Back from a match at Sixfields Stadium or a flight into Birmingham International to a tyre sitting on its rim? Resist starting the engine; ring us from beside the car instead.
A flat can be waiting on return to a parked car anywhere along this road. Airport short-stay and NEC car parks hold cars for days while a slow puncture does its work; the Sixfields Stadium car parks, with the operator's permission, empty after a game to reveal a soft tyre; a Raunds or Thrapston driveway can hide a leak picked up on the A14 link. The temptation, especially after a long flight, is to limp to a garage. Every yard on a flat damages the sidewall further.
Stay put and phone from the Sixfields, airport or Raunds spot with the tyre size. First the fitter finds out why it went down: a nail in the tread can be repaired to BS AU 159, a valve or rim leak can often be cured, and a tyre with a damaged sidewall or crushed casing is replaced with the right size from the van. You hear which it is and what it costs before any work begins.
On run-flat tyres? They behave differently once deflated, so check the handbook's limits and read our page on run-flat tyres; we fit replacement run-flat tyres at the car near the A45 as well.
Other jobs we do at the car include broken tyre replacement on the A45 and emergency tyre replacement.
Sixfields Stadium or retail park car parks, the airport short-stay, the NEC, a driveway in Raunds or Acocks Green, Canley side streets. Airport drop-off lanes and bus lanes are too tight for the job. Found flat in a live A45 lane instead? That is 999.
| Road | A45 Northampton to Thrapston and Coventry to Birmingham |
|---|---|
| Operator | Birmingham City Council west of M42 J6; National Highways from Tollbar End to M42 J6 and from M1 J16 to Thrapston |
Flat on the Northampton stretch? Indicate early and come off at the Great Billing Interchange, or onto London Road at Wootton, rather than stopping beside the dual carriageway. Grange Park and Collingtree have residential roads where the car can be left safely. Once stopped, see which wheel is down and whether the sidewall is cut, then ring us with the street.
Returning from a flight to a flat in the airport short-stay, or from a Sixfields game, start with the other three tyres, because debris on the A14 link or Coventry Road can mark two at once. The culprit is usually visible: a screw head glinting, a valve split at its base, or a scrape where a kerb bit. Resist the drive to a Wellingborough garage; a deflated tyre crushes its own casing. Space-savers suit short, slow hops, not the A45 at 70. The parked bay is where it gets sorted.
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Tyre gone flat near the A45? Keep the car still and give us a call.
