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    Senior Member Three Rings BsixSfour's Avatar
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    Question Flat Tire

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    Ok so here's what happened,

    I parked wherever I went, and when I got out, I heard some hissing. Thought about it, was like naa, then thought about it again.. and I was like wait.. then I get near my front right tire and air is coming out of the side of the valve (I think) - pretty quickly - I do have a cap on it.
    I move it around till it stops, it helps while the car's not moving.

    The tires are new with ~1k miles on them. BF Goodrich, don't know anything else (will check on them tomorrow if more info is needed).

    The I drove home because I didn't have the spare with me, and went pretty slow to not go over any bumps and bend the rim.
    Obviously when I got home it was flat.

    Questions:
    - Should I slap the spare on as a permanent solution? (The spare has Pirelli tire, and I don't know if having 3 of one tread, and then 1 of another tread is bad/fine.)
    - Or should I slap it on and take it to the dealership and have em get me another BF Goodrich tread/rim, or fix the valve. (I do have warranty)


    Thanks in advance.

    PS: stock rims
    PSS: it was dark and it still is so I can't tell if there are any cuts on the rubber part of the valve, but I will check tomorrow.
    Last edited by BsixSfour; 05-10-2008 at 12:02 AM.

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    Account Terminated Four Rings
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    Re: Flat Tire

    You just have a faulty valve stem.
    Throw the spare on if you need to and have the dealer put in a new stem.
    Not a big deal.

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    Senior Member Three Rings BsixSfour's Avatar
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    Re: Flat Tire

    Thanks!

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