5 Tire Rotation - Bronco TPMS Sensors -The FACTS

[SubmarineNuke]

Follow up...do you just need to drive once the rotation is done and things sync or do something different? I'm planning on making the 5 tire rotation part of my new home gym plan. We'll see if I have to call my son to put the spare up or if I crush myself underneath.

manual states to drive for a few minutes above speeds of 20 mph for the sensors to pick up the new location and update. It's automatic and you don't have to do anything other than move the tire to the new location.

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[Squatch]

Time to bounce on over to a different dealership.

 

[NC_Pinz]

Yep, just drive.

After I drove for a few minutes, I lowered the pressure on my left rear just to make sure it was showing in the correct position and it was.

That was going to be my test...just to confirm things were reading correctly. Smart move.

 

[HotdogThud]

How are you getting your first oil change? haven't you had your first second Bronco for almost a year now?

 

[cyberfalco]

I 5 tire rotate my vehicles if they have a matching spare tire and wheel. If they don't then next time I buy tires I get 5 matching tires and find a matching wheel.

On a side note, I took my vehicle into the dealer to have them put it on the list for the windshield recall. While I was there I had them do an oil change and the technician failed to tighten all 4 bolts for the engine skid plate. I found this out while driving 900 miles and heard a new rattle when I closed my door at my destination. Not being a stranger to off-road vehicles I immediately looked under the vehicle for something loose. One bolt was missing and the other 3 were half way out. I tightened the ones that were still there.

On a side note, this is the same dealer that did the first oil change on my 2006 F350 and they failed to tighten the oil filter cap resulting in oil spewing all over the inside of the engine bay and onto the ground.

I guess they haven't changed in service quality in 16 years.

 

[cyberfalco]

Yes, the two times I did a 5 tire rotation on the Bronco they re-learned their location very quickly.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

Follow up...do you just need to drive once the rotation is done and things sync or do something different? I'm planning on making the 5 tire rotation part of my new home gym plan. We'll see if I have to call my son to put the spare up or if I crush myself underneath.

Yeah, it's not 2007 anymore and the garbage TPMS that came on my Expedition. ;-)

For around a decade now, Ford TPMS have auto-calibrated and auto connected. You just need to get up to 20 mph for a few minutes and they auto set themselves.

 

[EazyCheezy]

I rotate all 5 but otherwise I go to an actual mechanic and not the dealer.

 

[vzqhsg]

Can you take the TPMS off and have the sensor shut off in the truck? If the dealer won't do it does the Foreskin tool do that?

 

[Julz670]

It's insane that service departments at dealerships don't know what they are doing. I got an oil change and tire rotation a few months ago and admittedly, didn't check to make sure they did their job. A few weeks later I was messing around behind the bronco and realized the spare tire still had the colored lines on the tread, meaning they did not rotate in the spare tire. Haven't had time to go back but I'm due for another oil change soon so hoping they will rotate the spare in without charge since they missed it last time.

 

[swami37]

I went to my dealer this morning for my first oil change AND tire rotation. I told the service department rep that I would like ALL 5 TIRES ROTATED. She couldn't understand and called over another employee. The guy told me that NO ONE rotates 5 tires and you cannot do that. I showed them the 5 tire rotation for 4WD vehicles diagram below. After much huffing & puffing they agreed to do the rotation according to my diagram.

I was called back from the waiting area 20 minutes later and confronted by the service manager surrounded by his minions. He informed me that the spare does NOT contain a TPMS sensor. I could rotate the spare, but the vehicle would not display it's pressure AND I would have a constant tire warning light. They explained I could buy a sensor, have it installed which would be expensive now and every time I rotated the tires. I caved and said just do the 4 tire rotation.

THE FACTS: Bronco spare (5th) wheels DO HAVE TPMS sensors!

I found the FORD video below while in the waiting room that clearly states 1.11 into the video that "The spare tire on your Bronco also has a TPMS sensor". I went back to service and grabbed the one guy who seemed to have a brain and showed him the Ford video. He smiled and lit up and we agreed the guys in the garage would test the spare to see if they got a TPMS reading. 15 minutes later he comes up to me and says 'we can do the 5 tire rotation' I wanted. They easily found the sensor reading inside the spare. He apologized for their mistake.

Question everything!

Curious: For your Bronco, do you guys 1) rotate 5 tires 2) rotate 4 tires 3) do not rotate

I don’t know anyone that does it either.

 

[FrankenRodz]

When I painted my wheels, and put them back on, the sensors were all screwed up. Tire pressure readings were changing. In one instance the driver front said 11 pounds!
Once I drove the truck, everything was normal.

 

[cyberfalco]

Can you take the TPMS off and have the sensor shut off in the truck? If the dealer won't do it does the Foreskin tool do that?

Yes you can from what I have seen on the Forescan thread.

 

[Bullitt]

I decided to not do a 5-tire rotation. I'll treat it like a spare in my other vehicles...I don't rotate those spares either. Sure, I'll lose a little life, not I'll only buy 4 new tires instead of 5 down the road.

 

[Cheshire]

How are you getting your first oil change? haven't you had your first second Bronco for almost a year now?

Went over the 4000 mile mark today coming back from the dealer. And yes, got this one first week of January last year.

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