A local car shop repaired my puncture tire with a plug. Is it a proper and safe repair?

Question

A local car shop repaired my puncture tire with a plug. Is it a proper and safe repair?

Answer 1

It is safe and effective as long as the puncture is in the tread and not the sidewall, and the tread depth is not to legal minimum

Answer 2

as long as the plug is near the center of the tire it should be fine. The plug CAN NOT be on the side wall or with in 1 inch of the side wall.

As long as it is near the center and properly installed these plugs are very reliable and will usually out last the tire.

Answer 3

first off how do you know its a plug? if a mechanic removed your tire from the rim i'll bet he patched it. cause removing the tire is more work than they have to do. anyways a plug is a safe and secure way to patch the tire. and if they pulled the tire off of the rim then they probly used a plug patch. which is a plug they pull through the hole in the tire and on the back of the plug there is a patch that is glued down with sealent on the inside of the tire. i wouldn't worry about a thing.

Answer 4

It is not wrong to patch a tire with a plug however it is not preferred by tire manufactures. This used to be the only method to repair tires now we have better methods however thsi method is still used due to being fast and inexpensive and you do not have to remove the tire.

Answer 5

Your wise to question any car repair methods since both your life and the lives of all of us on the road depend on those repairs for safety. You can depend on your automobile manufacturer's car dealers to only used approved repair methods on your car. So next time your into your car dealer for an oil change, ask their service writer how such tire repairs are done in their shop.

Answer 6

There are some patch/plug repair kits out there. It has a patch and plug all built into one. So the tire comes off and you push the plug through the tire and that seals to the tire and the patch bottoms out on the inside of the tire to add some more sealing power. It was a good repair I am sure.

Answer 7

Hi

I carry that type with me all the time. It`s easy to do and safe. If it was to leak , it would be at the same rate as the screw.

Answer 8

they are safe...i unfortunately use them quite often because there is something in my driveway that i cannot locate that keeps popping the tires...

if it got to the point where there is 5 in your tire, then i would go for a replacement

Answer 9

I don't know about RMA standards, but in my shop we do this every day and they never come back flat. It works. Don't be such a nit-picker!

Answer 10

I've repaired tires myself in the past and found that the plugs do seal the hole. However when the tire wears, so does the plug. A plug is inserted from the top of the tread as where a patch is inserted from within the tire. A patch cannot wear as the tread wears. I would recommend making sure the tire was patched and not plugged and patching is more of a permanent repair. Go with your gut instinct and get the tire patched regardless of what the shop manager tells you.