Got my first flat tire on the highway in the rain last night...

[FnkDrSpok]

Learned some things:

• Slow down when you hear 'thump thump thump thump...' (Could've made it home with the bolt if I limped it)
• Not having a spare sucks
• Having road assistance is great if you don't mind the wait
• (Next morning) Oh wait, no jack either. Car is too low for standard jacks, need a lowered car jack

How's your Thursday?

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[Benjilis]

I doubt it was a fast leak. Never ignore the tire sensor. Happened to me once and I was stopping g at every other gas station to fill up on air until I got to a place to patch it.

 

[FnkDrSpok]

I doubt it was a fast leak. Never ignore the tire sensor. Happened to me once and I was stopping g at every other gas station to fill up on air until I got to a place to patch it.

Fast leak after screw popped out. Went from 42 to 4 in about 30 secs. Tire is getting patched and plugged now.

 

[Evolution]

I thought our cars came with a plug kit? Should be next to the compressor in the cubby.

 

[suicidaleggroll]

I thought our cars came with a plug kit? Should be next to the compressor in the cubby.

Yeah mine came with a plug kit and 12V compressor in the trunk so you could plug and re-inflate a tire on the side of the road by yourself.

 

[SD_MK]

I feel you dawg. I've never seen 38psi hit 0 quicker in my life.

 

[FnkDrSpok]

Yeah mine came with a plug kit and 12V compressor in the trunk so you could plug and re-inflate a tire on the side of the road by yourself.

Saw that but with the hole the screw left, had to be plugged from the inside.

Added the screw I pulled out of the firewall for reference. Unfortunately, didn’t take a pic of the hole in the tire before they took it back.

 

[Motorknut]

Saw that but with the hole the screw left, had to be plugged from the inside.

Added the screw I pulled out of the firewall for reference. Unfortunately, didn’t take a pic of the hole in the tire before they took it back.

isn’t that one of the screws that secures the wheel well liner ? How could that have punctured the tire If it was still halfway in? (From your first set of pics)

glad you are safe. I once had a flat tire, didn’t notice it till I drove like 300m, and the sensors decided to do their job and alert me. that tpms can be really slow to refresh

 

[FnkDrSpok]

isn’t that one of the screws that secures the wheel well liner ? How could that have punctured the tire If it was still halfway in? (From your first set of pics)

Check the initial pics, you see it sticking in the wheelwell liner (it made a new hole). That was in my tire for a while and after a while it shot out after a mile or so. I slowed down to around 50 but that wasn’t slow enough when you have a screw that big in your tire.

 

[razorlab]

Love all the people questioning you. Bro, are you SURE you got a flat?

lol

 

[Motorknut]

Check the initial pics, you see it sticking in the wheelwell liner (it made a new hole). That was in my tire for a while and after a while it shot out after a mile or so. I slowed down to around 50 but that wasn’t slow enough when you have a screw that big in your tire.

damn, so it was dangling after it lodged itself in the liner?! with that washer, it probably had no way for a good enough seal to get a slow leak

 

[XtremeMaC]

Saw that but with the hole the screw left, had to be plugged from the inside.

Added the screw I pulled out of the firewall for reference. Unfortunately, didn’t take a pic of the hole in the tire before they took it back.

So, did the screw fell from the wheel well screws or just random screw on the road that very much resembles the wheel well screw.

 

[FnkDrSpok]

Love all the people questioning you. Bro, are you SURE you got a flat?

lol

lol I know right, I feel I should take a pic of the plug and how big it is with a big red circle around it with some Will Smith hands

 

[FnkDrSpok]

So, did the screw fell from the wheel well screws or just random screw on the road that very much resembles the wheel well screw.

I rode over the screw, if you look close enough, it’s not from our car, I even did a check when I pulled the wheel and all were accounted for. I just picked up an extra one along the way.

 

[FnkDrSpok]

isn’t that one of the screws that secures the wheel well liner ? How could that have punctured the tire If it was still halfway in? (From your first set of pics)

glad you are safe. I once had a flat tire, didn’t notice it till I drove like 300m, and the sensors decided to do their job and alert me. that tpms can be really slow to refresh

Its someone’s, but not one of ours.

All I felt for a while was a steady “thump” but it was subtle so I thought I picked up some debris in the tire tread. I stopped when I first heard it, checked the tire pressure and the rears were at 42 psi. It wasn’t until I got back on the road and it finally dislodged and I heard the “bang” in the rear. And then the tire sensor came on and it told me to safely pull over.

I’m thinking that if it wasn’t raining, and I didn’t rush, I could’ve limped home but stupid me…

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