Tiguan :: Safe To Drive After Having Screw In Tires?
Oct 31, 2009
Just returning home from one week business trip envisioning a quit and relaxing weekend...First thing I did was stepping in my car on the airport parking lot driving a screw into my tire.... That already set my Saturday morning schedule.Bright and early went to my tire dealer of choice.They flat out said it was unsafe to fix that tire and also said they do not have the VW Tiguan's OEM Pirelli Scorpion Zero in their portfolio recommending to go to my VW dealer and get a new tire. As they did not try to sell me one of their tires (they were not busy) it convinced me that they were telling the truth.
Half an hour later arriving at my VW dealer.hey simply plugged the hole in my tire. While they had concerns about the tire holding air when plugged they were not concerned about the safety when driving the tire once it's confirmed that it holds up air. While some websites (Tire-Rack) say that a tire NOT fixed inside and outside is NOT the safe way to do so my tire was only fixed from the outside not taking it of the rim. As you can see on the pictures the screw was not really in the middle / drive tread. But somewhat close to the outside.
What do the experts among you say. Is this an accident to happen ? Should I just get one new tire (The other tire of the axle has 10400 miles driven / not quite sure if I have to replace the whole axle )
What I want to avoid is a tire exploding at highway speeds. Worst case would be while pulling my teardrop trailer.
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