TPMS Necessary?
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TPMS Necessary?
Hey All:
I bought a set of lariat take off wheels for my 2017 and am going to run a dedicated snow tire. The wheels I bought did not include the tpms. Would you spend $200 for four new sensors or would you just run without and deal with the light on the dash? If I do go without can somebody confirm that it is just the light on the dash and that there is no dinging or some other sort of alarm on the truck? I can live with a light but not with some annoying alarm. Thanks in advance.
I bought a set of lariat take off wheels for my 2017 and am going to run a dedicated snow tire. The wheels I bought did not include the tpms. Would you spend $200 for four new sensors or would you just run without and deal with the light on the dash? If I do go without can somebody confirm that it is just the light on the dash and that there is no dinging or some other sort of alarm on the truck? I can live with a light but not with some annoying alarm. Thanks in advance.
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It dings once and then the dash will notify you of the tpms issue and then you just hit ok on the steering wheel. The symbol will flash for a few seconds and then will stay on until you shut the truck off. Note that it will only come on if you drive a certain distance and/or the truck has been on for a while. Not sure which it is. My daily communte to work one way is less than 10 miles so I really never see the light come on. Only on weekends when the fam and I take longer trips. In a nut shell it don't bother me.
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My truck is tuned with Ez-Lynk and supposedly in there next coming update they are supposed to have the capability to turn off the TPSM light. Thats also why I didnt pay for new sensors in my aftermarket wheels knowing that EZ-Lynk was going to have that capability...
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Considered it. I don't want to reprogram every time I swap wheels/tires.
If the truck could find the "new" sensors on it's own, I'd be fine with just buying a 2nd set.
If the truck could find the "new" sensors on it's own, I'd be fine with just buying a 2nd set.
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Do you know what the reprogramming entails? Is it a pretty easy process? I assume my tire shop would take care of that but will have to check with them.
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Thank you for the insightful contribution to this thread.
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Discount Tire has a set of sensors they call EZ Program. The new sensors can be set to mimic your current sensors. So when you swap from summer to winter tires/wheels/sensors the truck doesn't know the difference.
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Just wait. Next thread will be: How do I disable that annoying buzzer when I don't wear my seat belt.
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