Unusual tire problem

[Mr. Jim]

We arrived for breakfast a little late and two of my buddies were holding a parking spot in front of the restaurant. I puled in and we had breakfast and planned on meeting nearby to visit a museum. On the way there after only a few feet my wife asked what the clicking was, I thought it was a rock in the tire. It persisted so I stopped and had a look. What shocked me was a 1/2 inch bold squarely in the middle of the tire up to the head. I called Tesla service and in about 1/2 hour a truck arrived with a replacement mounted tire. The size of the hole is such that the tire cannot be plugged so that's $400 in the hole so to speak. It seems this was a deliberate act. I am going over the sentry clips to see if anyone did it while we were eating breakfast. Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

 

[mdickson]

Did you have music playing (loudly?) prior to parking at the restaurant?

 

[Mr. Jim]

Did you have music playing (loudly?) prior to parking at the restaurant?

No I didn't. Not sure how that relates.

 

[mdickson]

No I didn't. Not sure how that relates.

Maybe you didn't hear the bolt in the tire before parking at the restaurant.

 

[ThomasD]

How large was the bolt It would take a lot of force to drive a large bolt through a tire I have seen a wrench go through a tire as well as large bolts

 

[Big Ike]

I've put more than one bolt through a tire on trucks and tahoes. It's never been malicious (I worked construction for about 10 years), but it's always been a bummer.

 

[mattack4000]

I had that happened, along with 4 other nails already. No big deal, just bad luck

 

[LukasSwan]

I had that happened, along with 4 other nails already. No big deal, just bad luck

Agree. I've had a bolt before. The car provides all the downward force. Bad luck is the tire flipping the bolt up into position. I have plugged successfully too.

 

[mattack4000]

Plugging a tire on a x is difficult due to how big and hard the tire is. I patched the same hole 4x. I gave up after the 4th time. This same tire had 3 other nails at various places

 

[Xenoilphobe]

Keep the tire and make it into a snow tire.

 

[dogldogl]

...Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

Check your jack pads.....

WARNING!!! Screws holding jack pad to frame are ALL loose - jack pad may fall off car

 

[jboy210]

I have pulled bolts, screw, nails, and a knife from the treads of my tires. The latest was a blade from a wall scraper. 3 inches long at 2 inches deep. Had Tesla tow car to service center and they put a new tire on. Ran $400 or so.

With trucks dropping stuff of their beds all the time I am not at all surprised by this. All it takes is a little careless packing and a small pot hole and things go flying. You run over them and all of a sudden you get that old tick-tick-tick noise and know it is new tire time.

Worse thing I heard about was a small hydraulic jack with handle attached. That fell out on the Altamont pass, a very highly traveled road. The tow driver I heard the story from (he was towing my X to the SC at the time) said it took out at least 6 cars during rush hour.

 

[jboy210]

Did you have music playing (loudly?) prior to parking at the restaurant?

More importantly where you playing rap music!

 

[Mr. Jim]

Check your jack pads.....

WARNING!!! Screws holding jack pad to frame are ALL loose - jack pad may fall off car

Holy *sugar* - good to know. Will check mine tomorrow.

 

[Mr. Jim]

More importantly where you playing rap music!

No, Paul van Dyk.

I have pulled bolts, screw, nails, and a knife from the treads of my tires. The latest was a blade from a wall scraper. 3 inches long at 2 inches deep. Had Tesla tow car to service center and they put a new tire on. Ran $400 or so.

With trucks dropping stuff of their beds all the time I am not at all surprised by this. All it takes is a little careless packing and a small pot hole and things go flying. You run over them and all of a sudden you get that old tick-tick-tick noise and know it is new tire time.

Worse thing I heard about was a small hydraulic jack with handle attached. That fell out on the Altamont pass, a very highly traveled road. The tow driver I heard the story from (he was towing my X to the SC at the time) said it took out at least 6 cars during rush hour.

Odd the clicking became evident after leaving the parking space not before. 2 of my buddies were holding a space in front of the restaurant both are gearheads and would have noticed a bolt. I'm going to go through my removable hard drive and see if during the time we were there eating breakfast someone planted it. It is a tire that had another tire in front of it which is the right rear. I know I'm likely paranoid but...

We were in Yosemite years ago and we had a flat caused by a rock.

 

[Doc Brown]

Not saying it’s appropriate - but someone may have seen this and didn’t appreciate someone "holding" a close parking spot for you.

We arrived for breakfast a little late and two of my buddies were holding a parking spot in front of the restaurant.