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Originally Posted by telekinetic
....This failure you experienced cannot occur on any American or Japanese vehicle, or (as far as I can ascertain with some quick googlery) anything other than certain years and models of Mercedes. Sorry you had to find out about that particular Mercedes quirk in this manner, but blaming the AAA guy is hardly fair. Requiring separate bolts for the spare seems ridiculous...why they didn't just weld sleeves to take up the extra distance onto the spare to make the arrangement failsafe is beyond me.
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No, Mercedes is NOT the only one that does this. I had a 1989 Honda Prelude with alloy wheels which used a flat bottom lugnut, while the stamped steel spare used the domed or rounded bottom lugnuts typical of steel wheels. Honda provided these in a little nylon bag attached to the spare wheel. As I recall, the owner's manual clearly stated that you should not use the lugnuts from the alloy wheels on the spare, or vice versa.
Lindy