Well, I'm Screwed!

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I have liked our local Discount Tire in the past, but this thread and just in general how much tougher it is to hoist EVs, has me worried about going.
This thread is almost completely saying to take it to discount tire. What in this thread makes you worried?
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Ford Mustang Mach-E Well, I'm Screwed! Screenshot 2024-06-21 at 3.17.36 PM

What is that?! We notice if the tail lights on the dash car don't work but a thumb sized hole in the sidewall we miss totally lol.
 

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Looks like I got a little parting gift on my weekend trip to New Jersey ? I plan on stopping by the tire store tomorrow morning to see if they can just remove it and repair the tire. I'd rather not buy new tires, since I just bought new tires!
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Had a similar situation but I was in Butte Mt on my way to Billing. Went to Les Schwab. They patched it after I had to go out and show them how to get into the car. It was their first one. Free of charge of course.

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Looks like I got a little parting gift on my weekend trip to New Jersey ? I plan on stopping by the tire store tomorrow morning to see if they can just remove it and repair the tire. I'd rather not buy new tires, since I just bought new tires!
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Nice that a washer was provided with the screw.
 


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I've always viewed tire plugs as an emergency fix just until you can get a new tire because they always leak!
 

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Looks like I got a little parting gift on my weekend trip to New Jersey ? I plan on stopping by the tire store tomorrow morning to see if they can just remove it and repair the tire. I'd rather not buy new tires, since I just bought new tires!
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There's a lot of that going around I see. "Caught " a screw last week. Tire shop guy comes to me as Im watching the Bob Ross channel on his tv and asks me " so how do you open the doors ?"
I go out to the car and show him as we laugh . Tire tech gets in the car and starts moving the turn signal stalk and the wipers stalk as she tries putting the car in gear . I was no longer laughing .
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There's a lot of that going around I see. "Caught " a screw last week. Tire shop guy comes to me as Im watching the Bob Ross channel on his tv and asks me " so how do you open the doors ?"
I go out to the car and show him as we laugh . Tire tech gets in the car and starts moving the turn signal stalk and the wipers stalk as she tries putting the car in gear . I was no longer laughing .
SPOILER *** It all worked out
Did he think Mustang Mach-Es had “three on the tree”? ?
 

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I had no choice but to revive the thread. Took the grandkids to the park for a picnic. (The weather has been picture perfect all week)

The phone sent me an alert during the feast, and I walked over to see how bad it might be.

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Wasn't flat, so I didn't interrupt the festivities.

Once we packed up to head to the house, I checked Sync4

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In our little town, we still rate a Discount Tire, so I figured I would stop in and get a thorough look at it just in case.

Turns out, just like the OP, I was screwed. Right in the shoulder too.
The tires were still pretty fresh from me acquiring them at this same Discount Tire shortly after purchasing the GTPE. Fortunately they had the tire in stock and all I had to do was pay for the typical Discount Tire coverage policy for the new tire.
In & out in about 40 minutes on a Saturday! With a rotation as well. They even used my pucks this time when I offered. :)

Sometimes things go way smoother than they might have.
 

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Looks like I got a little parting gift on my weekend trip to New Jersey ? I plan on stopping by the tire store tomorrow morning to see if they can just remove it and repair the tire. I'd rather not buy new tires, since I just bought new tires!
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I had the same when Ford dealer did this to my 2 week new car, discount tire repaired it for free and I bought their insurance too

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I had the same when Ford dealer did this to my 2 week new car, discount tire repaired it for free and I bought their insurance too
How noticeable was the tick-tick road noise from the screw? Or was pressure monitoring the tip off? ISTR there is a 12,000 mile initial tire warranty on my '23.
 

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Interesting, my dealer said no way as I had a flat right as I was passing my dealer.

my local tire shop plugs them all the time, I didn’t think of patching it though, Which is different.
Should be repairable, good luck?

Patching? Plugging?

A proper repair costs of a mushroom headed plug installed from inside the tyre whilst off the time and vulcanised in place.

Similar get-you-home products are available such as similar shaped plugs insertable through tyre whilst still on wheel on car or those string-type ones, both which are OK to get you home and to tyre shop, not for continued use.

I carry the get-you-home kits all the time along with the Manufacturer’s repair kit and gunge (have bought a couple of spare gunge bottles from motorist shop, too) so am more that covered for puncture/s whilst out on road trips.

Even consider screwing a screw into a hole if whatever caused the hole came out and desperation requires, any means to get home?
 

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How noticeable was the tick-tick road noise from the screw? Or was pressure monitoring the tip off? ISTR there is a 12,000 mile initial tire warranty on my '23.
Like I said, the dealer did that to my car.
I was home when I got the notification. The leak was slow and it was in the middle of night it got too low for the app to push notification.

And they blamed me saying it was there from the beginning. And asked me to replace tire and these wont come under warranty.
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