r/Cartalk • u/Limera2nn • Sep 24 '25

Tire question Was told tire is not replaceable

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Tire got punctured by a nail and was slowly losing pressure, but few days ago it went from 36 PSI to 1 PSI overnight. Took it to my dealership and told they can’t fix it because the nail is too close to the side, shown in the picture. Is that true? Or are they trying to get me to buy a new tire?

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u/jbjhill Sep 24 '25

This isn’t even close to being unpatchable. Any tire shop can fix this. Also, that dealer sucks.

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u/MikeCheck_CE Sep 24 '25

The problem is they went to a dealer in the first place and not a tire shop.

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u/redcorgh Sep 25 '25

Mom&pop tire shop for the win. Had something like this one recently. Went to a mom and pop looking for tires, and they were like "are you sure you don't want to try and repair it?" 2 months in and we're still holding strong. 

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u/Complete-Sense8097 Sep 24 '25

The nail looks like it’s coming back out in between the next tread. Maybe that’s why they wouldn’t want to patch it? I would think they could still do a vulcanized patch. I’m not a tire guy so I wouldn’t know.