by Marques Thomas
Flat tires are a common occurrence for most car owners and can happen at any time when you’re driving. Once you get a flat tire, you need to have it fixed as soon as possible to avoid getting into accidents.
So, if this happens to you, perhaps you’re wondering- can you visit AutoZone to get your flat tires fixed? Here’s all you need to know!
Unfortunately, AutoZone doesn’t fix flat tires for its customers in 2022. If you have a tire leak that causes a flat, AutoZone has a quick fix solution. The company provides products such as temporary rubber cement, tire repair kits, and tire patches to get you back on the road. While these are temporary fixes, they will keep your tires rolling.
To learn more about whether AutoZone fixes flat tires and where else you can get this service, keep on reading!
If you wonder why AutoZone will not fix your flat tire, here are some reasons:
It’s Not an Area of Specialization
AutoZone is an automotive parts retailer, meaning the company prefers to focus on selling products that can help you fix the flat tire.
AutoZone staff are not specialized mechanics, but they can sell you the appropriate repair kits and provide tips to help you fix the flat tire.
It Takes Time
When you have a flat tire, AutoZone staff will help you get back on the road by recommending the products available at the store that you can use to fix the problem.
AutoZone is a retailer that deals with many customers in a day, and the staff has to spend more time addressing customer needs.
Therefore, fixing a tire can take up a lot of time that can be used to serve other clients.
Although AutoZone doesn’t fix flat tires, the staff will help you in the following ways:
Repair Tips
To help you fix this flat tire, AutoZone offers online tips on the company website that customers can use. These tips come in handy if you need information about fixing the flat tire.
Quality Repair Kits
When you get a flat tire, AutoZone will sell you a tire repair kit, rubber cement, or a tire patch, to get you back on the road.
Tire repair kits cost between $5-$100, and tire patches cost about $3-$35. You can also buy rubber cement which sells at $9 to $26.
These products provide a temporary solution to keep your tires functioning.
If you need to fix a flat tire, you don’t have to go to AutoZone. Rather, you can do this by yourself using these repair kits.
Using the AutoZone website tips or talking to the staff, you can easily learn how to fix the flat tire by yourself.
Therefore, if you notice you have a slow leak when driving, you can purchase the temporary repair kit from AutoZone.
You can also use the online tips to cover the leak and change the tire when you get home.
When your flat is too extensive, you might need to change the tire. These prices vary, and you’ll pay different amounts in different stores.
On average, changing all the tires can cost you about $400 to $1,000.
Your costs might also vary depending on labor charges, which differ depending on where you get the services done. In addition, you need to pay for services such as alignment and rotation.
If you need to fix your flat tires, here are the other stores you can go to:
Jiffy Lube
Jiffy Lube has tire services which include repair, tire replacement installation, balancing, alignment, and rotation.
Once you get a flat tire, you can drive to the nearest Jiffy Lube store to get it fixed.
Pep Boys
Pep Boys also offer services such as flat tire repair, balancing, alignment, and rotation. You can go to any of the Pep Boys stores to fix the tires and get back on the road.
To find out more, you can also read our posts on whether or not AutoZone fills tires for free, if AutoZone patches tires, and can AutoZone check engine light.
AutoZone does not fix flat tires for its customers.
However, if you have a tire leak that causes a flat, AutoZone provides products such as temporary rubber cement, tire repair kits, and tire patches to get you back on the road.
While these are temporary fixes, they will keep your tires rolling. Once you buy the products from AutoZone, you can fix the flat tire by yourself at home by using the online tips on the AutoZone website.
Marques Thomas
Marques Thomas graduated with a MBA in 2011. Since then, Marques has worked in the retail and consumer service industry as a manager, advisor, and marketer. Marques is also the head writer and founder of QuerySprout.com.
Statistics show that on average every driver will experience up to 5 flat tires in their lifetime. To make matters worse for when you do have a flat tire, you just might discover that that new car you bought recently does not come with a spare tire. In fact, Torque News writer John Goreham recently posted how that vehicle makers are stealing the spares from EV owners.
The reasons for lack of a spare tire range from they weigh too much for the newer EV vehicles where range anxiety is a concern of green car enthusiasts, to unsubstantiated claims that today the chances of ever having a flat are too remote to justify the continued practice of providing all vehicles with even a smaller temp spare for emergencies. Codswallop!
According to multiple sources listed about flat tires, in the United States alone, approximately 7 tire punctures occur every second, resulting in 220 million flat tires per year.
Your Options For a Flat Tire Problem
So how can you prepare yourself for those times you will have a flat, but your car did not come with a spare tire? You basically have 4 options:
1. Buy your own spare from a company that deals in spares designed for your model of car.
2. Outfit your car with tires designed to run even when flat so that you can make it to a service station or tire center for repair or replacement.
