Stepped off a London train into a flat in the Banbury station car park, or woken to one on a Ruscote drive? Leave that tyre untouched until the fitter has looked at it.
Nobody feels these flats happen. A Hanwell Fields nail bleeds a tyre dry overnight in Ruscote, a commuter steps off the train at Banbury railway station to a car slumped on one corner, or a shopper reaches the Bolton Road car park to find a rim on the tarmac. Pressing on to a Southam Road garage mangles the sidewall and usually converts a mendable hole into scrap.
Stay put and phone with the size, the exact spot and a few details: whether a locking nut is fitted, whether the space-saver is already on. At the car the tyre is dismounted and the cause traced. Inside the permitted tread zone, it gets a patch-plug; with a crushed liner or damaged wall, a new tyre goes on. The Banbury figure is agreed on that first call.
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 in Banbury as well.
Need something else? Our pages on broken tyre replacement in Banbury and burst tyre replacement in Banbury explain those jobs.
Residential Banbury streets outside the centre suit kerbside work. The station and Bolton Road car parks need a valid ticket. The terraces nearest the station can be too tight for the van to pull alongside the car.
| Main roads | M40 J11; A422 Hennef Way; A361 |
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| Typical arrival | Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off |
Flat tyre: the first steps →Flat tyre help on the Banbury page
Going flat on Aynho Road (B4100), slow down and look for the first safe turning, ideally into Milton, a lane at Purston or the roads near King's Sutton station, where there is space off the main road. Hazards on, passengers out on the verge side away from traffic, then call us with what you can see on the tyre.
Coming out to a flat in Banbury, first look at the other three tyres, then search the empty one for nail heads, a rubber valve that has split, or a graze from a kerb. Driving it along the Southam Road to a garage is a false saving, since the folded wall shreds inside. A space-saver, used gently and briefly, gets a car home, but the proper fix is a correct tyre. Leave the car on the Easington street, station bay or Bolton Road space where it sits.
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Flat in Banbury or a nearby village? Keep the car parked and call 07473 720871.
