I've had it for maybe 2 weeks 😭🤣

You're screwed.

Lol, same happened to me in Boston. Literally 1 week, fucking shit turnpike. At least you can patch this location!

Best case scenario for patch

Yeah luckily it was only $20 and could get it patched by my work

Same thing happened to me lol.Literally 2 weeks in

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Excellent post. Thanks for sharing.

Lucked out.

That’s bad luck!

Tire repairs are free at America's tire

😀

I don't have one of those where I live, there's a discount tire that I think does tire repair free but I woulda had to drive like 30 mins back home and where I work there was a Walmart right next to my work. They had a puck to lift and everything luckily so I didn't mind paying $20.

At least it wasn't a cracked windshield or something, I'm also in Tornado Alley so I'm trying to garage it anytime there's a hail risk lately 🤣

Why wouldn't you go to America's Tires and get it patched for free

Same thing happened to me except it was literally the day they installed the home charger in my garage.

Just had this resently happen to me at mile 4,000. Easy fix, plugged it myself, with a kit from Walmart. Cost was about $8. Worst part was the 21" tires weigh a lot! Where you have that is the best case of a bad situation.

Builders or the tire shop owners ?

🤣 I am loving it though, me and my wife are both driving it. I have a older work truck for when I need I'm thinking about selling it and getting a used model 3 with low miles, maybe a performance. This model y is perfect though.

Yeah I'm definitely buying a tire repair kit to keep in the trunk just in case for the future

I just picked up this jack and lug wrench kit: https://a.co/d/02Yvaws5 For $26, makes sense, even having AAA.

Patch it it could have been too close to the sidewalls

For sure, also don't live close to any service centers.

Last time I had a patch fixed at America's Tire, they put the tire on backwards

Weird, must be some sort of conspiracy. Exact same piece of hardware got me too 😂 [culprit’s picture](https://imgur.com/a/cA74Yl9)

When I took delivery of my 24 MYP I got a bolt just like inside 500 miles on the odo. Thankfully discount tire did a free patch.

Same screw got my back left tire this morning!! 😭 thankfully a tire shop patched it for free

Wait what?

🤣

They put the tire back on the wheel in the wrong direction. There was literally a giant rubber badge on the side of the tire that says "INSIDE" yet they still had it back on the car mounted with the tire on backwards.

Yup back left tire too! Smack dab right in the middle. Luckily I had a tire plug kit in my trunk, and it worked for like a couple days, but the hole was way too large (look at the thickness of that bolt lol) so the plug eventually failed. Hindsight is 20/20 but I probably should have taken it to the tire shop for a professional patch job after plugging it on the side of the road. This was the plug kit I used. Really handy in a pinch. Probably could have been a permanent solution had the hole been a tiny bit smaller. [plug kit](https://www.homedepot.com/p/203349942)

You got a 1 month tire and windshield warranty agreement trial when you bought it, so it’s literally no big deal.

I got it used with 11k miles

yep they install it backward for me as well but thats like 4 years ago thats why I always double check everything before leaving.

Quite dangerous to drive with a screw in your tire for 2 weeks.

You people are lucky not to have Autobahn here you can't patch it because high speeds would not work. Been there done that, no workshop wanted to touch that thing.

Easy patch, it sucks to deal with. But it could be worse.

I've had this happen to me 3 times in the past 4 years. The tire guy joked that there must be a large magnet in the wheels to cause this. Unfortunately for me, each time it was in the area on the tire that is unpatchable.

Happened to me the same day I bought the car: https://reddit.com/r/TeslaModelY/comments/y2sa4k/myp_picked_up_my_brand_new_tesla_today_30miles/ Unfortunately mine wasn’t in a spot sale to patch.

Seems the stock Pirelli tires are nail magnets. Have had 2 flats in a year.

I had a staple total my factory pilot sport tire in the first six months of ownership. Had to pay $620 for a replacement. tire as the staple was an inch from the edge the tire. You're lucky as that screw looks bad but is actually patchable.

Had this same bolt/washer combo on my wheel. Tesla wheel/tire insurance gave me a loaner wheel, then replaced the tire with a BRAND NEW wheel for $25. 100% worth the monthly payment to me for peace of mind.

How fast do you get up to on the Autobahn? I've done 200kmh in my M3 with a repaired tire.

For sure someone put it there when you drove away

Same thing happened to me, but no issues since then.

This is why I have a jack, stand, and plug kit in the car. And a impact to remove the wheel. I'd plug it and call it a day. Unless it's a slow leak then I'd drive to a tire shop and get it patched. Patches are better than plugs but both will get the job done.

You don’t even need an impact to remove the wheel. A standard wrench works

And I thought I was crazy putting two in one tire

Bro just count your blessings. I got 2 in less than a week.

