For pretty much all run-flat tyres, the general consensus is no, they cannot be repaired. Kwik Fit's website says: "Tyre manufacturers advise not to repair these tyre models for a very important ...
First time owners of run-flat equipped cars are almost always caught off guard when they arrive at their dealership to have one of those tires repaired due to a nail or puncture. What they expect is ...
Run-flat tires, which have been offered on some new cars for the last few years, are a soothing security blanket. They can be driven for miles after losing their air, allowing drivers to delay fixing ...
Maybe you’ve been in this situation: stuck on the side of a road, a punctured tire needing to be changed out for the spare one in the trunk. You have a pair of options, do you choose to change the ...
But according to the RAC, the number of puncture call-outs is on the rise. In 2002, its patrols responded to 160,908 incidents – by 2007 this had risen to 230,196. The AA says it attended 330,000 tyre ...
Tyres are important, and yet they are one of the most vulnerable part of a car — run over a nail and your day could be ruined by a tyre puncture that relegates you to the side of the road, waiting for ...
In some ways, car makers see the spare wheel as a necessary evil, but run-flat tyres are one solution that means a spare wheel doesn't need to be carried. Spare wheels take up space, and modern car ...
General consensus is no, run-flats cannot be repaired. Kwik Fit's website says: "Tyre manufacturers advise not to repair these tyre models for a very important reason. Thanks to their reinforced ...