Possible Clues:

• Impending evil or danger
• Peril
• With minimal support, it put consumer in precarious situation in court
• Extremely precarious situation
• What could produce scared mood -- wolf's constant threat
• A hang-up that's worrying son — close to collapse following mother's remark
• One's scared doom flows from its collapse?
• Do repeated screams, wolf on the loose being an imminent threat
• Constant threat, metaphorically
• WARNING: Suspension system prone to failure