A tyre repair kit is one of the most important pieces of emergency equipment you can carry in your car – offering a quick and safe-to-use alternative to a space-saving or full-sized spare tyre.
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It’s reckoned that on average, UK motorists suffer a puncture once every five years. Tyre repair kits reduce road-side risk by a factor of five and more than halve the time a car is immobilised (source: Tyre manufacturer Continental).
Using a Tyre Repair Kit can be quicker, easier and safer than jacking up your car to change wheels, which means you’ll spend less time in a potentially dangerous situation at the roadside.
The kits also reduce a car’s overall weight, and therefore improve fuel economy.
In this short video, we show you the simple steps you should follow to use a tyre repair kit correctly, and describe the situations in which you should use it.
Finally, it’s important to remember that all new Toyotas come with 12 months free AA roadside cover. If you can’t use the Tyre Repair Kit, or don’t feel confident then contact the AA to arrange roadside recovery.
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Sam,
I hope you still love it if you get a puncture, miles from home, in pouring rain while trying to
get a can of gunk into a flat tyre.
You can call a breakdown service who might arrive quickly but then proceed to inform you
that a can of gunk wont do the job or in the event of you having a space saver spare,
inform you that it is only good for about 30 miles at 50 MPH and that the nearest type place is closed for the night.
I know this is a bad scenario but punctures seldom happen at convenient times or places.
Maybe if you waste several hours, miss appointments etc, and find that because you didn’t have a full size spare you have incurred a large bill for either a new tyre ( once the gunk is used
most tyre repair outfits will refuse to repair them ) a new can of gunk (£50) or a new space saver wheel, you might not be so pleased with your new vehicle.
If, as Toyota claim, removing the full size spare is to improve MPG and emission readings,
why do they sell their care to anyone over 12 stone in weight ?
Its just the manufacturers being cheapskates and maximising their profits at the expense of the car buying public.
Your doing it in a garage. You big rufty tufty brave boy. Try it on the side of a B road in the middle of nowhere when it’s getting dark. And when it doesn’t work. Such fun (NOT) The next moron who tries to fob me off with that exceptionally stupid idea will have to deal with me throwing a serious tantrum. Please take your idea and put where sun does not shine
Thanks for your post Caroline.
We do understand the strength of feeling in relation to these kits. You do not mention which Toyota model you have but we do provide the accessory option of space saver spare wheels for those customers who would prefer this.
If you are motoring in Europe what is the alternative to calling out the AA the organization that toyota cover your motoring with
Having recently purchased a 2013 rav 4 in May I am now trying to purchase a space saver wheel —– the dealership will not sell me one
I have just bought a Verso S having traded in an Avensis What a pity I did not read these comments before I commited myself to buying No spare
,what a joke Yes I can buy a space saver at aproximately £150 I feel that this wheel should be included in with the car As yet I have not got a spare wheel and I am reluctant to take my car out on the motorway because I have nofaith in the gunk doing its job It would seem to me that Toyota do not take customer comments to heart,just we will look in to it If this attitude continuers Toyota are going to lose sales,I for one will not recommend friends to buy one and I will reconsider next time I buy a car
Hi Cliff
Thanks for your post.
The AA can help advise with European cover however sorry to read of the difficulty you have experienced in trying to purchase the spare wheel for your RAV4. If you would like to contact us further about this and require further help then our customer relations team can be contacted via the attached link. https://mag.toyota.co.uk/how-to-contact-toyota-uk
We do offer a full size spare for this model however should make it clear that this fits in the boot area of the car. Please let us know if you require any further help.
Hello Robert
Thanks for your post and for your feedback about tyre repair kits.
Many of our cars have these fitted as standard and we do take on board your comments that these kits are not popular with everyone> This is why for those owners who would prefer the space saver spare wheel then we do offer these as an accessory option that can be purchased through your local Toyota dealer.
Thanks again for your post and comments.
Can you tell me how the full size spare wheel is fitted inside
the boot space to make it safer than a space saver wheel secured in the boot well provided
Why have toyota created a spare wheel well that will not hold a spare wheel securely
Hi Cliff
Thanks for your post.
The full size spare wheel is positioned on the boot floor in a bag and held securely in place with straps so that it does not move. This does therefore impact on boot space and may not meet everyone’s needs. The reason why a space saver wheel could not be used within the wheel well is only applicable on RAV4’s which were supplied with a tyre repair kit as standard. These cars do not have the necessary fixings in place from the factory to safely secure a space saver wheel in the wheel well. It is for this reason that the full size spare is supplied.
Hope this helps clarify further but do let us know if you have any other questions.
Having taken the carpet out of the wheel well it is plain to see a welded bracket on the floor of the well to take a threaded rod and nuts to secure it— this would pass through the space saver wheel then the wheel would be secured as in any other vehicle with an oppropiately sized metal plate and large nut —- making it totally secure