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BruceT

Member Since: 01 Nov 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 518

TPMS - dumb question re using spare wheel

Hi all,

if I rotate my tyres using the spare wheel, would I need to rotate the TPMS sensors also?

Does the spare wheel have a TPMS sensor?

sorry if these are dumb questions

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1st Feb 2022 6:20am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

If your spare has a silver/grey valve stem then it has the sensor, if it’s black then no, the sensors are not linked to a particular tyre.
I had to put my spare on the front near side wheel last year. I put it on the hub, torqqued it up and drove away and the dash alarm went off in a few seconds……….. the app though is still telling me I have a puncture 6 months later! I know of at least one 110 where the spare doesn’t show on the dash readout but mine does, with a recommended pressure of 50 psi with the stupid alarm going off at 48psi so even winter temperatures set off the low pressure warning here……… good job I have a decent electric tyre pump. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
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1st Feb 2022 9:42am

BruceT

Member Since: 01 Nov 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 518

Thank you Tim In Scotland. That is a great help. "Overlanding With Bruce" - Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@OverlandingwithBruce
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1st Feb 2022 12:21pm

martinf

Member Since: 30 Nov 2020
Location: Sussex
Posts: 99

According to page 428 of the Defender Handbook, "The spare wheel pressure is not monitored"

1st Feb 2022 12:29pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

MartinF - have a check, sure does in my June 2020 D240 First Edition. The car I saw it wasn’t monitored in was a 2021 D250 SE but the wheel/tyre did have a sensor as it had the grey/silver valve stem.

Click image to enlarge Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

1st Feb 2022 2:02pm

martinf

Member Since: 30 Nov 2020
Location: Sussex
Posts: 99

Very odd! My 110 HSE MY2022 is consistent with the sentence I found in the handbook.

Although my valve stems are all the same they are black rather than silver.

1st Feb 2022 3:07pm

Hairy Dan

Member Since: 25 Apr 2013
Location: NW Durham
Posts: 1418

1998 Defender 90 V8 Petrol 50th Auto Chawton White

Tim in Scotland wrote:
If your spare has a silver/grey valve stem then it has the sensor, if it’s black then no,

That's not entirely correct, I just fitted a set of LR steel wheels yesterday and this valve shown in the photo is a TPMS valve, it's black and is a rubber stem

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1st Feb 2022 3:12pm

Hairy Dan

Member Since: 25 Apr 2013
Location: NW Durham
Posts: 1418

Also just been out and had a look, mine's a MY2022 and it doesn't have the pressure reading on the dash for the spare

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1st Feb 2022 3:19pm

J77

Member Since: 04 Nov 2019
Location: Fife
Posts: 3406

My one doesn’t show the tyre pressure for the spare, but having put my spare on, the car picked up the new wheel within a mile of driving. 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue

1st Feb 2022 7:56pm

BruceT

Member Since: 01 Nov 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 518

thank you all for the replies. I do have a sensor on my spare wheel which is silver and the display does show its pressure. Was more worried about if the sensors need to stay in the same positions to give accurate readings.

Here is my display:

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2nd Feb 2022 7:05am

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