Came back to the car in Dunchurch or at Watford Gap and one corner has sunk onto its wheel? Leave it where it stands. We come to the car and decide at the wheel.
Flats near the M45 are often slow leaks that finish the job while the car is parked. A driver breaks the journey at Watford Gap, returns from the coffee queue and finds a corner down. Someone back from the spur at a Rugby address sees it the next morning. Tempting as it is to creep onto the M1 or the A45 to reach a garage, driving on a flat can strip the bead and ruin the wheel.
Leave the car exactly as found and phone with where it is plus the sidewall size. We ask whether anything is sticking out of the tread and how far it was driven after the warning. At the car the fitter lifts the wheel, finds the cause and tells you whether a BS AU 159 repair is possible or whether a new tyre is the answer. Either way you hear the price first.
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 near the M45 as well.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: broken tyre replacement on the M45 and burst tyre replacement on the M45.
Watford Gap services on the correct side, a street in Dunchurch, a drive in Rugby or a supermarket car park off the A426, with the site's permission, are all workable. A car that goes flat on the M45 itself needs National Highways recovery before us.
| Road | M45 Dunchurch spur |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways |
Going soft past the M45 onto the M1 towards Northampton? Leave at the next junction and, once in the town, head for Danes Camp Way, the A5076, then stop somewhere legal around Cotton End or Brackmills Industrial Estate. Mereway Tesco Car Park is another spot a car might wait. Hazards on, passengers out and standing well back, then call with the Northampton street name.
Flat on a Rugby drive after the M45? Look at all four tyres first; two soft ones hint at something else. Then inspect the deflated tyre: nail head, torn valve, or a graze from a Rugby kerb. Do not nurse it to a garage in town, since even a short trip crushes the sidewall. Space-saver spares are for low speed and short distance, never the M1. Leave it where it is, in Dunchurch, at home or at Watford Gap.
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Flat tyre in Dunchurch, Rugby or Watford Gap? Leave the car parked and call us.
