WHEELS OF SHOCK

A flat tire turned into a near-miss that could have ended with a child in the car and a wheel coming apart on the road.

It started with a routine AAA roadside call. The poster had a flat and called for help. When the AAA technician lifted the car, something went badly wrong: the poster says the lift caused about $4,000 in damage to the vehicle.

That same day, the poster went to a tire shop to replace the flat with a new tire. That's when the second shock hit. The tire shop technician found the wheel so loose that the lug nuts came off by hand. The shop later wrote in its report that it was basically a "wheels-off" situation.

By then, the poster says they had been driving all day with their child in the car, to work and back, while hearing strange noises they believed were tied to the earlier damage. AAA reportedly confirmed on a recorded line that they heard those noises when the poster called in.

The realization landed hard: the car had not just been damaged, it had apparently been unsafe to drive. The poster says they were lucky not to have gotten into an accident.

Since then, they say they have documented everything, spoken to multiple AAA agents, and started reaching out to lawyers. Most of the attorneys they contacted told them they had a "good case," but the next step is still unclear. The poster says they do not know how to move forward or what kind of attorney to hire.

For now, the question is about accountability, and who can actually take on AAA. The poster wonders whether a general civil attorney is the right direction and asks what to do next after a roadside service call turned into damaged wheels, loose lug nuts, and a day of driving with a child in the car before the danger was fully understood.