If you own a 2026 Nissan Rogue, you may want to have your spare wheel checked, following a recall announcement by the ...

You get a flat, and under the carpet in the trunk is one of those “donut” (or “temporary”) spare tires – skinnier than the tires on your car, with a prominent warning about maximum speed on the side.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Some car manufacturers are now eliminating ...

Don't assume your new car has a spare tire in the trunk, because it probably doesn't. This consumer report explains why ...

More and more cars and SUVs no longer include a spare. Some now don't even have a small donut tire. What you can do to ...

Gilbert Smith is an automotive journalist with over five years of specialized research and writing experience. Before joining CarBuzz in 2024, he produced in-depth buyer’s guides and feature articles ...

A truck hauls eight new Teslas equipped with a total of zero spare tires out of the Tesla plant in Fremont, Calif., in 2020. (Ben Margot / Associated Press) Ira Newlander of West Los Angeles has been ...

Knowing how long new tires should last is incredibly important, regardless of how often you drive your car. Those who cover a lot of miles are likely to wear their tires down, and will change them ...

You're driving along when you hear the thump, thump of a flat tire. You go back to get the spare tire only to discover your car didn't come with one. That's not a mistake. In a quest to cut weight and ...

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