Perhaps a Birmingham Airport flight, a stand to build at the NEC or the Knowle school run is at stake; with a puncture threatening it, state the deadline and we will assess whether a repair can be fitted in.
The problem is rarely the puncture itself, it is the timing. A slow leak found at the NEC as an exhibition opens, or a soft tyre discovered in Shirley before a shift, leaves no room to book a garage slot for tomorrow. Drivers heading for a flight from the airport off J6 have the same squeeze, as do parents trying to get from Knowle to school after leaving the M42 at J5.
Tell us what the day holds and where the car is. Where the diary has room, your call can be brought forward, with the cost and a straight view of the drive up from NW2 set out before the van moves. In the car park the puncture is judged by BS AU 159; a qualifying hole is sealed with an inside patch and the wheel bolted back on, keeping the flight, shift or pickup alive.
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Emergency repairs are carried out in a proper parking space: an NEC or airport car park, a Solihull town centre car park, Shirley retail parks on the A34 or a school or workplace car park with permission. Never on the M42 itself.
| Road | M42 Birmingham eastern orbital |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways |
How a mobile puncture repair is done →Emergency tyre repair on the M42 page
Leave the M42 for Studley and Alcester Road, the A435, gives you a choice of side streets and car parks to stop in. Pool Road Car Park and Park Farm Industrial Estate are two places a car might be left while it waits. Have the tyre size ready, mention any warning light, and say whether the tyre has been driven on while flat.
Urgent bookings near the M42 go smoother when callers send the picture first: the nail or screw visible in the tread, then the sidewall numbers and a map pin for wherever the car sits. Flexibility pays too, whether that means a Solihull office car park, a Shirley supermarket bay or the drive at home in Knowle. When the day revolves around a flight out of Birmingham Airport or a stand at the NEC, mention it, and we try to slot the visit around that.
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