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From: Ron Peterson on 28 Nov 2009 00:42 On my 2009 Hybrid Highlander I got a low tire pressure warning on my spare bacause the pressure dropped to 26 lbs and efforts to use other modes on the monitor kept returning to the high pressure screen. I had to crawl under the back bumper and attach the hose to the valve that was pointing up to correct the pressure. Is there a better design on other vehicles? -- Ron
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 28 Nov 2009 00:45 "Ron Peterson" <ron(a)shell.core.com> wrote in message news:c3869390-5f42-4e92-9f52-12d0dfdeea2f(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On my 2009 Hybrid Highlander I got a low tire pressure warning on my > spare bacause the pressure dropped to 26 lbs and efforts to use other > modes on the monitor kept returning to the high pressure screen. > > I had to crawl under the back bumper and attach the hose to the valve > that was pointing up to correct the pressure. > > Is there a better design on other vehicles? > -- > Ron The same stupid meat sock was responsible for the upside down spare on my 2004 Tacoma. These "engineers" need to stop testing these ideas on squeaky clean floors and try checking spare tire pressure on a snow covered driveway when it's 8 degrees F.
From: Ray O on 28 Nov 2009 14:50 "Ron Peterson" <ron(a)shell.core.com> wrote in message news:c3869390-5f42-4e92-9f52-12d0dfdeea2f(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On my 2009 Hybrid Highlander I got a low tire pressure warning on my > spare bacause the pressure dropped to 26 lbs and efforts to use other > modes on the monitor kept returning to the high pressure screen. > > I had to crawl under the back bumper and attach the hose to the valve > that was pointing up to correct the pressure. > > Is there a better design on other vehicles? > -- > Ron I flipped the spare over so that the valve was hanging down on our Previa, but it got caked with snow and ice in bad weather, making it an even bigger pain to check pressure so on our Sequoia, I just leave the valve facing up, fill it to the max on the sidewall, and check it twice a year. I've only had to add air once or twice in 6 years. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Tegger on 1 Dec 2009 13:07 "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in news:herv16$qpp$3(a)news.eternal-september.org: > > "Ron Peterson" <ron(a)shell.core.com> wrote in message > news:c3869390-5f42-4e92-9f52-12d0dfdeea2f(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com.. > . >> On my 2009 Hybrid Highlander I got a low tire pressure warning on my >> spare bacause the pressure dropped to 26 lbs and efforts to use other >> modes on the monitor kept returning to the high pressure screen. >> >> I had to crawl under the back bumper and attach the hose to the valve >> that was pointing up to correct the pressure. >> >> Is there a better design on other vehicles? >> -- >> Ron > > I flipped the spare over so that the valve was hanging down on our > Previa, but it got caked with snow and ice in bad weather, making it > an even bigger pain to check pressure so on our Sequoia, I just leave > the valve facing up, fill it to the max on the sidewall, and check it > twice a year. I've only had to add air once or twice in 6 years. Even the in-the-trunk spares can be a pain. The wife fills up her Tercel's trunk with all kinds of stuff. It therefore takes me a good ten minutes to unload the trunk so I can even lift the cover for the spare. At least the valve is UP. In my Integra, Honda made the spare's well so the spare will only fit UPSIDE DOWN, so I have to physically remove the spare from the car before I can flip it over and check the pressure. Yeesh. I do just what you do: I check twice per year. I fill to 60 in the spring, and 65 in the fall, to allow for temperature changes. -- Tegger
From: Tegger on 1 Dec 2009 13:10
Ron Peterson <ron(a)shell.core.com> wrote in news:c3869390-5f42-4e92-9f52- 12d0dfdeea2f(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com: > On my 2009 Hybrid Highlander I got a low tire pressure warning on my > spare bacause the pressure dropped to 26 lbs and efforts to use other > modes on the monitor kept returning to the high pressure screen. > > I had to crawl under the back bumper and attach the hose to the valve > that was pointing up to correct the pressure. > > Is there a better design on other vehicles? Nope. Nobody wants the spare to be visuble or to take up room, so it gets hidden away instead. And flats are pretty rare these days if your pressures are kept up, so the need for a spare is a lot less than it used to be. For instance, our Tercel has 120,000 miles on it and the spare has never been used. I can't tell you how many unused spares I see in the wrecking yards when I go there. -- Tegger |