That's a lot of money and time twice a year.... But I understand, some men don't know how to change a tire. A jack, a torque wrench and some manly time in the driveway, and Bob's Your Uncle! Maybe a TPMS relearn tool. Do the Gen 5's have only an idiot light for the TPMS or individual PSI displays?
GEN 5's have individual PSI readings. I'm a cheap bastard so I just live with the dummy light on in the winter months while I run my winters. I stay within the city in the winter anyways, if I have to go over the mountains I take the 4Runner.
Good thing I have plenty of time and money. As far as knowing how to change a tire, you know what happens when you assume....
Gen 5 has individual readouts. Not sure what it looks like when it can't find any of the sensors- haven't seen that yet. But getting back to your work instructions.... Just want to point out that Gen5 doesn't have a jack, or a wrench for the lug nuts anyway!! But let's say you get the jack. Preferably not the flimsy occasional use jack. And the wrench. Add a patch of level ground, a garage so you're out of the wind and weather, something to chock the wheels... and the logistics start looking more complicated.
Got mine installed at Kipling tire in toronto. Final bill 1665 after tax. Oddly enough dad's 2015 Corolla has the same size wheels and tires, odds are any wheel fitting his car would fit mine.
You all are right. It's just too complicated for the < average man. Spend time and money, twice a year, at your favorite tire shop. At least you'll get two cups of their fine coffee while waiting.
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Just trying to save people time and money. If you can store winter tires in the off season, you can store a wheel set. Then if you have a small floor jack, a torque wrench and a TPMS relearn tool,,, it would have a pay back the first year, as opposed to all the Time and Money spent at the tire shop twice a year. But if you don't know how to do this, then never mind.... (I had a tire ruined when the joker decided that small tires didn't need the luby-duby and he took a chunk out of the bead area and created a bulge in the side wall. It was a hassle getting an exact replacement tire...) I spent $806 for steel wheels, Ice X tires mounted and balanced, lugs, TPMS sensors installed,, ready to install. I'm cheap like that. Second winter I splurged for wheel covers, $40. I wait for the first forecast for snow and it's a pit stop in my drive. Have you ever been to a tire store when snow is in the forecast? At the rate they're wearing I'm going to have them many years!
Maybe needs an initial introduction, say at dealership, then from then on will automatically recognize a swap? That the deal with our sons Mazda CX5.
There's a section in the owner's manual explaining what to tell the TPMS system if you've rotated the tires, OR if you've added new sensors, the winter set, I guess. It's part of the "Tires" section, starting roughly pg 515... on the manual I downloaded from Toyota Canada.
You can self register TPMS sensors on the Gen 5. On a side note, I've been driving for a week now on my winters with no TPMS sensors and no dummy light yet.
Yep, the dummy light will come on in a few weeks , that it what i was experiencing after putting on my winter wheels with no TPMS sensor on my gen 4 prime last winter.
Are you garaging near the old tires and taking short trips? When I visit the tire storage garage my light goes off for a while.
My TPMS ended up coming on with the tires in the car told me to visit the dealer, now it comes on every time I start the car... If the warning didn't pop up stating that I should visit the dealer it would be less annoying
