Hey guys, I took delivery of an inventory model S (3900 miles), and ran over something that punctured the tire on the first day Very slow leak (TPMS hasn't gone off in two days, and it looks like I haven't lost any real pressure yet). Anyways, the tire needs to be replaced, and I am just wondering if I can get by just replacing one tire, and if it should go on the front (don't want to hurt the rear differential?) or if I should rotate it to the rear (because it will get more wear). Any opinion on this? It's the Michelin primacy 245/45/19. Sucks, but I LOVE THE CAR. Also, I was thinking of just fixing the flat with a patch/plug myself (I've done it before) and risking the "CATASTROPHIC RESULTS" if I need to use it as a spare, in the future.
This looks to be not in the sidewall. If you are going to patch it, use an internal patch properly placed.
I don't think Tesla will patch it so will have to go somewhere else. You could patch it and then keep it around as a spare but put a new one on too.
I had a slow leak a few months ago and took the car to the service center. It turned out that a nail was in the tire and the only solution the SC could offer was replacing the tire. I had about 12k miles on the car and didn't want to replace 2 tires because you really can't just replace one... at least I wouldn't. I took the car to America's Tire Company and they patched it for free. That's just what they do. Fantastic service and zero cost to me even though I didn't purchase the tires from them.