A tyre sitting flat on a Bentley Heath drive is not something to nurse down Station Road. In Knowle the flat stays put, and whether it is repaired or replaced gets settled beside it.
A Knowle flat is often found at the start of a journey. A screw from the Warwick Road has let the air out overnight on a Copt Heath drive, or a commuter back at Dorridge station sees a front corner sagging in the car park. Driving on it, even round to the Bentley Heath shops, rolls the sidewall under the rim and turns a simple puncture into a scrapped tyre. The best move is to leave it still and ring.
Share the B93 postcode, whether it is parked at home or in a station bay, and the size printed on a good tyre. The fitter inflates the flat to hear or trace the leak, then eases it off the Knowle rim and examines the liner. A tread-band hole meeting BS AU 159 takes a patch-plug; a chewed liner, sidewall wound or perished valve means a new tyre. Either result, and its price, is agreed before any work.
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 Knowle as well.
Other jobs we do at the car include broken tyre replacement and emergency tyre replacement in Knowle.
Wherever it went flat on a B93 drive, a bay at Dorridge station, or the village car park. If found in a short-stay High Street bay, move it only while the tyre still holds some air. Never stop on a single-track lane.
| Main roads | A4141 Warwick Road; M42 J5; M42 J4 |
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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 Knowle page
Losing air along Old Warwick Road, the B4439, or Spring Lane on the B4101? Indicate early and pull into a driveway mouth or wide verge clear of the bend, not on a blind corner. Aylesbury Road, also the B4101, has similar spots. Once safe, check the tyre, keep passengers away from passing cars and then ring us.
Come out to a flat on a Dorridge drive? Before anything else, make sure the remaining three tyres look sound. Then examine the flat: a screw head, a split valve or a scuffed sidewall from a lane verge each tells a different story. Driving it to a Solihull garage along the A41 would crush the casing and end any chance of a repair. A space-saver copes with a short, slow trip, though with the fitter coming there is no need to fit it. Leave the Knowle car where it stands.
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Flat tyre in Knowle or Dorridge? Keep the car still and ring.
