Reminder: Check spare tire pressure

Good tip! Thanks! I check mine every couple of months, and last time it was still at 60psi!

 

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.

 

Or better, install TPMS to alert when low. Show which tire is low in TPMS too.

 

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.

 

My spare doesn't have corners. Does that mean it needs to be replaced? Mine appears round.

 

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.