$49 service fee — tire quoted separately by your provider
No usable spare in Charlotte? I Need Roadside provides mobile tire replacement where available. A replacement tire can be brought to your location and installed so you can get back on the road without first towing the vehicle to a tire shop. Service is available 24 hours a day across North Carolina. Typical ETA: 10–20 minutes. You watch your provider come to you on a live map and pay in the app.
Plenty of newer vehicles ship without a spare, so a destroyed tire used to mean a tow to a shop and a wait for it to open. Mobile tire replacement brings the tire to the vehicle instead.
The $49 covers the service call. The tire itself is quoted separately: nearby providers send offers for a tire that fits your size, you review the offers, and you choose the one you want before anyone is paid. There is no single hidden tire price, because tire cost depends on your size, availability, and what local suppliers have on hand.
Once you accept an offer, your provider picks up the tire, brings it to your location, mounts it, torques the wheel, and sets the pressure — all where the vehicle already sits.
When this isn't the right service: If the puncture is in the tread and the tire is otherwise sound, a $49 tire repair is cheaper. If you have a usable spare, book a tire change instead.
Most Charlotte requests come from the same handful of places: highway shoulders and on-ramps at rush hour, store and workplace lots, residential streets where a car sat overnight, and downtown parking garages. Providers cover Charlotte itself plus the surrounding North Carolina suburbs, and the rate does not change based on which of those you are stopped in.
Stopped on a highway or a busy road? Stay buckled with your hazards on and wait inside the vehicle while traffic is moving fast — read our roadside safety guides first.
Open the map and see verified roadside pros already near you — no account needed to look.
One flat $49 for roadside service, locked in upfront. Add-ons like tires, batteries, or extra tow miles are shown before you pay.
Track your pro on the live map from acceptance to arrival. Typical ETA: 10–20 minutes.
Your money is held until the job is done. Confirm the work and release payment — no curbside haggling.
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The service fee is $49. The replacement tire is quoted separately by providers, and you pick the offer you want before paying for the tire.
After you book, nearby providers submit offers for a tire in your size. You review them, choose one, and only then pay for the tire portion.
Providers quote against the size on your tire sidewall. Availability varies by size and by what local suppliers have in stock.
This service is for getting you back on the road, so it is usually a single replacement tire. Talk to your provider about anything beyond that.
If nobody can supply your size nearby, a tow is the fallback — $75 for the first 4 miles, then $19 per additional mile.
Klarna and Afterpay may be available at checkout for eligible customers. Approval, schedules, and terms are set by those providers, not by us.
Request in the app and watch your helper come to you, or call live dispatch and we'll book it for you.