TPMS and spare

[Miqie]

On a related note .....I got the OEM Michelin tire mounted on the TRD OEM rim. When I removed the temp spare from it's position, I noticed that grooves had been worn into the sidewall from a tubular cross member on the truck. For my new spare, I took a section of foam pool noodle and put it between the tire and cross member.

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[Pappy]

For my new spare, I took a section of foam pool noodle and put it between the tire and cross member.

I've owned five Toyota trucks that had the spare under the bed. It sucked. I relocated 3 of them to the bumper.

 

[Pappy]

Well, I'm going to bump this up to the top. Awhile back I had a 5th TPMS installed in my full size matching spare which is mounted on the rear bumper. The dealer had been bugging me to bring the truck in for a free service. In this case, it was for a tire rotation and multi-point "inspection." I put inspection in quotes because clearly they didn't bother looking at some things.

I asked the service writer about moving the spare into the rotation, and they wanted $25 to do that. Then I asked about getting the TPMS in the spare to read on the dash. They wanted $200 to do that. Um, no.

Today I rotated the spare onto the truck, then sat in the driveway, followed the owner's manual directions (mostly) and programmed the 4 rotating tires myself in about 10 minutes. The TPMS I used was a Toyota 42607-0E090, $57.

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