I had a flat tire today on the interstate highway. Luckily I saw the TPMS light was on because I could not really feel the rear tire was flat (I have low profile tires from Prius 5). Luckily I had checked the pressure of my spare tire a couple weeks ago (it was only 15psi). It should be 60 psi. No need to get stranded because your spare tire is flat too.
Sigh, I guess I had better check mine too. Too bad the "engineers" at Toyota can't figure out the spare should be stored with the valve -up- so we don't have to remove it to check it. Or maybe they want us to visually check under the spare for whatever may be hiding there. I guess I should just be thankful I -have- a real spare.
Just a Public Service Announcement: check the pressure (and condition) of that spare! Take a look in all the corners too, check for water, bugs, dirt, vacuum and/or blow it all out.
Any photos on the Internet showing the how everything is supposed to go back together under the floor? Somehow I ended up with a rubber do-hickey left over. Googled but didn't find. Also, anyone using something other than the OEM "tool" to crank up the scissor jack? It works, but sheesh!
You use it to hang a beer on the hook as your changing tires and reward yourself with the beer afterwards.
Mendel has the Canadian prius edition with square wheelntires, snow and ice are no match with his prius.
The connection for the the "shepherd's crook" is the issue I think. It's a single, cast eye, soft metal that spalls with each rotation: (Stock image, similar) This is the Honda style, much more stable: A heavy rubber band with a hook on the end? That's a hold-down for the jack, in the plastic cradle.
