Typically, just one lug nut on a wheel will be locking, and the rest will be standard. Each set of locking nuts usually comes with a key, or a socket, to fit its specific pattern.

Locking wheel nuts do not have standard hexagonal heads like a normal nut and bolt. They require a unique locking wheel nut ‘key’ to remove them. This guide looks at the different types of ...

I recently purchased a Citroen C3 Picasso Connexion which comes supplied with "Blade" alloy wheels and was of the understanding that the vehicle would be fitted with the appropriate Locking wheel ...

“Locking wheel nut removal tools are therefore now commonplace and quite cheap. These work by biting into the metal of the nut or bolt, gripping it and allowing it to be unscrewed.

Lug nuts hold your wheel to your car, so you'll need to take them off to change a tire or work on your suspension. That's easy unless one of your lug nuts is a special "locking type." Oh, yours is?