Tpms ?
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Mountain Pass
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Tpms ?
I ordered a new set of rims and tires. Stock ones will be for towing and 295s for tooling around town. I am gonna order a set of sensors so I don't have to break tires down and swap them. Are they all the same. I've looked online only see ones for up to 2016 not 17. Are they the same? Will I have to reprogram each time I swap them out.
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1) Rotate tires.
2) Drive truck >20 mph for >two minutes (this activates the TP sensors).
3) Follow instructions to reduce individual tire pressure in sequence by location (LF, RF, RR, LR; each pressure change tells the system which sensor is where).
4) Adjust each tire to target air pressure.
HTH,
Jim / crewzer
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I ordered a new set of rims and tires. Stock ones will be for towing and 295s for tooling around town. I am gonna order a set of sensors so I don't have to break tires down and swap them. Are they all the same. I've looked online only see ones for up to 2016 not 17. Are they the same? Will I have to reprogram each time I swap them out.
HTH,
Jim / crewzer
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You can reset the TPMS at home (or wherever) when you rotate the tires; you don't need to go to the dealer. The procedure is reasonably well described in the OM (v3, pages 398-400 for SRW trucks). Here's a summary version of the procedure:
1) Rotate tires.
2) Drive truck >20 mph for >two minutes (this activates the TP sensors).
3) Follow instructions to reduce individual tire pressure in sequence by location (LF, RF, RR, LR; each pressure change tells the system which sensor is where).
4) Adjust each tire to target air pressure.
HTH,
Jim / crewzer
1) Rotate tires.
2) Drive truck >20 mph for >two minutes (this activates the TP sensors).
3) Follow instructions to reduce individual tire pressure in sequence by location (LF, RF, RR, LR; each pressure change tells the system which sensor is where).
4) Adjust each tire to target air pressure.
HTH,
Jim / crewzer
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To some degree, I can understand people not reading the OM, which can often be wrong, incomplete, and/or poorly written. Besides, who would want to read through hundreds of warnings about how something in your wonderful new truck could injure or kill you?
I find that downloading the searchable OM pdf to be the most useful way to (quickly) find (hopefully useful) info.
Best of luck!
Jim / crewzer
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Following this as well! Just ordered new wheels and tires with TPMS installed (not using factory TPMS). Hopefully, the process above works. Thanks SD!
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Do yourself a favor. Go to Discount Tire and ask about the EZ Program TPMS sensors. They can program them to mimic your existing sensors. That way, when you swap from one set of tires/wheels to the other, there is absolutely nothing to do. The truck has no idea you switched.
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I read where the aftermarket tpms sensors weren't very reliable. So I didn't want to keep going in and getting tires broke down to fix them. Where I bought the tires would've put sensors in for 150$ but there are online for 65$ everywhere. And those are oem. What is the reliability of the discount ones ?
