[Nick319]

The one thing I hate most is a nail in my tire! I got poked by one today with only 2100 miles on the tire. So I took it to a local tire shop, and the guy said they can't patch it. I want to call BS on the guy, but I know nothing about tire repair. He said it was too close to the sidewall. What do you guys think???

 

[dubie2003]

Take it to your dealer. The tires have a 1yr 12k warranty on them. They will either prorate it or give you a free one. You may have to pay for a mount and balance thou.

 

[Frontier636]

He said it was too close to the sidewall.

YES he is right the thing that i dont know is it could be of INSURANCE reson that they cant do it. but u can buy a plug kit and do it ue self.

 

[dubie2003]

Thinking about it more, you may be able to plug and patch it but I still would swap it with the spare tire so that you are not riding on it every day. This is only if the dealer won't do anything for you.

 

[Nick319]

Yeah, I got the spare on there now. The tire with a nail only had 19psi. I don't think the warranty covers nails, I think that is only for defects in the tire....

 

[SDHarleydad]

Im thinking thats not a nail....but a screw! Sorry had to do it!

 

[1stNISSAN]

swap the good spare tire with the tire with the nail. Then put the nailed tire on the steel wheel and plug it, make sure to check the spare after a couple weeks for leaks!

 

[Clint]

Plug the tire and enjoy the truck.

Clint

 

[Mathster]

Im thinking thats not a nail....but a screw! Sorry had to do it!

I got all excited hoping to get to point out that detail... buzz kill

Plug the tire and enjoy the truck.

Clint

thats what I would do... every couple plugs, go have a patch put under all of them at once...

 

[antv20]

I had close to the same issue when I got my truck. I took it to a place that cauterized the spot. Worked great and never had an issue with the tire. Stayed on thetruck until I wore them out. Think it cost me about $15.

 

[poppop]

Warranty won't cover road hazard. I had almost the exact thing happen to me. I was able to get a patch from a repair shop, however.

 

[frontire]

Why fix it? This is a sign for you to get some beefier tires. Patches, we don't need no stinking patches!

 

[Mathster]

on another note.
If you cant find anyone to patch it (I find that hard to believe). have your local tire shop put a tube in it and put it on the spare rim. I had a small sidewall puncture a couple weeks after I got my truck. I swapped out the spare, had them dress the sidewall puncture and tube it. I have used that tire a couple times, but other than that, it holds air just fine.

 

[09eq]

Had a rock poke small hole in a BFG Rugged on Friday - it was dead center so was able to fix, but, POS tires - probably 350# in back and on a county road, real Rugged huh? Inspires confidence! One more flat and they will be history - might even try or at least look at some LT215/85R16

 

[techtable]

Plug the tire and enjoy the truck.

Clint

This way you can save the tire, but I've learned, that if you plugged, the next time you get a flat, some tire shop refuse to patch the tire, if they found you got a plug, it's just some source of safety policy they got, and they rather not fix it, if you get a blow out down the road and that cause accident, they don't want to take that. I don't know how many tire shop out there are like this, but Walmart will not do it, I got a plug on one of my tire that I saved in the past, and when I got a screw, they don't want to fix it, so I had to plug it again. Which is fine to us. But they will not patch, if the tire has been plugged before.

 

[goody]

Im thinking thats not a nail....but a screw! Sorry had to do it!

you beat me to it.

@Techtable..You are a brave soul taking your vehicles to Wal-Mart for any kind of service/work

 

[F4D]

That screw is nowhere near the side wall. Plug it and burn some more gas.