Flat Tire Change and Roadside Tire Help

Stay in the car until help arrives

If you are on 99E, I-5 or any road with speed, the safest place is usually inside the vehicle with your belt on and the hazards flashing, as far onto the shoulder as you can get. Standing on the traffic side of a stopped car is where people get hurt. Tell us your exact location, including which direction you were heading and the nearest cross street or mile marker.

Spare tires are a short-term answer

The compact spare on most vehicles is rated for limited speed and limited distance, generally enough to reach a tire shop and no further. Fitting it is not the end of the job, it is the part that lets you get to the real fix. If your spare is missing, flat, or the vehicle never came with one, a tow is the faster route.

• Compact spares are speed and distance limited
• Check the spare's pressure, they lose air sitting unused
• A damaged wheel, not just the tire, means a tow
• Sidewall damage cannot be plugged or patched

When it is a tow instead

Two or more flats, a bent or cracked wheel, sidewall damage, or a blowout that took bodywork with it all mean the vehicle goes on the truck. We would rather tell you that on the phone than fit a spare that will not get you anywhere.

Where we provide flat tire help

We are based at 21158 OR-99E in Aurora, OR, and we cover twenty five towns across the Willamette Valley and the south Portland metro, plus part of Clark County in Washington. The closest and busiest are Aurora, Canby, Woodburn, Wilsonville, Hubbard, Newberg. If your town is not on the service area list, call anyway and we will tell you honestly whether we can get to you.