It’s a situation no driver wants to encounter. You return to your vehicle and discover the wheels have been stolen. Although rare, it does happen.

Take this Maryland tow truck driver who says he recently picked up a 2026 Honda Civic that had its wheels stolen. He’s offering advice on how to avoid this happening to you.

He says his method will guarantee your ride never ends up like this Civic: Sitting on soda crates with all the wheels missing.

Content creator Beebo (@beebotows) dedicates his TikTok page to reports on his work as a tow truck driver. He’s featured a lot of vehicles that have had their wheels stolen. So many, in fact, that he was featured on a local news outlet in the Washington, D.C. area in a report about an alarming rise in wheel theft.

“Another one. Yep. Welcome to Greenbelt, Maryland for this ‘26 Honda Civic Sport… You see the lugs on the ground with no wheel locks. Soda crates per usual,” he says in a recent post.