I was making a turn onto the I-10 freeway and ran over a manhole without a cover. Speed was about 30 MPH and loud noise on the left tire as it went over it... No damage to tire or rim. The car is driving fine.

What surprised me was immediately after the impact, my power door locks unlocked.

The next day, I changed the tires to General G-Max AS-03 - was previously scheduled, not due to the impact.

Should I be worried? I am about 4,000 miles from Service C and planned to wait.

Thoughts?

Thank you.

 

No tire or wheel damage - no airbags deployed - drives fine? - I think you are lucky and have nothing to worry about!

 

Thank you!

I think I was lucky. I drove by the same hole a few days ago and the thing is the size of a large pizza. Houston is such a mess.

 

Wow I cant believe nothing broke??? Pretty amazing...

 

OMG your lucky as fawk! I went over a small pothole and blow out my tires lol

 

I would contact your lawyer and get something from the city. Inspect those rims....

 

I suspect I was going fast enough so I was lucky.

When they installed the new tires, they checked everything. I will check on the lawyer comment after I round up a few digital pictures of the hole (play frogger given how busy the intersection is). Someone is probably selling the cover as scrap - what a mess the world has become.

 

Isn't door unlock part of the safety mechanism if the car flips over?

 

You guys should be happy the City would give something, if at all...we would be laughed at and thrown out with a warning to never return. Your roads are like silk compared to what we "drive" on!

 

This. thank god you were going as fast as you were otherwise your wheel might have just gone into the manhole and not over it lol

 

Typically IF the city has been previously notified and taken NO action you might be able to file a claim for damages. BE SURE TO CHECK FOR RIM CRACKS with the tires off. Also do RUN OUT check for wobble and out of round.

 

NYC paid for my tire (PS2) and wheel. Took 9months to get the check lol

 

this made me LOL, but not in a lame way.....more of a "HOLY ...."
laugh......that sux too......


but yeah, OP, sounds like you got lucky......
glad someone out there is

 

Honestly, at a certain point you can't even call it inefficiency.

Nine months to approve/print/mail a check. Wow.

I think that should be considered willful neglect and heads should be rolling. I mean how collectively lazy must they be to let that claim gather dust for months...


And btw OP, you are so lucky. I just visited my dealership for at least the 6th or 7th time for a flat tire over 70,000 miles. They tried to charge me $360... I have the Safeguard tire insurance and they adjusted it to $320, I guess that's the most the insurance will pay. (The crazy part is I paid around $750 for the insurance when purchasing the car new. They've lost over a $1,000, at the least, on my policy alone.)

 

Don't you understand Government can do it way better than private industry/people.

 

I'd keep an eye on a premature ball joint/wheel bearing failure, potholes mash up your lower ball joints.