Looks like a Las Vegas nail haha

No Speed Limit on Autobahn doesn't mean you go.at 200mph The law still says that it has to be a safe speed for the conditions

Crazzzzy!!! Man, hope u're taken care of

i had at least 10 nails within my first year with 1 blow out

This happened to me lol had my 2026 Tesla model Y for like 3 months now, hit a pothole 3 weeks ago and got home with a completely flat tire. There was a huge gash in the side wall and had to buy a $500 tire 😅

Same thing happened to me when I first got mine

I got a screw after having my model Y launch for less than three weeks, but I had been gifted a tire warranty so I was not charged a dime. Was the best gift ever lol

Never had an issue w a plug and takes 3 min.

Nailed it

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Omg that cheapest, tire discount charges us 65

Not a big deal... Tire Discount (and others) will repair it for free... take a breath and calm down

No you can go also 300 miles per hour nobody is going to stop you 🙂

Have you ever been there? Sure, you can hit 300 km/h, but the second you stay in the left lane for one kilometer after passing someone, the Polizei will pull you over and fine you on the spot. I’ve seen them do it

A lot of tire places patch for free.

Nice. I've plugged a lot of tires over the years. I'm surprised the reddit tire police haven't been screaming at you from the balcony.

Don’t get why people post these types of pictures. Ran over a nail. Doesn’t anybody care?

I swear there’s magnets in the tires…

Used a plug kit. Ezy peazy

At least you only have to replace 1 tire!

I love America's Tires!

Why do I see and have seen this same nail/bolt on numerous flats. Have to be these construction crews you see in the roads all the time.

This is why road hazard policies were made…

You got the car two weeks ago? If so, 30 day tire warranty still active

Just wait til it chips and starts to have alignment issues. You’re gonna be devastated.

Another couple of weeks, and it will wear off completely.

I know but a mid torque ridgid 1/2 inch is small enough it fits in my tire repair kit and powerful enough so why not. I drive a EV so there is no wrench, or jack, or spare, in the vehicle stock, just a bottle of tire sealant and a tow hook.

[Same thing happened to me 2 weeks ago lol](https://imgur.com/a/47tBGeV)

Les Schwab will fix ir for free.

I swear these things are nail magnets. We had two punctures in our first 10k miles.

They were just trying to save your white walls

Assuming you have a 2026 MY, did it show you a tire pressure warning at all?

It's a 2024 model Y LR AWD, didn't show any warnings don't think it was leaking much at all but I could hear a clicking sound when driving so checked it luckily.

Yesterday morning I was waiting in a turn lane and looked out at the median where a 2"x2" information sign pole had been replaced. The four original hold down bolts that had been cut off as well as some other debris were laying around the newly installed pole just waiting for some degenerate to kick them out in the lane. I suppose road and parking lot debris is probably area dependent but this really bothered me - enough to relate it here. I've added casual glances at my tires now as I approach the car just as a habit. I also find myself manually checking the tire pressures using the screen more often simply because it is just an easy two swipes to the left on the small entertainment interface on the lower left screen.

Have never seen America's Tires in NY metro area.

Crazy I had legit, 100% the exact same thing in the same exact spot 300 miles into my new Y. Was glad I signed up for the wheel and tire protection subscription Tesla offers when I bought the car. The Tesla shop replaced that tire for free and in under an hour.

Just…Why?!

Still got time to sign up for the tire warranty.

Just tighten it every 250 miles and you’ll be fine

This is how Tesla secures the tires to the rim.

Teslas seem to be flat-tire magnets…happened on all of ours (Y, 3 and X)😑

Oh I’ve worn the heads off of screws and left them lol

Day after I got mine fsd drove me straight over a pot hole and popped my tire. Thank god for wheel insurance

I had a nail going thru, similar spot. Remove that tire and brought it to Wheel Works who remove the nail (or screw??), then plugged in the hole in a very professional method. The tech showed me what kind of rubber plug he used. Would be difficult for me to patch the hole using the patch kit I had.

Nonsense. Absolute utter nonsense! I go 200+ on the left lane for 100km every day. And the police will do nothing if there is no speed limit.

I have myp so 255 km/h

I thought I had a bad being in Arizona with all these trucks... and I commute an hour to work each way four days a week ... I've had three broken windshields but tornado alley wins every time 🤣🤣🤣🤣

FSD and tire warranty gang gang 😊🌺 🤣🤣🤣

I had a nail in my tire on day two. I win.

Yes, found a screw with a washer I guess in my driveway. Had to come off the car somehow. Very strange. I wonder if it has something to do with transport and it gets left in the frame until it comes loose somehow. 🔩