Warwick University cars that changed hands, holiday cars at Stratford Parkway, a rounded nut after a garage visit in Leamington: on the A46 the locking wheel nut is what stops a spare going on.
Keys disappear with used cars. A student car bought from a previous owner in Coventry arrives with no key; a visiting driver at a Stratford hotel left it at home; a Leamington garage fitted locking nuts with an impact driver and rounded them off. A puncture near Thickthorn or Bishopton then becomes impossible to deal with at the roadside, because the one wheel that matters is locked on. Drivers often only find out when the jack is already out.
Purpose-made extractors grip only the locked nut, keeping clear of the Warwick or Stratford alloy, and a plain wheel nut then fills that stud. The tyre problem that started it, a puncture, flat or split, is handled in the same visit, so the car is fully sorted. Tell us the make, model and year, plus whether a broken key or adaptor is in the glovebox, and the cost is agreed before any extractor comes out.
The same Brent Cross team also handles emergency tyre repair on the A46 and emergency mobile tyre fitting, booked on the same call.
Warwick University visitor parking, Cannon Park, Kenilworth town car parks, Stratford Parkway, Maybird or a home drive in Leamington. Never attempt removal on the A46 verge or at an island approach with traffic passing. Immobile in a live lane, the call is 999.
| Road | A46 Warwick, Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways |
How locking wheel nuts are removed →Locking wheel nut removal on the A46 page
Locking wheel nut key lost while parked at Pilot Business Park, in Clifford Park or near Ryton-on-Dunsmore? Leave the car where it is, as long as the space is legal and off the A46, and we remove the nut with a specialist tool. Tell us the car make when you ring, because nut patterns differ between brands.
A student car at Warwick University can easily be keyless, so start by searching it thoroughly: under the boot floor beside the spare, in the glovebox, inside the jack kit. The paperwork may hold a key code card. Expect to show the V5C or a letter of permission, as the fitter can ask for proof. Alloys are guarded while the nut comes off. If the rest of the set is scarred, fitting new locks makes sense. Keep the car at Cannon Park or Kenilworth, not beside the bypass.
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Locking wheel nut stopping you near the A46? Call and it comes off cleanly.
