# Spare tire blew up **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 22, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spare-tire-blew-up/53940 "2010-08-22T00:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![art1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@art1966](https://community.cartalk.com/u/art1966)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spare-tire-blew-up/53940/17 "2022-08-29T10:53:30Z")
TheWonderful90s might be interested in this example of an exploding tread that was discussed here a couple of years ago: > [@What wrecked this tire?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-wrecked-this-tire/171622): > > My next door neighbor is disabled and doesn’t drive any more. Her Volvo wagon lives in her driveway/carport for weeks and months at a time unless somebody borrows it. A couple of weeks ago it was gone for a few days, then came back. This morning I noticed that her right front tire was flat, and I alerted her . If the tire had been flat earlier, I’m pretty sure I would have noticed. The neighbor invoked her Roadside Assistance coverage, and they came and changed the tire. They provided her… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spare-tire-blew-up/53940)._