# Run Flat Tires for a Toyota RAV4

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/run-flat-tires-for-a-toyota-rav4/85916>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** tires\
**Created:** [July 10, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/run-flat-tires-for-a-toyota-rav4/85916 "2014-07-10T17:21:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mumbles69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Mumbles69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mumbles69)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/run-flat-tires-for-a-toyota-rav4/85916/1 "2014-07-10T17:21:02Z")

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Do I have to stay with RFT for my 2012 Toyota RAV4? I’m hearing that it’s not okay to change to conventional tires. What is the best answer to this question? I know RFT are expensive versus conventional tires. What about safety?

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/run-flat-tires-for-a-toyota-rav4/85916/2 "2014-07-10T17:34:44Z")

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Are your tires worn out? Or is this a hypothetical/existential question? If u have rft tires, u don’t have a spare. If u buy conventional tires than u run the risk of being stranded with a flat. But than u get aaa. For a time, only the rav4 sport model had no spare. Now the limited model also has no spare. Makes the trunk/lift gate area look much cleaner with no spare.

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**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/run-flat-tires-for-a-toyota-rav4/85916/3 "2014-07-10T17:35:23Z")

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No, you do not have to stay with run flat tires. Here are some options that other Rav4 owners have tried.

> **[Run Flat tires - Toyota RAV4 Forums](http://www.rav4world.com/forums/96-4-3-general/91281-run-flat-tires.html)**
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> Toyota RAV4 Forums

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/run-flat-tires-for-a-toyota-rav4/85916/4 "2014-07-11T01:35:22Z")

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Whatever you do, replace both front or both back tires at the same time if you have FWD and all 4 tires if you have 4WD.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/run-flat-tires-for-a-toyota-rav4/85916/5 "2014-07-11T06:35:24Z")

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I had a set of run flat tires once…they wore out at 16K. I’ll never own another set. Just go to [tirerack.com](http://tirerack.com) and pick out an appropriate set of conventional tires for your RAV4.