surely you would have felt something.

He said he didn't have any wheel work done recently.

If the OP 'fesses up (he won't because then he'll have to tell papa) then we'll find out that he hit something - probably a curb.

The OP claims that the car was fine when he parked it in a parking garage and got all sorts of lights and a wobbly suspension when he started the car and before he began driving. It is virtually impossible for someone to hit his car hard enough to damage suspension components in a parking garage and not have any body damage.

[amlebede]

Maybe the control arms are damaged.

[smihalik]

Reminds me of when I was 13 and we took my friends moms car for a joyride. fucked up the suspension and shredded one of the tires. Then we just parked it back in the driveway and blamed the slashed tire on "vandals".

Does anyone have access to a spare key?

[E90BlackBeauty]

this same thing happened to me from hitting a curb....turned out it bent my rim, control arm, hub, and even the sub frame.....around 4000 to fix. best of luck to you

[BMWinNorthdakota]

Lol, my buddy did this in his dad's m6


Dont lie. You tail slid into a curb!!

[HoustonScott]

Is this an e46 car, your sub frame may have failed.

HS