Model Y has no Spare Tire

[Watts_Up]

How and where to carry a spare tire for the Model Y?

- Is the frunk larger enough (for a deflated tire)?

- Is the second rear sub-trunk is large enough (like with the Model X on this picture?

- is the rear sub-trunk deep enough?

- When removing the carpet, could the rear area large enough to insert a spare horizontally?

- Or does the only possibility is to keep it directly inside the trunk?

Here is the Model Y trunk

 

[S'toon]

Did you mean to post this in the Model X forum?

 

[Emanmdphd]

No Tesla has a spare tire

 

[boaterva]

Old news since what 2012?

 

[JulienW]

Almost ½ of ALL new cars sold don't have a spare.

 

[Lozzy]

Take trucks and large suvs out of the equation and very few new cars come with a spare

 

[norbert-tx]

How does Tesla do it in countries that require a spare tire?

 

[Heldiggrisen]

How does Tesla do it in countries that require a spare tire?

I’ve seen this comment a lot, but I’m yet to see a source for this legal requirement. Can anybody provide source? In Europe this is not a requirement, but Ive heard som U.S. States like Texas have it?????

 

[Need]

I’ve seen this comment a lot, but I’m yet to see a source for this legal requirement. Can anybody provide source? In Europe this is not a requirement, but Ive heard som U.S. States like Texas have it?????

I think for those they just include a tire patch kits with pump or something like that.

 

[AEdennis]

Old news since what 2012?

Since 2008

 

[JJOhio]

Better question. Will my model 3 spare fit on the model Y? Is the 19" outside diameter bigger than the 18?

 

[JJOhio]

Looks like the answer is no: 19" model Y dia = 28", 18" model 3 = 26.3"

 

[StanT]

I have no experience with this company (or Tesla yet for that matter), but I remember seeing this in a video:
search page - Modern Spare

Just thought I would share.

 

[JJOhio]

I have the modern spare for the 18" model 3. It is fine but takes up a lot of trunk space in the model 3.

 

[TLLMRRJ]

Ive heard som U.S. States like Texas have it?????

You've heard wrong.

 

[Heldiggrisen]

You've heard wrong.

Thats why i put like 5 question marks there.
My question still stands. I’ve read numerous times on this and other (Tesla)forums, that there are laws somewhere that demands a physical spare wheel in the car, like comment #7 in this thread.
I’ve yet to see evidence of this claim.

 

[Watts_Up]

Thats why i put like 5 question marks there.
My question still stands.
I’ve read numerous times on this and other (Tesla)forums,
that there are laws somewhere that demands a physical spare wheel in the car,
like comment #7 in this thread.
I’ve yet to see evidence of this claim.

I think the confusion is that in some US states,
it is illegal to sale a used car without a spare tire if originally this car had a spare tire.

Carmakers are skipping spare to slightly increase fuel economy, but also to save cost.
They provide instead “run-flat” tires, or a compressor and sealant kit to temporarily fix a flat tire.

The problem is that a sealant kit won’t help drivers if a tire’s sidewall gets sliced
or if the flat is caused by more extensive damage than a tread puncture.

 

[Chuq]

I’ve seen this comment a lot, but I’m yet to see a source for this legal requirement. Can anybody provide source? In Europe this is not a requirement, but Ive heard som U.S. States like Texas have it?????

I can't speak for either of those, but in the case of Australia, two conflicting observations:

- Nissan Leafs sold here had a spare tyre (attached below the rear of the car), but Nissan Leafs imported directly from Japan don't.
- Tesla Model S, X and 3 sold in Australia do not have a spare tyre included.

The Leaf example may have been a source for this kind of rumour, unless it *was* a requirement back then and ceased to be before the Model S started to be sold (in Australia this was 2012 for the Leaf, 2014 for the Model S)..

 

[hill]

Almost ½ of ALL new cars sold don't have a spare.

Many newer cars have different size tires on front and back. What ..... do you really want to carry 2 spares?
.

 

[frankvb]

Many newer cars have different size tires on front and back. What ..... do you really want to carry 2 spares?
.

A spare tire is often way smaller than the car's regular tires ('donut') and isn't intended to be used for more than 50 miles or so.