A flat tyre discovered in the Trent Valley car park, with the owner's consent, after a day away is a nuisance, not a crisis, provided the car is left in its bay until the fitter reaches it.
A Lichfield flat may be discovered in a car park: at Trent Valley or City station when the train gets in, in the Samuel Johnson Community Hospital car park after a long appointment, in a Three Spires surface car park after shopping. The slow leak that started on Fradley Park or the A38 has had all day to finish the job. Whatever caused it, the mistake now is to drive; a tyre rolled even the length of the car park on its rim is usually beyond saving.
Text the bay, the sidewall marking and a photo showing how low the tyre sits. The fitter brings a compressor and common tyre sizes, and the repair-or-replace decision is taken at the car once the tyre is off the wheel: a mendable tread hole is patched, anything else is replaced from the van. You know the cost of either outcome before the work begins, and there is nothing to pay for asking.
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 Lichfield as well.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: broken tyre replacement in Lichfield and van tyre fitting.
Both station car parks, the hospital car park and the surface car parks at the Three Spires and Beacon Park where the operator allows it, and every drive in Boley Park, Chadsmead, Fradley and Shenstone. The A38 and A5 are dual carriageways: get off them before ringing.
| Main roads | A38; A5; A51 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
Flat tyre: the first steps →Flat tyre help on the Lichfield page
Flats on Little Aston Road, the A454, or along Lichfield Road, the B4155, call for the same first steps: hazards on, slow down, and tuck in somewhere off the running lane, such as a residential turning. Do not try to drive home on the rim. Ring from there with the road name, and we explain what to check while the fitter is booked.
When a Lichfield tyre is found flat, first look at the other three to see whether more than one has gone down. Then crouch by the deflated tyre and check its grooves for a nail, its valve for a crack at the base and its lower rubber for a scuff. Driving it even to a nearby garage wrecks the casing and can bend the wheel. Space-savers exist for short, slow hops only. Leave it on the Fradley or Shenstone drive, or in the Beacon Park car park, and ring.
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Flat tyre anywhere in Lichfield? Leave the car and we come to it.
