A tyre found flat in the Longbridge station park-and-ride or outside a Rednal house is repaired or replaced where it is; driving it anywhere on the rim ends the tyre.
A flat in this part of B31 might be discovered at the Longbridge station park-and-ride, at the end of a working day on the Cross-City line. Or it turns up on the drive in Austin Village, in a town centre car park, if permitted, as the time limit runs down, or on the fresh tarmac of the works site streets. The cause could be a nail from the building traffic, a valve, a kerb strike on the way up Lickey Road, or a slow leak that finally gave up.
Keep the car where it is and pass on the location, the sidewall code and a picture. With air back in the tyre the fitter traces the leak and decides beside the car whether a BS AU 159 inside repair is possible or whether a tyre from the van goes on. Cost for either outcome is agreed by phone before the visit, and there is no charge for the enquiry. Trying to drive to Rubery or Northfield on the flat would almost certainly turn a repair into a replacement.
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 Longbridge as well.
Need something else? Our pages on broken tyre replacement in Longbridge and burst tyre replacement in Longbridge explain those jobs.
A proper bay in the park-and-ride by the station, a town centre surface car park within its limit, an Austin Village or Rednal drive, the new estate streets. Never on the A38 dual carriageway; a flat there needs the car moved on to a side road or recovered.
| Main roads | A38 Bristol Road South; Longbridge Lane; M5 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 Longbridge page
On Birmingham Road (A441) the first task with a flat is getting out of the traffic lane. Pull into a quiet side street or a residential road in Druids Heath or Highters Heath, and do not try fitting a space-saver beside moving cars. Hazards blinking, climb out away from the traffic, then ring us with the road name and nearest junction.
A flat on a car at Longbridge station or on a Rednal drive calls for a walk round first: are the other three firm? Check the tread for a nail from the building traffic, look at the valve stem for splits, and scan the sidewall for a scrape from the new kerbs. Driving to a garage, even just round Longbridge island, crushes the casing. Treat a space-saver as a slow, short stopgap and no wheel for the A38. Leave the car and send a photo.
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Flat in Longbridge? Stay put; the fitter comes to the car, not the other way round.
