Went over some potholes..

[speedyboy13]

Went hiking today and ended up driving in some back gravel roads with Huge potholes around a foot deep.

I tried to avoid them all but went over some pretty hard. Should I be worried about any damage to my car?

Is there a way to tell if anything got damaged?

 

[fvansan]

Maybe your wheel alignment is off. If so, you will feel a vibration in your steering wheel at a speed around 50 or 60 mph
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You didn't say how fast you were going when you hit the potholes though.

 

[speedyboy13]

I was going 20 mph max. Mostly around 15 mph for ones I didn't see. Majority of them I went over very slow and cautiously. It was just dark out and hard to see. There doesn't seem to be any damage but I still worry about it putting some heavy wear on the suspension and wheels.

 

[Chris_Top_Her]

I went over a bump on the highway at 85 today. It's a random bump on the left side of the passing lane on a route I usually drive. I'm certain the front left wheel went airborne because I hard a thump and the dsc flashed for a sec lol.

 

[speedyboy13]

Haha do you think any damage was done?

 

[zoom zoom sp20]

Next time you drive it,take your hands off the steering wheel and if it pulls left or right you need a wheel alignment.

 

[speedyboy13]

Going how fast? And that's usually pretty cheap right?

Would be a shame considering I only have 200 miles on my car!!

 

[zoom zoom sp20]

What ever your speed limit is as you leave the driveway you will know straight away mate.

 

[Chris_Top_Her]

Haha do you think any damage was done?

No, but my dampers at set at max so when I felt the thud of them unloading I knew what had happened if only for a split second lol.

 

[MikeM.]

Went hiking today and ended up driving in some back gravel roads with Huge potholes around a foot deep.

I tried to avoid them all but went over some pretty hard. Should I be worried about any damage to my car?

Is there a way to tell if anything got damaged?

As long as it drives normally and doesn't exhibit uneven tire wear you have nothing to worry about.

 

[MidwestCX5]

Went hiking today and ended up driving in some back gravel roads with Huge potholes around a foot deep.

I tried to avoid them all but went over some pretty hard. Should I be worried about any damage to my car?

Is there a way to tell if anything got damaged?

I'm assuming your tires are still intact? Everything else should be fine.

 

[Benior]

I'm assuming your tires are still intact? Everything else should be fine.

I've dented a couple of aftermarket wheels on other vehicles without any tire damage.

 

[MidwestCX5]

I've dented a couple of aftermarket wheels on other vehicles without any tire damage.

The CX-5 comes with Alloy wheels, so they aren't going to dent.

 

[Benior]

I'm not sure what you mean by that since both of the wheels I dented were aluminum alloy. One was gravity cast, one was pressure cast (how OEM aluminum wheels are typically made). That being said, they were both running 50 series sidewalls, so a CX-5 with less than 19" wheels would likely have more protection from the taller sidewalls.

Oh, and my old roommate somehow dented his stock RX-8 wheels over some railroad tracks some years back. That was a weird one since it was loud as hell when it happened, but he wasn't going over them particularly quickly.

 

[MidwestCX5]

I'm not sure what you mean by that since both of the wheels I dented were aluminum alloy. One was gravity cast, one was pressure cast (how OEM aluminum wheels are typically made). That being said, they were both running 50 series sidewalls, so a CX-5 with less than 19" wheels would likely have more protection from the taller sidewalls.

Oh, and my old roommate somehow dented his stock RX-8 wheels over some railroad tracks some years back. That was a weird one since it was loud as hell when it happened, but he wasn't going over them particularly quickly.

That is very unfortunate. The 17" and the 19" CX-5 wheels are not going to bend from hitting a pothole at 20mph.
I just went and drove through multiple potholes at 50mph and my wheels are fine.

 

[speedyboy13]

How big were these potholes?