It's not difficult and this video and guide will help you do it yourself.
Don't feel like you need to call AAA if you have a flat tire. If you've got a car with a flat tire, just stay right here and we'll show you how to change your own tire with ease. We promise it's simple enough.
Doesn't exactly inspire confidence, does it? But the jack in your car's trunk or storage compartment is an easy tool to change your flat and get you back on your way quickly.
Here's a short video explaining the simplest and safest way to change a flat tire. It runs about 10 minutes, which includes me stopping to explain a lot -- so assume a tire change is about a 7-minute job. There's also a list below of 10 steps you can follow. Before you begin, I should call your attention to a few pro tips:
The only thing better than changing a flat the right way is not having to change one at all. AAA says 30% of late-model cars don't even have a spare. Instead, they rely on either seal-and-fill kits that repair the tire while it stays on the car, or they use run-flat tires that can limp without air to the nearest tire shop. Until you have one of those newer vehicles, watch the video.
1. Secure the car on a flat surface out of traffic; chock the wheel in the opposite corner.
2. Loosen the lug nuts on the wheel with the car's lug wrench.
3. Place the car's jack under the car where its label indicates.
4. Jack up enough to get the wheel an inch or two off the ground.
5. Finish loosening the lug nuts and remove the flat tire.
6. Put the spare tire on.
7. Thread the nuts on and tighten just enough to hold the wheel on without slop.
8. Lower the jack so the car is back on the ground.
9. Finish tightening the nuts with upper body strength on the lug wrench.
10. Collect the flat, wrench, jack and anything you used to chock the car.