Q: Tilted wheel
So my friend wrecked my car into a ditch we got it out but the rim broke and the wheel is now tilting in and kinda lower on one side ,there is something hanging , could it just be just that the spring broke or what could it be ?
My car has 16000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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