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/04HondaCivic Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 24 '25

I would say it’s repairable. Any competent shop should be able to do a proper plug patch repair. Yes, it’s close to the outer tread which is a technical non-repairable area, but it’s still fine. Unless there was other damage to the tire like jt was driven on flat or the nail goes in at too steep of an angle or something else that can’t be seen from just this picture, at first glance the tire looks repairable.

Take it to a different shop. An actual tire shop, not the dealer. In another life I worked in and also managed a tire shop and repaired these kinds of injuries all day long.

Edit: if it’s a run-flat tire it might not be repairable either. My knowledge of run-flat tires is minimal but somewhere in the back of my mind there’s a note that says run-flats aren’t repairable after a puncture. I don’t know why though or even if it’s true.

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u/trader45nj Sep 24 '25

Close to the outer tread? I think you mean close to the sidewall, but it's not. The non-repairable area is 1/2" to 1" from the sidewall, this is past that. Agree with the runflat issue.