Found a tyre flat in a Coventry car park or at Hilton Park services? Do not take it onto the M6. Leave it parked, call us, and the repair-or-replace decision is made at the car.
Flat tyres near the M6 tend to be found once the car has been standing: a commuter returning to a Rugby car park, a driver back from a break at Corley to a tyre on the rim, a family car on a Nuneaton drive that sank overnight. It is tempting to use the forecourt air line and head for the motorway, but on the smart sections, with no shoulder to fall back on, a tyre that went flat once is a real risk.
Leave the car exactly where it stands and phone with the location, what the sidewall says and whether locking nuts are fitted. Once the fitter arrives, the wheel comes off and the tyre is examined from inside. A small hole in the tread's central area is repaired to BS AU 159; otherwise a replacement goes on. As the van travels from north London, both options, their prices and the journey are discussed before anyone sets off.
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 M6 as well.
Not quite this? Read about broken tyre replacement or emergency mobile tyre fitting on the M6 instead.
A Rugby retail park, Corley or Hilton Park services, a Nuneaton driveway or a Castle Bromwich side road. A tyre that went flat while on the M6 needs recovery before anything else happens.
| Road | M6 (Rugby to Cannock) |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways |
Tyre gone flat around J3? Bedworth Bypass carries the A444 north from the junction, so leave there if the car is still controllable and stop in a side road in Exhall or near Bedworth station. Flashers on, everybody out and well away from the traffic, then phone us with the road number. Driving on to reach home only shreds the casing further.
Three checks help us judge a flat near the M6 before the long drive up. Look at the other tyres, since a car left in a Coventry car park may be low on more than one. Study the flat for a screw, a damaged valve or signs it rubbed a kerb. Then leave it: driving to a garage in Bedworth, however slowly, crushes the wall. A space-saver is only for short, low-speed hops, and the smart sections are no place for one.
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Flat tyre near the M6? Keep it parked and phone us with where it is.
