QuestionI recently had my car towed from an illegal parking spot. Immediatly after driving my car off the tow lot, the car was uncontrolable and the tires were screaching even though I was only going 5 miles an hour. I later found that I had a broken control arm. The tow truck company said they could not have caused the damage because they did not use a flat bed truck. My question is, is a broken control arm a typical damage caused by a tow truck. Or is it typically caused by human error when securing the vehicle?
AnswerOk, let me understand this... You parked illegally and got towed. The vehicle when you picked it up looked good and you started driving it and discovered that the control arm was broke...
The car was not sitting down on one side, or the tires were not pointed 2 different directions when you got it ??
Ah, its a mechanical part and they do fail.. I have towed many vehicles before for that problem and also have towed many vehicles WITH and WITHOUT a flatbed and have never torn or ripped a control arm off or loose...
Now a regular tow truck, Wheel lift style will not have anything that is hooked to the control arms or anything but the wheels... With a flatbed you would have a very remote chance of hooking to a control arm (not sure what kind of car you have here) but the recommended points to attach hooks are frame slots - holes designed and designated for such.
Most towing services which do impound towing do not use flatbeds because of the fact that vehicles would have to be Dragged onto the deck of the unit...
Hope this helps you with the issue, but it does not sound like anything that they might of done... But things do happen and parts fail...
