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2020+ TPMS sensors. What is the deal?
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Nobody Special
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Ahh well, I ordered four blank sensors, and a programmer.
IF it does not work out, I will be returning (If nobody wants them here) the TRD rims, awesome Continental snow tires and give the tool to my bud.
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IF it does not work out, I will be returning (If nobody wants them here) the TRD rims, awesome Continental snow tires and give the tool to my bud.
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Ken's 4Runner
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Spare Tire TPMS
Can a 5th TPMS sensor be added to a 2020 4Runner TRD Off Road spare tire? Can it then be programmed for the dash display? I would like to do 5 wheel rotation, but am struggling with accommodating TPMS in the spare tire. Even if the dash display doesn't work, it would be nice to rotate the spare and then have it appear on the dash readout.
Can a 5th TPMS sensor be added to a 2020 4Runner TRD Off Road spare tire? Can it then be programmed for the dash display? I would like to do 5 wheel rotation, but am struggling with accommodating TPMS in the spare tire. Even if the dash display doesn't work, it would be nice to rotate the spare and then have it appear on the dash readout.
Nobody Special
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I can't answer that as my spare shows up on my 2021.
(It came from the dealer at these PSI's)
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I went a different route as they seem to be proprietary.
If what I ordered gives me issues, I will sell or return wheels/tires.
Ken's 4Runner
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The problem seems to be the models and years of the 4Runner. Evidently, different trim levels allowed for the 5th wheel (spare TPMS) and others didn't. The Limited models allowed spare tire sensors some years while the Off Road trim model did not. When I ask the dealer or Discount tire, they don't know if the spare can be added and then read by the ECU.
I wanted to know if a 5th TPMS sensor could be added to the spare and then used in 5 wheel rotation. I understand the ECU can accommodate 8 sensors for two sets of tires for seasonal rotation, but what happens when 5 tires have TPMS sensors and are on the vehicle at the same time? Does the ECU recognize the tire in rotation once it starts moving on the vehicle?
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has successfully added the TPMS sensor to the spare tire and what the results were.
Ken's 4Runner
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50# plus on a 43 degree day? That must have been a hard ride.I can't answer that as my spare shows up on my 2021.
(It came from the dealer at these PSI's)
Nobody Special
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I actually prefer stiff rides. I like to literally "FEEL" the road, when they are smoooooove...
The Limited models come with a full size matching spare.
I am not sure about other models. Maybe that plays into something?
I can't see why they would use two different clusters to omit or add a 5th wheel.
umidkusername
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So let’s say I want to do 4 new tires and a spire tire on the back mount. I would need to buy 5 tpms sensors and after driving them it wouldn’t automatically detect the new tires? I would need to use some kind of software?
Also, if I put on the spare full size tire I would have to do some kind of programming?
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Also, if I put on the spare full size tire I would have to do some kind of programming?
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Nobody Special
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From what I gathered on MANY forums for different Toyota models, Toyotas are more "miss" than "hit" with driving to program.
I wasted too much of my time on this...
(With how many wheels the truck can have programmed and this and that...
I hate running into "stupid" issues like that.)
SO.... I went for the CLONE option with blank sensors and a programmer so I can clone all five if I wanted (I only have 4 as one set is Winter and tires are cheap enough to replace), and hopefully the truck cannot tell which 4/5 are mounted.
Seems the Autel is proprietary which may cause me issues in the long run as you are stuck with their stuff, and in a pinch, from what IIIII understand, should I ever need a shop, they would need an Autel programmer.
(Which is why I don't use Apple at all and Sony items, besides headphones. Sony HAS relaxed with proprietary stuff, but has not stopped totally.
Apple, TO ME, is like buying a car you cannot possibly mod)
Nobody Special
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It is bothersome how Toyota went about this TPMS stuff.
Something so trivial, and yet can command a lot of research.
Something so trivial, and yet can command a lot of research.
Ken's 4Runner
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This is the question the dealer and Discount Tire couldn't answer for me. I now have a new matching rim and tire for my spare but without a TPMS sensor. I still plan to do 5 wheel rotations to maintain even tire sizes, I just will have a fifth tire without a sensor moving through different positions on the vehicle.
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That is sort of what I was gathering too, but for $100 more, (hopefully it works) I have 4 sensors and a clone tool on the way.
Then, I can make it pay for itself by doing others.
Two cars, and the tool paid for itself vs OEM Toyota sensors.
One Toyota sensor fails, and I am even better off in the long run if my little gamble works.
I am going off the $60 OEM online price vs $90 OEM *suggested* price.
Toyota Tacoma Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor. TPMS - 4260704020 - Genuine Toyota Part
Plus the fact it seems that there were no issues other than shops not updating their software which I can understand to a point.
