Why does my tire keep losing air even after getting fixed?
Mechanics often miss slow leaks caused by hidden issues like dirt built up around the rim bead. Taking the car back multiple times without finding the root cause wastes time and leaves you stuck constantly refilling the same flat.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Taking the wheel off to check for cracks and spray with soapy water
- 2Over-inflating the tire and submerging it in a water tank to watch for bubbles
- 3Visiting a different shop and informing them it is the fourth attempt to fix the same leak
- 4Replacing the rim or valve cap
- 5Being hypervigilant about tire pressure
- 6Manually checking and refilling tires frequently
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“One tire slowly loses pressure. All other tires are fine.”source ↗
“Third visit: "Dirt around the rim bead area where it contacts the tire." He cleaned it. Still leaking at the same rate.”source ↗
“Should i go for the fourth time ?”source ↗
“the one issue I’ve been having is that the tires don’t hold pressure - NONE of them.”source ↗
Where this came up
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