Sometimes the answer is not a spare at all. When a nail or a screw has gone into the tread and the tire is otherwise sound, a plug can seal the puncture and put you back on the road on your own tire. Rio Roadside Assistance can handle that repair on the spot, which saves you the spare, the shop trip, and the cost of a tire you did not need to replace.
A Plug Will Usually Work When
When It Will Not
Sidewall damage cannot be safely plugged. Neither can a puncture near the shoulder, a cut or gash, or a hole large enough that the patch would be doing structural work. In those cases the honest answer is a replacement tire, and we will tell you that rather than sell you a repair that could fail at speed.
Driving on a flat is what usually turns a fixable tire into a scrap tire. If you can safely stop, stop, and call us before the sidewall gets chewed up. That single decision often makes the difference between a small repair and a new tire.
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