So it was bothering me — so I looked (spare photos)

[P0H0]

Did any of y'all end up mounting a TPMS on the spare and rotating it in? Ordered one on friday and should be in sometime this week. Plan is to have dealer balance and replace valve stem with TPMS, and I will rotate my tires for 5-wheel rotation. Coming from Jeeps, I did this for years.

My dealership was resistant — but I’m keeping with the 5-tire rotation.

My first oil change and rotation is scheduled next month — I am in the same boat and will need a TPMS. I’m assuming the dealership will have one in stock.

 

[Cranbery]

My dealership was resistant — but I’m keeping with the 5-tire rotation.

My first oil change and rotation is scheduled next month — I am in the same boat and will need a TPMS. I’m assuming the dealership will have one in stock.

Not sure where you're located but the dealers by me are out of stock on a bunch of random stuff that you wouldn't expect. Id call ahead just to make sure, just a tip from recent experiences at the local dealers.

 

[marcus312]

My dealership was resistant — but I’m keeping with the 5-tire rotation.

My first oil change and rotation is scheduled next month — I am in the same boat and will need a TPMS. I’m assuming the dealership will have one in stock.

My dealer did not have one in stock but they ordered one Friday and said it will be in this week. I will call tomorrow and update back. I'm curious on the 5 wheel rotation if the computer will realize the new TPMS and update accordingly. I may be the first to try, so we will see. I'm going to give it a try. I was told I could use the ford pass points I got when i bought the truck, so hopefully i won't be out anything.

 

[Yeti]

Did any of y'all end up mounting a TPMS on the spare and rotating it in? Ordered one on friday and should be in sometime this week. Plan is to have dealer balance and replace valve stem with TPMS, and I will rotate my tires for 5-wheel rotation. Coming from Jeeps, I did this for years.

Yup. Both sets are 5 wheel rotation

 

[marcus312]

Yup. Both sets are 5 wheel rotation

And the system updates the locations as such when rotated? updates automatically?

 

[Yeti]

And the system updates the locations as such when rotated? updates automatically?

yeah. One time it took one about 10 minutes to catch up.

 

[Griff]

Did we determine if a 35” tire on stock wheel fits in spare location?

 

[Yeti]

I thought I saw where someone had fit G003s underneath.

 

[LakeErie]

My concern would be the 5th sensor in the spare tire would interfere with the other 4. The TPMS module would be looking for 4 signals, and then not know what to do when it detects 5 signals. Or, it just goes with the signal it has in memory, which leads it to display the spare tire pressure after the rotation. Has anyone gone through this yet?

 

[Bakes]

My concern would be the 5th sensor in the spare tire would interfere with the other 4. The TPMS module would be looking for 4 signals, and then not know what to do when it detects 5 signals. Or, it just goes with the signal it has in memory, which leads it to display the spare tire pressure after the rotation. Has anyone gone through this yet?

The spare doesn't interfere. I've got 5 sensors and it only picks up the 4 that are currently mounted.

 

[Bakes]

Did we determine if a 35” tire on stock wheel fits in spare location?

I have 35s on 20x9 rims and my spare fits fine. No reason that wouldn't be the same with stock rims.

 

[marcus312]

Finally got the tires rotated. Sorry about the delay. I did it myself so finding the time was rough. Did the 5 wheel rotation and drove 15 miles so far and not a bit of problem. Dealer tried to sell me some type of calibrator for the tires so it would update there location. Told him I would pass. So far so good on 5 wheel rotation with stock rims and tires. BTW I'm not sticking my spare back under the truck, it was absolutely filthy when I dropped it.

 

[P0H0]

The owners manual has the instructions on how to calibrate the TPMS for each tire.

 

[FatBoyAl]

I backed the truck in and dropped the spare to verify. It is indeed a full size spare with premium rim — 5 tire rotation

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I thought that I would move forward with placing the spare in the normal rotation of tires. I immediately got an error on the dash indicating that I had a "Tire Pressure Sensor Fault" after about ten miles. It seems that the spare wheel / tire is not outfitted with TPMS. I kept getting the message every so often. I got annoyed, and placed the spare back in original location. FYI -

 

[marcus312]

I thought that I would move forward with placing the spare in the normal rotation of tires. I immediately got an error on the dash indicating that I had a "Tire Pressure Sensor Fault" after about ten miles. It seems that the spare wheel / tire is not outfitted with TPMS. I kept getting the message every so often. I got annoyed, and placed the spare back in original location. FYI -

