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Got a flat tire

bn1574

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Driving down the road the other day and got a low tire pressure warning....it was at 26 and as I was looking at it the pressure was continuing to drop quickly. I pulled over and I could hear the air leaking out as soon as I got out of the car. Saw something metal in the tread so I got the donut out and and put it on. Got everything buttoned back up, hopped in the car and when I started to move I heard this awful grinding noise. Stopped and checked everything, all seemed ok. I even looked in the owners manual, even though I'm well aware of how to put on a spare...lol. Nothing in there about any grinding noise. Started to move again and same thing happened....went to google and saw it was the AWD, which made sense since AWD does not like different size wheels. Also saw that once the vehicle got over 25mph the AWD would kick off.....wtf don't they put that in the manual? Got the tire patched the next day and what I ran over looks like an old brake spoon, the whole thing was inside the tire!! 2EE54CA1-6373-4D33-B2C9-BFACB4FBC0B6.jpeg
 

Chairborne Ranger

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Good to know! Be glad you had the donut spare to get back on the road. I believe newer Explorers don't come with them anymore. My 2025 ST 4WD Build 1 has one which I'm grateful for. Thanks for sharing this.
 

Nascarbilly

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Good to know! Be glad you had the donut spare to get back on the road. I believe newer Explorers don't come with them anymore. My 2025 ST 4WD Build 1 has one which I'm grateful for. Thanks for sharing this.
@Chairborne Ranger : Early Job 2 (5 Dec 2024) AWD vehicles have donut spares also. Thank God
 



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