Egonvdv

Got a flat today.
actually i had already noticed the screw in my tire 2 days ago and passed by the tire shop.
they said it was time to change the rear tires anyway, so i placed an order which would arrive coming Friday.
Unfortunately the didn't offer to repair the tire temporarily and I (naively) thought i could keep driving for 3 more days (since tire did not lose any air)
Boy was i wrong: this mornng the tire deflated in seconds on the motor/high-way. - I guess the screw had been blown out.
tried tt repair it with tirefit, but hole was too big so called road assistance, who luckily were able to repair the tire on the spot.
All together i was there for "only" 1.5hrs.
Now my question is; since mercedes pays all for this, will they also give me a new tirefit kit? -
I called the info line today but they didn't know ..???
it's not extremely expensive, but if i can save 50 euros I gladly do so :-)

stephos

Interesting question - please let us know.

rbrylaw

I don't gamble, but if I were to bet, the answer would likely be no. I hope for your sake they do, but you'll more than likely need to purchase a kit.

rustybear3

By the way, are our cars supposed to come with this tire repair kit or do we have to buy it separately?

rbrylaw

To my knowledge our cars are not equipped with these at all. While OP didn't say, I'm guessing he doesn't have RFT's on his European E Class. In Europe, they can choose non RFT tires, and get the tire repair kit. In the US, we only get RFT, which can't (or more correctly shouldn't) be repaired.

rustybear3

​​​​​​Makes sense. I didn't realize they could choose their types of tires over there.

rbrylaw

Evidently then can. I'm still not unhappy with my RFTs though.

joshg1001

I thought our runflats in the US have a can of fix-a-flat?

rbrylaw

Mercedes doesn't provide a can of fix-a-flat in cars sold in the US with RFTs.

Egonvdv

i have a repair kit (pump + liquid) had no choice; they don't deliver with spares anymore here in France.

it's nice, cos you got more storage, but in situations like yday i wish i did haver one!.

so if they don't give me new liquid for free, it means it's always better to call assistance since this is free.

i guess the tirefit is only to be used in case there is no assistance around..

ua549

The liquid is probably a consumable supply, not a warrantied item.

Egonvdv

i'm never touchin the tirefit ever again lol

parkwood

Sorry to hear of your hassle.

i suspect they will not pay too. But i would ask as you can point out you were trying to avoid having to call them out which you needed to do anyway as their system did not work!

i have run flat winter tyres i bought them as a "pack". Mercedes offer 2 choices of wheel design and thpack which is the same as my summer wheels came with dunlop runflat. Until today i noticed no difference in noise if anythingbthe winters are a tad quieter. But it has been -2 all day and they feel harder and are just a tad noisier. The weather has been much warmer this year over the 7deg range of the tyres so it is good to have a cold spell to justify the cost!

not sure run flats really are an answer though cannot see me being able to get to my garage on a punctured tyre.....