3. Buy into a roadside assistance program that will send a service truck to your vehicle that will either repair the flat on the spot or provide a spare tire.
4. DIY with a flat tire sealant that will keep your tire adequately inflated until you can make it to a tire service center.
In this article we will look at option number four.
What Consumer Reports Has to Say About Flat Tire Sealants
Sealant Kits
Sealant kits are designed for flat tires that result from a puncture wound to the tire such as running over a nail or some other relatively small and narrow sharp object. If the damage is much bigger than that such as a crack or larger hole, sealant kits don’t work.
Typical sealant kits most motorists think of consist of just a pressurized can containing a gooey sealant that can temporarily seal a hole as the pressure within the can partially inflates the tire and forces the sealant into the puncture. However, other kits are more involved and include a small compressor for inflating the tire fully.
As such, compressor kits are the more expensive option running anywhere between $24 to $80, whereas a pressurized can of sealant usually runs between $7 and $20.
There is also a third type of sealant system that consists of a liquid sealant squirted by hand through the valve stem of a flat tire and then inflated with a compressor; however the compressor is not included. The price range of a bottle of this type of sealant runs between $9 to $14.
Cons of Sealants Regardless of Repair Kit Type
• They are messy and can add to the cost when the tire is eventually repaired.
• Sealants can gum-up your tire pressure monitoring system.
• Limited to puncture holes 6mm or less is diameter.
• Might not work if multiple holes are involved.
• Limited distance of travel after sealing.
• Have to drive relatively slowly after sealing.
• May have a limited shelf life.
• Pressurized cans of sealant are at risk of exploding in a hot car.
Despite the cons of sealants, Consumer Reports recommends that choices that include a compressor are the ones more likely to result in success.
Depending on how bad the leak is and how well (or not) it seals the hole, repeated use of a compressor can help you limp your way back home or to help.
Flat Tire Repair Testing Procedures
Tests were done using brand new tires with both 2.4 mm and 5.8 mm diameter nails welded to a flat metal plate with the car lowered by a lift so as to puncture all tires equally. After the punctured tires became flat, the sealant and sealant kits were used separately, with the tires inflated to 35 pounds of pressure and driven a short distance to ensure the insides of the tires were adequately coated with the sealant.
If there was no loss of air pressure, the tires were then put on the road for 50 miles, parked overnight, and the tire pressure rechecked the next day.
Tire Sealant Product and Kit Reviews
Pressurized Can Sealants
Super Tech Tire Sealant & Inflator ($7 at Walmart) ---available from Walmart and the least expensive product tested, the analysts from CR found that this one did not work---even with the smallest puncture of 2.
4 mm. Similar to the Fix-a-Flat product, a compressor was needed to top off the tire pressure to the car’s recommended pressure. But, because of its poor test performance, the analysts recommend considering any of the other products evaluated over this bargain-priced sealant.
Fix-a-Flat ($8 to $20 at Walmart, AutoZone, Amazon, Home Depot, Target and Fix-a-Flat)---in spite of being a common name in pressurized-can sealants, it’s tested performance is quite poor, which greatly offsets the convenience of being the among the easiest to use. According to CR, “Fix-a-Flat was able to seal the smaller 2.4-mm puncture with a minor loss of pressure in a 24-hour period. However, it could not seal the 5.8-mm puncture, and it could not inflate the tire without topping off with a compressor.” Another mark against it is that if you drive a truck or SUV you will have to buy the more expensive larger can size.
Liquid Tire Sealants
Slime Tire Sealant Thru-Core Technology ($9 to $14 found at Ace Hardware, AutoZone and Walmart) --- Like the Fix-a-Flat pressurized can, this non-pressurized sealant was able to seal a 2.
4 mm hole, but it failed on the 5.8 mm puncture. Plus, it requires a portable tire inflator, making the Fix-a-Flat pressurized can a better (but tire pressure limiting) inexpensive solution.
Tire Sealant Kits (Compressor Containing)
airMan ResQ Pro + ($80 found at Grainger)---a kit that has the compressor doing the hard part for you by feeding the sealant directly into the tire, this kit was found to easily seal the large 5.8-mm puncture with the added plus that it inflated flat tires quicker than the other products tested. A no-assembly, easy-to-use, self-contained and complete kit, this was the favorite among the analysts.
airMan ResQ Tire Repair Kit ($55 at Amazon)---this little brother to the airMan ResQ Pro + has similar performance to its bigger brother, but it requires assembly of the sealant container to the compressor as well as disassembly afterward. The opinion of the analysts is that spending the extra $25 makes the Pro+ a better choice of the two.
