No
The wheel will begin to wobble and can eventually fall off if you don't get it fixed.
I can see no earthly reason why.
No, most likely it's the nut behind the wheel.
How are your calipers an wheel bearings looking. i had a bad wheel bearing and actually blew and warped my rotor.
Wear and corrosion, especially in bearings.
Grand Ams eat wheel bearings, if one is bad you might as well replace both of them as the other will go out in a month or so, I had a 94 and replaced 6 wheel bearings in that car in 113,000 miles.
I just had one replaced on my 98 Malibu i took it to the shop because it was starting to handle bad around corners Bad wheel bearings usually make noise. Bearings don't usually just 'go out' they progressively get nosier and worse. If your bearings are making noise, you should have a mechanic check them out.
Bearings where, motor, wheel ? In either case, they can go bad that quickly and without notice. Sometimes things just happen. Engine bearings go almost immediately with no oil. Blocked oil passage or bad oil pump will do it. A wheel bearing can have been dry for a while without making noise and then seize up. You could also be being scammed. Engine bearings will knock if only a little bad and a wheel bearing will squeal or lock the wheel.
Wrong amount of pre-load on the bearings or bad bearings my guess is wrong pre-load. Too tight is bad and too loose is also bad. Could have been not lubed as well.
The way to tell if you have a bad wheel bearing is when you are driving and go into a hard corner. The wheel that is on the inside of the corner stops making a humming noise. I just replaced my Driver Rear bearing on my 2004 VW Gti
I recently did this for my 2004. I found it was cheaper to replace the entire wheel hub then to buy the bearings. The bonus is the new wheel hub comes with the bearings already to go.