A screw picked up near Solihull or a nail from the Redditch roads does not always mean a new tyre. Off the M42, we repair punctures to BS AU 159 where the car is parked.
Punctures on the M42 need not be dramatic. A screw works into the tread somewhere past Wythall, the pressure warning appears around Shirley, and the tyre is only a little soft by the time the airport signs come up at J6. Mendable or not comes down to three things: where the hole sits, how large it is, and whether the tyre was driven low for long between junctions.
Under BS AU 159 the Wythall screw is repairable only when its hole measures no more than 6 mm and sits within the tread's central three-quarters, with the tyre demounted for a patch fixed to its inner lining. Damage near the shoulder or wall of the tyre, or a casing run flat along the M42, rules out a repair, and we say so at the car. Give us the size so a new tyre travels as a fallback; the cost of either outcome is agreed on the call.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: 24 hour tyre service on the M42 and new tyres fitted on the M42.
Repairs happen once the car is parked: a Shirley supermarket car park on the A34, Solihull town centre, the NEC car parks or Hopwood Park services. Never on a slip road, the carriageway or an emergency area on the J3a to J7 stretch.
| Road | M42 Birmingham eastern orbital |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways |
How a mobile puncture repair is done →Puncture repair on the M42 page
Slow leaks tend to announce themselves once the car has been parked a while: in a bay at Solihull Retail Park, outside an office on Monkspath Business Park, or on a driveway in Widney Manor. A clear picture of whatever is stuck in the rubber helps a lot. When the damage falls inside the BS AU 159 repair zone, the tyre is patched and plugged where it sits rather than replaced.
While you wait near the M42, leave the car parked and do not squirt a sealant can into the tyre, because the goo coats the inside and can stop a proper patch-plug repair. Look along the tread for the nail or screw and note whether it sits in the middle or out towards the edge, which decides repairable or not. Dig out the locking key now. Hopwood Park at J2 or a Solihull town centre car park via J5 are sensible places to wait.
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Puncture picked up on the M42? Park off the junction and call for a repair.