Slime Smart Spair Emergency Flat Tire Repair Kit ($24 to $40 found at Walmart, Amazon, Ace Hardware, Advance Auto Parts, Sportsman’s Warehouse and Slime)---this is a less-expensive compressor kit that was successful in sealing a large 5.8-mm puncture with ease. However, the sealant is not self-feeding via the compressor and thereby requires removing the valve stem and then squirting the sealant into the flat tire by hand. Being more cumbersome to use than the two aforementioned airMan products, the analysts did not view the cost savings worth the added bother.
Slime Flat Tire Repair Kit Digital Series ($35 to $55 found at Walmart, AutoZone and Amazon)---although containing a built-in pressure gauge and feeding the sealant into the tire via the compressor like the airMan kits, the analysts reported mixed reviews of its performance: it would seal both 2.4 mm and 5.8 mm punctures---but not always, and air loss after sealing was not the best.
They determined that either of the two previously listed airMan products would be their preferred choice over this tire repair kit product .
Final Determination
The analysts recommend kits containing a compressor over just sealants in either bottle form or pressurized cans. They observed that:
• Tire sealant kits were far superior to pressurized-can sealants.
• The kits were able to seal a larger puncture and included a compressor to inflate the flat tire to the recommended tire pressure.
• Pressured cans of sealant will not inflate tires adequately enough for safe road travel.
• With the exception of the Super Tech Tire Sealant, both the Fix-a-Flat and the Slime Tire Sealant do seal at least the smaller of the puncture holes, but without a compressor handy (and because of the cons listed with pressurized can products) they are not recommended by the analysts of Consumer Reports.
Be sure to watch for additional future articles about saving on car repairs and tire repair and used car savings recommended from consumer testing services, as well as some DIY tips on fixing your car.
Coming Up Next: Consumer Reports Goes After Tesla and Beta 9 FSD.
Timothy Boyer is Torque News Tesla and EV reporter based in Cincinnati. Experienced with early car restorations, he regularly restores older vehicles with engine modifications for improved performance. Follow Tim on Twitter at @TimBoyerWrites for daily Tesla and electric vehicle news.
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Man, as a necessary element in the delivery of parcels, seems to disappear in the near future. Chances are, you're well aware of Amazon's air and ground delivery robots, and you may have seen Starship's electric six-wheeled bot roll around hundreds of cities. Now FedEx has joined the ranks of companies producing such robots, and has released its new invention SameDay, according to Robotics.
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As the name suggests, this autonomous delivery robot is designed to deliver goods the same day an order is placed or a package arrives.
“The FedEx SameDay Bot is an innovation designed to change the face of local delivery and help businesses meet the growing expectations of their customers,” said Bree Kerere. We've previously reported that FedEx is actively innovating in the development of autonomous deliveries around the world.
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FedEx intends to begin testing the SameDay bot during the summer in its home of Memphis, Northern Hemisphere, with the first pilot running between offices FedEx office. The robot prototype has already been shown to several retailers, including AutoZone, Pizza Hut, Target and Walgreens, and early reactions have been positive so far.
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To correct inaccurate information in the registry, you need to determine their type and provide appropriate evidence
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It happens that, having received an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate (EGRN), the owners notice a discrepancy in the information in it. In this situation, you should not sound the alarm, since copyright holders can correct inaccuracies.
Rosreestr explained what are the errors in the USRN data and how to correct them.
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Errors can be technical or registry - depending on the stage at which the information was distorted. A technical error is a typo, typo, grammatical or arithmetic error that occurred in the process of making entries in the USRN. It leads to a discrepancy between the data in the USRN and the information contained in the documents on the basis of which the cadastral registration or registration of rights was carried out, the department explained. nine0003
Registry means an error that is contained in a boundary or technical plan, a map-plan of the territory or a survey report. Most often, such errors occur due to errors made during the cadastral work, or due to errors in documents that were submitted to Rosreestr by other persons or bodies.
Department specialists will correct the technical error within three working days.
To correct a registry error, you must provide Rosreestr with documents that confirm its existence and contain correct information for correction or a court decision. If the registry error is transferred to the Unified State Register of Real Estate Registration from the boundary, technical plan, survey act, then to correct it, you must contact the cadastral engineer who prepared these documents. nine0003
When preparing a corrected document, the cadastral engineer must substantiate the presence of a registry error with reference to documents confirming his arguments. Also, the document must contain correct information about the property in order to enter it into the Unified State Register of Real Estate. After that, you should submit an application to Rosreestr, attaching the corrected documents to it. Specialists of the department will make changes to the information within five working days from the date of receipt of the relevant application, the experts specified.
