Hi Chanise.
Short of you happening to own one of the old 4-Wheel Steering Hondas, rear wheels should not turn inward. A couple of intermediate scenarios:
- It's possible that there's a little bit of inward turn if the wheel lug nuts have been loosened a lot, or even removed completely. Are all the nuts on the wheel and tight? If they are loose or gone, this can be pretty dangerous. At best you'd get a jack under the car, hopefully augmented with a jack stand, so that you can jack up the wheel until it's off the ground. Then you carefully re-tighten the bolts, checking that the threads are OK, that the studs aren't bent, and that the wheel looks square once the bolts are tight.
- If you've had a significant failure in your suspension, such as a blown shock or strut, a broken spring, a disconnected/broken wishbone if the suspension is that type, or a broken/disconnected sway bar, then the rear suspension could be in a wonky position relative to the car. This would need to be checked by someone who knows suspensions and has the gear to deal with it. A lot of that would require a lift and large specialty tools, but the good news would be that with re-connected or repaired parts, you'd hopefully be good to go.
Other than that, if the rear wheel on your car is turning inward, and it's beyond something like a flat tire with the walls veering off from how the car is sitting, this isn't something you fix at home. This means that a major part of your suspension has been bent, probably including areas of the frame. That's major body shop work.
I hope this frames options for you. If you do end up having loose or missing wheel lugs, be careful, make sure they are properly tightened this time, and keep an eye on your car. Lugs can sometimes work loose when not torqued enough, but all of them happening to be loose without you noticing the rear of the car going 'whompety whompety whomp' while driving? Hard to imagine. It'd mean that someone loosened them deliberately, and you'd want to make sure they don't try it again after you fix it (locking wheel lugs would be a good investment at that point).
Cheers
D
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