I did not have this problem, but the first time was mid-summmer. I did have an issue where the lower lug nut on the spare was cross threaded at the factory and the entire stud came out of the spare carrier and was stuck in my spare. I did not choose to battle this with the dealer as they'd never believe it, so I had one of the guys in the machine shop here at work make me a stainless 60° conical seat lug nut with a hole large enough to pass a grade 8 5/16-18 lag bolt thru it, and I've been using that ever since the first rotation.