Yes—sometimes. Run-flat tyres can be repaired if the puncture is small (around 6 mm or less), confined to the tread, and the tyre hasn’t been driven deflated or beyond its “limp-home” limit (typically up to 80 km at up to 80 km/h—check your handbook).
They must be removed from the rim for an internal inspection; if there’s any sidewall damage, heat discolouration or cord separation, it’s off to tyre Valhalla.
Plenty of shops won’t repair run-flats because hidden damage is common, so a replacement is often the safer—if spendier—call.
If it does pass inspection, the proper fix is a combination patch-plug from the inside; quick plug-only jobs are a no, especially with TPMS in the mix.
Bottom line: get a qualified tyre tech to inspect it immediately and don’t keep trundling along “because run-flat”—that’s how you buy a wheel as well.
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