Last week I've had to fill up my tires twice and I suspected something like this, so I finally inspected the tires today after much procrastination and found a nail head in the front right tire.

Looks to be repairable. Really sucks though, since the car is only 3 months old.

I don't suppose Lexus has some kind of road hazard warranty?

Also, will a patched tire be noticeably different than what it was originally?

Thanks.

 

man I have 3 patches in one of my stock rear tires.

 

I get plugs instead of patches. I know a patch is better than a plug but a plug takes much less time to do. I don't have time to sit there and wait an hour just for every nail I get in my tires. Plus, I've done this numerous times before on many different cars and not have had one problem.

 

I don't think it makes any different. It should be fine after you patched it.

 

Some manufacturers void tire warranties when they are patched, and after a patch, most will tell you that the tire will be more likely to get a hole again (I haven't found this to be true for my patches).

However, unless you are tracking the car, you won't notice a difference.

 

I live in a land where plugs and patches are common. Not too long ago I had one of my tires patched and can't say I notice a difference. My boss has an Accord that has more plugs than I can count, and he can't notice a difference either.

 

it takes 10 mins to plug it, no sweat .

 

I have 3 patches on rear left tire, and 2 patches on rear right tire. These tires are like nail magnets. Trust me, I drive normally on normal roads. I just seem to visit the tire shop once every month.

 

Where's the guy who wanted to remove his spare to make the car lighter, since he doesn't have many miles on the tires--are you reading this thread?

 

Does it matter? Lol, these people still aren't using their spares.

 

I have to agree

 

Plugging is easy and you can do it yourself....


I have a plug kit that I got for a street bike and it also works for car tires..... But the plugs are not long enough to do a truck tire though.....like AT type tires with thicker tread depth...

Just pull out the hazard, use the reamer, inject the plug, yank on it to seat, and filler up.....

 

yep, plugs was done to my car by someone in 5 minutes lol

 

I've always heard that a repair made with a patch is superior to one made with a plug, though I've personally never had any trouble from either one.

NHTSA, the US national highway traffic safety administration recommends having BOTH done: http://www.safercar.gov/Tires/pages/TireMaintRepair.htm That's a new one to me!

 

I had one by the edge of the rear tire....thank god it didnt go all the way through....