Yeh buddy, they're about 75 bucks for the extra TPMS for the spare. You wont get that message with that. Also the spare isn't balanced

 

[Yeti]

I thought that I would move forward with placing the spare in the normal rotation of tires. I immediately got an error on the dash indicating that I had a "Tire Pressure Sensor Fault" after about ten miles. It seems that the spare wheel / tire is not outfitted with TPMS. I kept getting the message every so often. I got annoyed, and placed the spare back in original location. FYI -

The spare does not have a tpms sensor. You need to add it

 

[P0H0]

I’m scheduled for my first oil change tomorrow — 1-year and I have about 5500 miles. I’m going to get the oil change at the dealership and pickup a TPMS for the spare.

I then have a scheduled appointment at Discount Tire - they told me they would do the rotation and balance for free. Discount Tire is new in my hometown — they were able to pull up my records from 2003 in Utah and update my contact info.

 

[ChsTremor]

I’m scheduled for my first oil change tomorrow — 1-year and I have about 5500 miles. I’m going to get the oil change at the dealership and pickup a TPMS for the spare.

I then have a scheduled appointment at Discount Tire - they told me they would do the rotation and balance for free. Discount Tire is new in my hometown — they were able to pull up my records from 2003 in Utah and update my contact info.

5,500 miles in a year! Good for you - that truck is gonna be mint for a while.

 

[P0H0]

Okay, I just added a TPMS to the spare and rotated it in. I bought the TPMS from a Ford Dealer, but had Discount Tire do the rotation and balance— I can’t trust the local dealership anymore…

I had the local dealership do my oil change, but the service representative objected to a tire rotation and balance. The service representative became especially annoyed when I requested a five tire rotation. I scheduled this weeks ago with them, and they also didn’t do the recall for Reprogramming Tailer Relay Module — he said 5 hours wasn’t enough time (the whole reason I came in at 7:30 am). Bottom line, it was such an issue, I honestly can’t trust the dealership at this point to actually do the work. So I bought the TPMS and went to Discount Tire. I am changing dealerships…

Discount Tire tested the Ford TPMS with a programming device and found it to be non-responsive (the device lets the technician check/read the TPMS and also is used to assign a TPMS to a tire location in the truck computer). All the other TPMS devices on the truck could be read by the programming device.

I immediately returned the TPMS to the dealership and got a replacement — the replacement was also not readable. I had Discount Tire mount the TPMS into the spare anyway with the assumption it must activate after being driven a distance. Discount Tire technicians were skeptical. I drive home and did the reprogramming myself as per the manual — it worked.

I returned to discount tire and they verified the TPMS was functioning with their programming device.

Bottomline, if you buy a TPMS from Ford it will not be activated until you’ve driven a distance with it over 20 MPH. You will then need to assign it to the tire position as per the owners manual.

 

[marcus312]

Okay, I just added a TPMS to the spare and rotated it in. I bought the TPMS from a Ford Dealer, but had Discount Tire do the rotation and balance— I can’t trust the local dealership anymore…

I had the local dealership do my oil change, but the service representative objected to a tire rotation and balance. The service representative became especially annoyed when I requested a five tire rotation. I scheduled this weeks ago with them, and they also didn’t do the recall for Reprogramming Tailer Relay Module — he said 5 hours wasn’t enough time (the whole reason I came in at 7:30 am). Bottom line, it was such an issue, I honestly can’t trust the dealership at this point to actually do the work. So I bought the TPMS and went to Discount Tire. I am changing dealerships…

Discount Tire tested the Ford TPMS with a programming device and found it to be non-responsive (the device lets the technician check/read the TPMS and also is used to assign a TPMS to a tire location in the truck computer). All the other TPMS devices on the truck could be read by the programming device.

I immediately returned the TPMS to the dealership and got a replacement — the replacement was also not readable. I had Discount Tire mount the TPMS into the spare anyway with the assumption it must activate after being driven a distance. Discount Tire technicians were skeptical. I drive home and did the reprogramming myself as per the manual — it worked.

I returned to discount tire and they verified the TPMS was functioning with their programming device.

Bottomline, if you buy a TPMS from Ford it will not be activated until you’ve driven a distance with it over 20 MPH. You will then need to assign it to the tire position as per the owners manual.

Agreed. Make sure you take it over 20 mph