ORIGINAL: hsbertiii

My low speed thumping sound was diagnosed yesterday afternoon when I was traveling down that highway at about 50mph and saw my drivers side front tire go flying past me. Thankfully nobody was in the oncoming traffic lane and I just slowed to the breakdown lane. It didn't feel like the brakes were working but the H3 stayed on the road and slowly brought us into the breakdown lane. I felt the thumping and checked the front end but never pulled the cover off the tire to check the lugs. I was planning on dropping it off at the dealers today to get the oil changed since I'm around 3k miles but that didn't work out for me. The dealership said they have never heard of the tire flying off like that but 3 of the studs were broken off, 1 of them was in the road 4-5 miles before the tire flew off, and the remainders were bent over. Thankfully we stayed on the road and were all safe. It's a little embarrassing thoughto have that happen in a brand new vehicle. The dealer thought they should have it fixed by tomorrow. Any ideas what to check when I get it back. When the brakes wouldn't work I shifted into nuetral but when we came to a stop it looked like the indicator said reverse. Check out those lug nuts.