Q: bold on top of tire broke, dislogging the tire but I could not even start the engine.. what is that?

asked by on January 07, 2017

The AAA guy tells me the bolt holding the upper part of the tire broke, but after that happened I could not start the engine.. why is that .. seemed like the engine fell on the ground.. serious issue?

My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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