It may also depend if the spare is mounted on a steel wheel. If so, the TPMS sensor may not fit. If your spare wheel matches the other 4 then you might have a chance depending on programming and head unit installed. Seems way over complicated to me!
My '22 Sport came with 5 identical 20"wheels/tires and the spare was equipped with a transmitter which shows on the display.
The fine print in the owners manual says that vehicles equipped with 20" wheels should rotate all 5 wheels which is probably why the spare was equipped with a transmitter. When I went in for my first service all this was news to the service writer but since I asked they did rotate all 5. The display has to be reset when the tires are rotated so it shows the correct positions which the dealer didn't do but it's outlined in the manual so I made it work.
Kind of hard to believe that I was the first service customer they had with 20" wheels who had read the manual.
Doing some digging on this topic as well and stumbled on the video below. According to this guy, it is possible for a dealer to reprogram a non-Limited trim so the 5th/spare tire would show up in the dash. It must be 2020 and above.
Doing some digging on this topic as well and stumbled on the video below. According to this guy, it is possible for a dealer to reprogram a non-Limited trim so the 5th/spare tire show up in the dash. It must be 2020 and above.
I'm highly considering doing this now.
Ah, HA!
Do you think Carista could be used to add the 5th tire?
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2022 Barcelona Red TRD ORP, KDSS, Moonroof
1999 4Runner SR5, bone stock, just turned over 200K
If your spare has a steel wheel, then you probably can't add a sensor. If (like the Limited) the spare wheel matches the others, then it might be possible depending on programming etc. Could you buy another matching wheel to make it work? Maybe.... With a 2013 SR5, I have a TPMS light because my sensor batteries have well passed their lifespan of approx 7-8 years. It wasn't worth the $ to replace them. I don't even notice the light any more. It's easier to just check my tire pressure occasionally!
Ah, HA!
Do you think Carista could be used to add the 5th tire?
I'm not sure. I'm not familiar with Carista. But as far as I know, this is a car software related. So in order to see the spare tire on the dashboard screen, the software in the car must be updated using Toyota's techstream tool.