Fixable nail in tire? Help

With my luck and less than 10k miles my tire got a nail lodged in. I took it to the stealership bc my warranty was still good but they said it wasn't repairable. Second opinions?

 

It's near the sidewall, but not in the sidewall.

Possibly try a DIY tire repair kit?

 

First, pull the tire and put the spare on. Take the tire to a place like Walmart and ask them. If they can plug it it should only be about $10. May be too close to the sidewall. They should pull it and find out how long the nail is. Might be only a shorty and not even penetrating.

 

Too close to the edge to plug. You could get a plug kit and repair it yourself.

What does warranty have to do with it? Puzzled as warranty doesn't cover a nail in a tire.

 

I would say its not a fixable tire.... its too close to the side wall. You could try a kit, but you might get a bulge after.

 

try a different shop. looks repairable

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Switching from my phone to the desktop monitor it is hard to tell where the edge of your tire is. looks to be right on the edge of repair. Depends on where you go. Seems like the area of repair gets smaller and smaller. Chances are if you had tire road hazard the shop would repair rather than replace this.

 

I used to work in a tire shop, and I wouldn't be concerned about repairing this. i would get the kit mentioned above and do it yourself. I cover a lot of miles for work every year and carry one of these kits with me all the time. Have patched many tires in gas stations without ever removing the tire from the truck.

 

The dealership said since I bought the truck new and still have the same tires that came with the truck it was under their toyota care warranty. There was a lot of confusion at first with the new guys saying otherwise but in the end my tires were under their warranty. Even under the warranty they said it wasn't repairable because it was too close to the sidewall. It's a real shame because these tires had less than 10k.

 

Time to upgrade the tires...and while you're at it - lift it!

 

Haha I would if my wallet allowed it. Hence why Id rather repair the tire than buy a new one. One day though!!

 

Every time I buy a new vehicle or tire I have a nail in it in he first 3 weeks

 

Sounds like we have the same curse. This nail incident happened after I let the lady drive it to work. She must of found out how much I love my truck.

 

I seem to average about one flat a year, that looks repairable to me.

 

its fixable i have even patched a sidewall before with no problems lol

 

best way to repair this is a plug and then a patch on the inside, that way you mitigate the possibility of a bulge should air leak around plug only...personally, I have used the plug method on many nail punctures and never had the dreaded bulge....since it is so close to the side wall, plug and inside patch is best though...

Good luck...

 

Just plug it with a repair kit you buy, and watch the tire.

 

This. (note my mod list)

5k so far on a plug just a bit more to the sidewall than yours.

Since the spare is the same brand/size tire, figured I had not much to lose if the plug didn't hold; I'd just put the spare tire on that wheel (wheels are different).

Extra: Tire warranties are for certain defective failures of the tire, not road hazards.

 

Take it to a tire store and get them to install a patch / plug, its around $20