25 OT Larger Tire Fit

[Bluegill]

My dealer offered to reprogram the vehicle to not recognize the spare as an option.

Came up when my TPMS went haywire while I had a tire repaired.

Didn't know this could be done. Sounds like a good solution. I forgot to have Discount Tire put the sensor in my new 34" spare and I keep getting the pop-up warning.

 

[RickBullotta]

Just a heads up when looking at tire fit is also to look at wheel fit if you're on OEM wheels. They're 7.5", and on some tire brands the minimum wheel width for a 275 or 285 is 8.0 or more. Stresses the sidewalls more with a narrow wheel I assume.

 

[killy]

Didn't know this could be done. Sounds like a good solution. I forgot to have Discount Tire put the sensor in my new 34" spare and I keep getting the pop-up warning.

I didn’t personally have it done but it’s worth an ask.

My comment back to them was it was a pretty shitty system if one tire pressure sensor malfunctioning prevented the rest of the system from working.

Basically I took a nail, swapped for the full size spare and tossed the damaged tire in the back of my uncles truck for a repair ( he runs a tire shop ). And the next day my whole TPMS stopped working. Happened to be in the dealer that week while the spare was still removed, reprogramming was the only option they had aside from re fitting the spare ( which magically made it all work again ).

 

[RickBullotta]

I didn’t personally have it done but it’s worth an ask.

My comment back to them was it was a pretty shitty system if one tire pressure sensor malfunctioning prevented the rest of the system from working.

Basically I took a nail, swapped for the full size spare and tossed the damaged tire in the back of my uncles truck for a repair ( he runs a tire shop ). And the next day my whole TPMS stopped working. Happened to be in the dealer that week while the spare was still removed, reprogramming was the only option they had aside from re fitting the spare ( which magically made it all work again ).

FWIW, I've had the TPMS completely cut out during a drive, and then come back 30 minutes later. Never had this with any other vehicle. Maybe a software issue?