. With mileage that low presume your tires are still under warranty? If so, should be able to get it patched at no (or minimal) cost to you?
no flat tires
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no flat tires
Can someone help me out? I have a 2001 vet with no flat tires. My rear right tire has a nail in the center tread. The tires only have 5,000 K. Went to a tire place and they want $650.00. Can it be plugged?
Racer
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From: Woodbridge Virginia
Don't plug the tire. Take it to a shop that will take the tire off and patch it. Much safer. If you track your car then spend the money and get a new tire. While your at it replace all of them with regular tires and buy a can of fix-a-flat for emergencies.
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the correct answer to your question is not a simple yes or no answer. For example, are these the original OEM run flat tires. You say you only put about 20 miles a month on the car. If so the tires are 12 years old. A repair might not be in your best interest. Run flat tires are hard and over time become very brittle. A repair could cause a catastrophic failure, at highway speeds. Tire manufacturing production date can be found on the side of the tire. If these are not original, and are less than 6 years old, you can repair a nail leak if it is in the footprint of the tread and not at any point of the radius. Also are the tire pressure sensors working?
Bill aka Et
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the correct answer to your question is not a simple yes or no answer. For example, are these the original OEM run flat tires. You say you only put about 20 miles a month on the car. If so the tires are 12 years old. A repair might not be in your best interest. Run flat tires are hard and over time become very brittle. A repair could cause a catastrophic failure, at highway speeds. Tire manufacturing production date can be found on the side of the tire. If these are not original, and are less than 6 years old, you can repair a nail leak if it is in the footprint of the tread and not at any point of the radius. Also are the tire pressure sensors working?
Bill aka Et
Bill aka Et
Good advice !
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Some of us like our runflats. Now, do you really think he tracks his car with runflats?
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The "tire place" first off, wants to make money, a $650 tire has more profit than a $10 repair
They'll argue: saftey, OEM recomondation against patching, liabilty of plugging - patching, etc. to get you to buy a tire, or even a whole set.
Don't let them bully you, sternly request they fix the tire, it can be done.
We live in a world of litigation and greed
Saftey is concern, a real one at that, do what is best for you, I'm just a skeptic on this situation
All the best to you for a quick, easy, and economical fix to get you on the road safely
They'll argue: saftey, OEM recomondation against patching, liabilty of plugging - patching, etc. to get you to buy a tire, or even a whole set.
Don't let them bully you, sternly request they fix the tire, it can be done.
We live in a world of litigation and greed
Saftey is concern, a real one at that, do what is best for you, I'm just a skeptic on this situation
All the best to you for a quick, easy, and economical fix to get you on the road safely
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It is not recommended to repair damaged run flat tires. The structure of the tire is designed to hold the car up without air. The structure has a hole in it. I have repaired run flat tires. They often end up with belt separation and get noisy. I don't know of any that failed. I do know of customers that thought I should be responsible for the tire getting noisy. When I pointed out that I didn't damage the tire, they did, they were generally unhappy. 12 year old tires are way overdue for replacement by time. The chemistry of the tire changes over time. The tires loose grip and weaken structurally and fail much more easily. $650 I am sure was the price for 2 rear tires because you at least don't want a half worn dry rotted tire on one side and a new tire on the other side. I would say that set of tires owes you nothing and recommend you get a new set of four tires. If you don't want to do that then 1965 is right, at least make sure it is patched from the inside, not plugged.
