OEM poor quality capped lug nuts!~

[greeneye150]

i have never seen in my life a capped lug nut, on ANY car i have owned. you put a wrench to these things weather it be air or not and they warp and start stripping. in attempting to replace the OEM capped lug nut that came on my 15 edge se AWD, i have looked up online and in various auto parts stores they list the wrong size even in direct oem replacement. the correct size is m14-1 1.50 which i have to order from dorman. these are solid chrome lug nuts. while im at the tire shop another ford comes in and has the same problem! what is ford doing using these cheap lug nuts? what ever happened to "built ford tough"?

[Hermans]

It has happened on my 2010 Fusion, my 2013 Fusion and my 2013 MKZh. I expect it to happen on my 2015 MKC and the 2016 Edge as soon as they experience a few winter tire/rim change overs. It's a Ford thing and you can purchase a full set from about any parts supply house for $35.00/20 or you can pay Ford $186.00 for a set. This topic has been discussed many times elsewhere on these forums.

[greeneye150]

solid lug nuts are now 10.00 for a pack of 4, waist of 48$+ labor, plus scratching my rims, some of them had to be chiseled off and this was only the 2nd time they were touched. i have posted this because this could have been a huge problem on the road if i had got a flat and find out my breaker bar socket and factory wrench would have been useless. seems like a lot of headache for lug nuts, not even my kia had capped lug nuts