Instant Tyre Deflation

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My drivers side front tyre completely lost all pressure this afternoon whilst driving to the station to pick up a friend at around 15-20mph (Central London, Canada Water Station = slow speeds)

A warning message popped up saying ''check the front right tyre pressure'' when I got out, it was completely flat.

Luckily for me (depending on how you look at it) a Tesco garage was right by the station so I pulled in to use the air machine, it failed to inflate my tyre, it did't even register the remaining pressure, I tried a few times.

The tyre was driven for less than 25 yards and <10mph in this condition until I put the spare on in Tesco's car park - will this cause problems to the tyre or alloy?

Upon removing the alloy/tyre, I saw no evidence of puncture holes, damage to the tyre or nails, maybe it's the value? Thank goodness that I wasn't driving on the motorway.

Off to the garage in the morning...
 
The wheel will be fine.

Get the garage to check it over, more than likely hole in the tyre though somewhere. If the valve had gone, you'd have sealed the end of it when trying to pump it up so it would have inflated to a certain degree.
 
maybe the Tyre came away from the rim of the alloy. happened to mine but that was due to corrosion on the alloy that caused glue to come away from the rim.
 
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