Spare Tire Problems of Toyota RAV4

The Toyota Rav4 was heading east on I-10 freeway near sky harbor airport arizona. A sudden pop sound with steering problem followed. . . Luckily it was 11pm (11/27/2018) and no cars around, and able to quickly and safely driving the Rav4 to the shoulder of freeway. Roadside assistance (pre-paid program) dispatched a technician to replace defective front passenger-side tire with spare tire.

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Not sure of date, but the outside housing of spare tire came off going thru car wash. . . This was an automatic wash no brushes was used. Now it is possible that this could had happen on the road and I'm just wondering if this has happen to other Toyota vehicles. . . I did take it the fox Toyota and they fixed the inner housing because the screw anchor was loose and had to be replaced.

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The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Rav4. The spare tire was stolen from the rear door of the contact's vehicle. He was concerned of the tire not being secured by a safety lock. A replacement spare tire was ordered at the estimated cost of $500. The failure and current mileages were 13,000.

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The car was purchased with alloy wheels but the spare tire has steel rims in which the existing lug nuts do not fit so the spare tire can not be used. I think the company should provide a usable spare tire. I contacted them about that but they said that year, their rav 4 came with steel rims so they gave me some lug nuts to use but they are too short and cannot lock the tire in place. The existing lugs also cannot lock the tire in place and the tire rattles. One of the managers told me to use these in an emergency only but I do not want to damage the treads on the bolts with the tire sliding on the bolt. I think if they sold the tire as a spare, it should function as a safe spare and I should not be responsible for purchasing another rim, lug nuts, or tire jack so I can use the spare tire safely. This should apply to all '97 rav 4 owners. I did not catch it earlier because I did not need to use the spare until now.

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