Tire plugs are quicker and easier to install. If you're on the road in a remote location and get a small tire puncture, ...

Flat tires happen so often, they're practically an inevitability for the millions of American drivers out there on the road. If you break down the math on the 220 million flats reported a year on ...

There's nothing quite like that slow, sinking feeling when your tire pressure warning light blinks on, or worse, when you actually hear the thump-thump-thump of a flat tire. The most annoying way we ...

Dear Tom and Ray: Whenever I find a pesky nail in my tire, I take it to a service station or tire store and have them "plug" it. A friend of mine told me I should have an internal "patch" installed ...

I consider tire punctures a rite of passage in driving cars. Flat tires are a nuisance, yet are part of the driving experience. It won't matter how careful you drive, since nails, screws, and other ...

The flat tire is arguably motoring’s oldest nemesis. Check out any film or photography from the early Automotive Age, and sooner, rather than later, somebody is going to roll their sleeves up and get ...

Needle-nose pliers help get the plug into the plug insertion tool. You want to center the plug in the tool before inserting it into the tire. See All 11 Photos You can now pull out the object that has ...

Often, people have flat tires, and they are unsure whether they should replace them or have them repaired. So, if the damage to the tire isn’t extensive, you could comfortably use a patch, but if it’s ...