A tyre found flat on a Kingstanding drive should stay where it is. Driving it to the Circle wrecks the sidewall, and a repairable puncture becomes a replacement.
Kingstanding flats are discovered on the drive before work, at the Leisure Centre car park, if agreed, after a swim, or outside the Hawthorn Road shops with the bags in the boot. It may be a screw from the shop parades leaking overnight, or a valve has failed; sometimes it is the after-effect of a pothole strike on the A453 the day before. Rolling on a flat tyre, even a few hundred metres to Kings Road, crushes the sidewall against the rim and turns a repair into a new tyre.
Stay put, send the street or car park, and take the size from one of the good tyres. The fitter pumps the flat up, listens for the leak, and if needed pulls the tyre off the wheel to find it. Then the verdict is given at the car: a central tread puncture gets the inside patch, whereas a cut sidewall, a bulge or a chafed liner means replacement, with a new tyre fitted if your size is on the van.
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 Kingstanding as well.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: broken tyre replacement in Kingstanding and new tyres fitted.
Drives and kerbs across the estate, from Old Oscott to Perry Common, and the Leisure Centre car park. The Circle's lay-bys and grass verges are no good, nor is the M6 at J7; leave the motorway and stop on a side road.
| Main roads | A453 Kingstanding Road; Kings Road and Hawthorn Road; A34 Walsall Road |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
Flat tyre: the first steps →Flat tyre help on the Kingstanding page
Driving on a flat down Brookvale Road (A4040) or Witton Road (B4140) wrecks the tyre and can damage the wheel. Pull over in the first side street, ideally one with room behind the car. Witton station is a useful landmark to give us. Stay clear of traffic, keep the car on level ground and call with the street name.
With a flat on the drive, walk round and look at the remaining three first, since a speed cushion or kerb strike can catch two wheels. Run a phone torch along the Kingstanding tread for a nail, feel the valve stem for a crack and check the sidewall for a scuff. Driving the car to a garage on the A34 would crush the casing against the rim. A space-saver is for short, gentle trips only. Leave it parked on the drive or Hawthorn Road kerb.
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Flat on the drive in Kingstanding? Do not drive it; repair or replace where it stands.
