What happens to a tire when you hit a curb?
A major problem resulting from hitting the curb is throwing your car’s suspension out of alignment. This will lead to uneven tire wear in as little as 200 miles. Your tire may also have suffered damage to the sidewall that could lead to a possibly dangerous blowout.
What should you do if your car hits a curb?
Look for damage to the suspension and also drivetrain. Hitting the front wheel sideways against a curb in a front-wheel-drive car is always a bummer. It’s pretty common in snowy areas and FWD cars understeer by their design. If it were my car I would take it to a trusted mechanic.
Do you need to replace a tire after hitting a curb?
Because this is a FWD vehicle, rather than AWD, you can probably get away with replacing only one–or at the most two–tires. However, there is a very real possibility of damage beyond just the tire. More than likely, you will need to have the wheels aligned after that curb hit.
What happens if you hit a curb at 50 mph?
If you are driving a car at 50 mph and hit a curb that was higher than six inches, you are most likely to some serious damage to the front end. But if you hit a small, three inch curb going only five miles per hour, then you might not have any damage at all.
Can a tire be repaired after a collision?
If the damage is bigger than just tire and rim (wheel) your insurance might cover the repairs after the deductible. If you carry collision. If the cuts aren’t deep enough to expose the sidewall cords (plies) then the tire should be good.
What happens when your car hits the curb?
I start by inspecting the wheel and tire that made contact with the curb. This is usually the right front tire in the United States. When it comes to tire construction the tread is stronger than the side wall and much thicker. Often you’ll see chunks taken out of the tire side wall and sometimes there’s wheel damage.
Because this is a FWD vehicle, rather than AWD, you can probably get away with replacing only one–or at the most two–tires. However, there is a very real possibility of damage beyond just the tire. More than likely, you will need to have the wheels aligned after that curb hit.
What happens when you hit a curb at 65?
At 65 when the problem starts, the steering wheel wheel rotates/vibrates so that the edge moves less than 1/4 inch at the edge, back and forth. No need to point out the obvious to me, I know something is wrong, but I want to know what might be an order of the most likely issues and what i can look at myself.
What happens if you hit a curb O Rielly?
If the damage isn’t serious it can go unnoticed – but be careful because an undetected damaged tire can cause a major blowout on the freeway. The belts inside the tire can bulge up from the impact, so be on the lookout for that as well.