My tie rod has bent 2 times now. i have done nothing to it. the first time is that my whole tire fell off when i was driving. the next it just barely not even a year after my tire fell off i was driving in the snow and my drive mode stop working. once i parked i look at my tire and saw it was cockeyed. i did not hit anything. i was only going max 5 miles an hour. it has been a year from hell with my car.