According to a new study by J.D. Power and Associates, run-flat tires are more likely to be replaced due to a flat or a blowout compared to conventional tires. Based on more than 30,000 responses from ...

Maybe you’ve been in this situation: stuck on the side of a road, a punctured tire needing to be changed out for the spare one in the trunk. You have a pair of options, do you choose to change the ...

Run-flat tires promise to remove a key travel worry—being stranded roadside. However, the ownership experience can be both expensive and frustrating, as we have heard from owners. A reader recently ...

Not to ruin your day or anything, but you should know that there’s a very good chance that you’ll have a flat tire at some point in your life. Even if you drive like a saint and carefully avoid every ...

Getting a flat tire is a surefire way to mess up an otherwise perfect day. Beyond the hassle and questionable safety of swapping to a spare tire on the side of the road, dealing with a flat is ...

Run-flat tires are an increasingly common type of tire on passenger cars. Manufacturers such as BMW are mounting them on new cars instead of equipping the car with a spare tire. Doing so saves weight ...

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The 2020 Ford Explorer will offer tires that patch their own holes. Drivers may not even know they ran over a nail, but here’s what they should know: The tires allow them to keep traveling after a ...

Although run-flat tires have been around awhile, their name can be a bit misleading. Perhaps it’d be more accurate to say “run-without-air-pressure tires,” though that would also be somewhat of a ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Overall customer satisfaction with original equipment tires has improved significantly since 2015, according to the 2018 J.D. Power U.S. Original Equipment Tire Customer ...

If you’ve bought a new car in the last several years, there’s an increasing likelihood that when you take a look in the trunk, you’ll no longer find a spare tire. At best in many cases you’ll get an ...