$49 flat with your usable spare
Need a tire change in Richmond? I Need Roadside provides $49 tire change service at your location when you have a usable spare. A roadside provider can remove the damaged tire, install your spare, and help get you moving again. Service is available 24 hours a day across Virginia. Typical ETA: 10–20 minutes. You watch your provider come to you on a live map and pay in the app.
A flat tire with a usable spare in the vehicle is the fastest roadside problem to solve. Instead of changing it yourself on the shoulder of a road with traffic moving past, a provider comes to the vehicle and swaps it for you.
This is the right service when you have a full-size spare or a temporary spare that still holds air. Your provider secures the vehicle, lifts it properly, removes the flat, mounts the spare, torques the lug nuts, and sets the pressure.
Temporary spares are speed- and distance-limited, so treat the swap as a way to reach a shop, not a permanent fix. Your provider can point out whether the flat looks repairable or whether the tire is finished.
When this isn't the right service: No spare, or a spare that is flat or missing its tools? Book a mobile tire replacement instead — the tire is brought to you and installed on site.
Most Richmond 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 Richmond itself plus the surrounding Virginia 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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It is $49 flat when you have a usable spare in the vehicle. The rate is the same overnight, on weekends, and on holidays.
Then a tire change will not get you moving. Book a mobile tire replacement, where a provider brings a replacement tire to your location.
The swap itself is usually a short job once the provider arrives. Typical ETA to reach you is about 10–20 minutes depending on traffic and availability.
Yes, when it is safe to work at that spot. Stay buckled with your hazards on until the provider arrives and directs you.
Follow the limits printed on the spare — usually a reduced speed and a limited distance. Plan on a repair or replacement soon after.
The flat normally goes back in the vehicle so you can have it inspected or replaced. Ask your provider what they can take.
Request in the app and watch your helper come to you, or call live dispatch and we'll book it for you.