Nail Magnet?

[Ford_orr]

I've had four separate nails in a tire incidents in the 2 1/2 years I've owned my Mach. I had a VW Golf for over 20 years and can count on one hand how many times this happened. Curious if anyone else has experienced a similar rash of this.

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[JohnFoxeSheets]

I would respond but I wouldn’t want to jinx anything ?

Sorry this keeps happening to you! Perhaps there’s new construction in your area…?

 

[Fremont Kid]

Construction screws, not nails. Two in a couple of months. I attribute to construction within several miles of our house in every conceivable horizontal direction. Nothing to do with the tires, as over six months now with new tires w/o punctures.

I will say that newer tires can be more difficult to repair or hold the repair. Internal padding can reduce noise, and sealing materials can help punctured tires travel safely for up to 50+- miles so people aren't stranded. But when punctured, require replacement. My OEM tire held the repair for less than 2K miles. Firestone told me it could not be re-repaired.

 

[Ford_orr]

I would respond but I wouldn’t want to jinx anything ?

Sorry this keeps happening to you! Perhaps there’s new construction in your area…?

Haha, yeah, I don't want you to get my curse. No, been at the same place for 13 years, nothing out-of-the-ordinary. So weird. Thought maybe the weight of the car or something has something to do with it. Maybe the giant HVB is attracting them ?

 

[Ford_orr]

Construction screws, not nails. Two in a couple of months. I attribute to construction within several miles of our house in every conceivable horizontal direction. Nothing to do with the tires, as over six months now with new tires w/o punctures.

I will say that newer tires can be more difficult to repair or hold the repair. Internal padding can reduce noise, and sealing materials can help punctured tires travel safely for up to 50+- miles so people aren't stranded. But when punctured, require replacement. My OEM tire held the repair for less than 2K miles. Firestone told me it could not be re-repaired.

Yeah, could be a screw, but used the colloquial nail reference. I've been lucky with these screws/nails in that they've always been imbedded pretty far into the tread away from the sidewall. Been able to repair them all.

(Plus, if I would've titled this thread "Screw Magnet?" it would've elicited different responses )

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

You coulda gone with Tire Screwed Again ?

 

[Fremont Kid]

Yeah, it's definitely a screw, but used the colloquial nail reference. I've been lucky with these screws in that they've always been imbedded pretty far into the tread away from the sidewall. Been able to repair them all.

(Plus, if I would've titled this thread "Screw Magnet?" it would've elicited different responses )

Sorry, I wasn't trying to correct you; rather saying that my tires were punctured by construction screws rather than nails.
All the best.

 

[Ford_orr]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to correct you; rather saying that my tires were punctured by construction screws rather than nails.
All the best.

Zero offense taken, so no worries. It could also be a roofing nail. At least one of the four that inconvenienced my day was.

 

[CameraCarl]

Some vehicles are just "nail magnets." Over 50 years of driving, I've gotten more nails in my 2018 Ford Edge in my 7 years of ownership than I had in all my prior years of driving.

 

[Ford_orr]

Some vehicles are just "nail magnets." Over 50 years of driving, I've gotten more nails in my 2018 Ford Edge in my 7 years of ownership than I had in all my prior years of driving.

You're probably right. Not sure if my HVB theory has any real credence. At least the dealership is walking distance from me, and as long as I don't have to replace the tire, the repair is covered under warranty.

 

[CameraCarl]

You're probably right. Not sure if my HVB theory has any real credence. At least the dealership is walking distance from me, and as long as I don't have to replace the tire, the repair is covered under warranty.

I go to my local Discount Tire who will repair flats for free while I wait. I have lost track of the number of hamburgers I've eaten across the street while I wait.

 

[MetalCord]

There is a veritable fleet of poorly maintained vehicles that come on my property on a regular basis and they leave parts behind like like they were assembled by Orks. Between UPS, FedEx, grocery deliveries, landscapers and contractors, I regularly walk the path our vehicles drive over with a magnetic broom. My wife called me paranoid... until she saw that amount of crap the broom picks up every week. Nails, screws, small tools, bolts, nuts... even sharp chunks of rusty metal. It's a minefield for our tires out there my friends.

 

[ChrisO]

I had a VW Golf for over 20 years and can count on one hand how many times this happened.

"On one hand", that would be up to 5. I have been driving since 1975, and I think my total is something like three and that includes my wife's cars, 8 cars including the Mach-E which we have had for 9 1/2 months so far.

I wonder if tire pressure might have something to do with it, the firmness of the tires, could even be the weight of the car, I guess.

 

[Chuck]

I've had 1 nail incident in the last 40 years and it wasn't in this century.

 

[Jack Roberts]

I've had four separate nails in a tire incidents in the 2 1/2 years I've owned my Mach. I had a VW Golf for over 20 years and can count on one hand how many times this happened. Curious if anyone else has experienced a similar rash of this.

No nails in 4 years. The only puncture was when I ran over my garden rake that had left in the driveway. It got the sidewall and I had to replace the tire.

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