Hello all,

Just got new tires installed on my truck and they are very wide. (Installed on factory 20's.) Truck suggests 65 PSI to satisfy the lights, but I'm afraid the tires will wear unevenly at that pressure.

Is there anyway to train the band sensors to a lower satisfied pressure? I see some reset procedures, but does this just reset to stock specs?

Thanks!

 

Just set the psi how you want and then train the sensors the way the owners manual says. This will tell the computer what psi you want to have not what it used to be

 

I don't know about a 2009 F250, but on my 2011 the tpms threshold cannot be changed. The retrain procedure is only to let the computer know where each wheel sensor is located for vehicles that specify higher pressure in the rear. YMMV.

 

you have a 2009 F 250

my 2012 can NOT change the settings.. only if front or rear.. in training..

65 Front, 80 Rear..

otherwise, let it complain... run what you want.

 

I'm going to try the retrain procedure, honestly what could it hurt even if it didn't work?

The truck rarely ever tows. This is solely so the tires wear correctly. They are very wide at 12.6".

 

This is also true on my 2008 so I'm pretty sure your 2009 will be the same.

 

I have retrained all my tires to 60 psi on my 08.

 

You can get Ford to change the values with IDS. If you know someone with an IDS or similar, they can reprogram the values also.

 

Certainly worth a shot. With the computer looking for 65 psi on my truck, I can go as low as 58 psi without the tpms triggering. My preference would be 45-50 psi for my unloaded truck.

 

There is a 35-40 buck TPMS tool that will retrain those tire pressures: . Oh and it might take a couple of attempts to get the truck's computer to take.

(Oh and please don't tell my tires that they can't be retrained as I have them all set at 60 psig for the winter.)

 

So I can use this tool to retrain the sensors so I can lower my air pressure from 75/80 to say 65/60? The light comes on at 65 psi now.

 

No, that tool is for rotating your tires or activating different sensors if you change wheels/tires

 

Gotcha. Thanks.

 

Do you guys that live in snow country lower your air pressure for driving in the snow?

 

And what's the difference? After reading several write ups, there wasn't a thing that said you couldn't arbitrarily set the tires at a lower pressure. Mine are all at 60-65 psig regardless of where they were before. As far as I'm concerned, the tool works on my '11 and that's what matters to me.

The instructions for the TP19 - they have to be downloaded from the 'net. Here's one set of instructions that is similar to the Ford version :How to Train Ford Tire Pressure Monitior Sensors TPMS | eBay