I bought new tires on the weekend and got them installed at the shop. Left the shop and was heading home, cross a bridge and when I drove over the expansion joint, I heard a noise. I thought I had lost one of center caps of the wheel. I then waited at the red light right after the bridge and the tpms light came on and then I notice my truck leaning towards the drivers side. When the light turned green and I started droving I notice it was completly flat so I pulled over at the next entrance and my tire was off the rim on the road but the bead still seated on the in the back. I called the tire shop ahead of time and said that I was coming back on a tow truck since the tire was flat. When I got back to the tire shop the tow truck backed the truck in the bay and I went inside to talk to the manager as the mechanic was removing the tire. He then came to get me to show me there was a hole in the thread. He then plugged the tire and I was on my way. I don't recall seeing anything on the road and the tires on the cars ahead of me didn't go flat. I mean it's possible that I got one but with my old tires, I never had a flat in 5 years.
Is it possible that the bead didn't seat right and when I hit the expansion joint the tire lost all of its air? The conspiracy theory would suggest that the mechanic would of puncture a hole in the tire when I went inside to talk to the manager as the shop didn't want to pay for the towing but they ended up paying for it anyway. Now it kind of sucks, since I have new tires but one of them already has a plug in it.
Is it possible that the bead didn't seat right and when I hit the expansion joint the tire lost all of its air? The conspiracy theory would suggest that the mechanic would of puncture a hole in the tire when I went inside to talk to the manager as the shop didn't want to pay for the towing but they ended up paying for it anyway. Now it kind of sucks, since I have new tires but one of them already has a plug in it.