For my 2017, i bought new factory ford sensors(HC3Z-1A189-A), had discount tire install them. Discount tire used their TPMS tool to program them and they work fine. On my new company truck, I bought TPMS sensors from discount tire, and of course they programmed them and everything works fine. Price wise, it cost me about 100 bucks more going oem compared to aftermarket.

 

There have been a few posts that indicate that the truck DOES know which position each sensor is in. I rotated my tires and changed the pressure for each axle. My tires show up correctly on the dash readout so I think that proves that the truck knows where each sensor is.

 

I'll be installing my old F350 '11 wheels w/studded snow tires on my '18 this afternoon and will report on my TPMS reprogramming. And I routinely adjust tire pressure between a min of 55psi and 80psi depending on load, haven't done the Forscan adjustment but it is on my list of to do's.

 

​​​​​​​Can you still monitor tire pressure via the display on the dash/speedo screen?

 

I think he's saying no. Not sure why anyone would do this unless the sensor batteries have died (they will eventually), and you didn't want to buy new ones. One instance of driving on a low tire (which tears up the interior integrity of the sidewall...even though it often shows nothing on outside) would be enough $ to have bought all the sensors. The bigger issue is obviously the safety aspect of not knowing your tire is slowly deflating. Heavy trailer, SRW, 65+ on busy highway.... no thanks.

 

Seems like I saw a Ford tpms sensor tool on Ebay for about $35 . Has anybody done tried it ?

 

 

I don't get my 2019 F-350 for another couple of weeks, but I've done quite a bit of reading and watching of videos on the TPMS system in the Ford Super Duty. It seems that there is more than one way to retrain your TPMS tire sensor. One is to use the TPMS TRIGGERING TOOL, which I suspect you're talking about RONMCHUGH. Here's a YouTube video (if the link works, otherwise copy and paste it into your address bar), made by a truck owner who relearned his sensors on a 2013 F-150 using the tool - .

From everything I've seen and read, I think this tool is the easiest way to retrain your sensors after a tire rotation if you do your own rotations. And yes, you DO NEED TO RETRAIN the sensors to the wheel location after rotation. The owner's manual offers a different procedure for relearning the sensors, dropping the tire pressure in each tire, starting with the front left and going clockwise around the truck, waiting for the horn to honk at each tire as you drop the pressure. To me, this is a labor intensive and time-wasting effort. When you're done, you have to re-air up each tire. Compare this procedure to using the TPMS TRIGGERING TOOL ($30 on Amazon). You enter the relearn mode in the truck as per instructions, set the tool against the tire at the valve stem, click the button, see a RED light illuminate on the tool and wait for the horn to honk once then move to the next tire. It is a Ford tool. In my experience, using the correct TOOL for the job always makes things easier, quicker and cleaner.

If you have your tires rotated by a reputable and KNOWLEDGEABLE shop, then they should relearn the wheels to the new locations. I prefer to have the ability to make sure my TPMS system is correctly set up. If the sensors are not relearned to the new positions after rotation, they will still operate. But the tire pressures shown on the center console screen in the TPMS mode will NOT reflect those at the correct locations. As I see it, this will only create confusion when you are losing air in a tire. For example, the TPMS system will say it is the Front Right Tire that is low when in actuality it will be some other tire. I suspect that this will probably be obvious to the observer, but it might not if it is a slow leak. If it's a blowout, you didn't need the TPMS anyway to identify the problem tire.

 

 

If you have a Discount Tire nearby check with them. I've used their sensors with good results. I would not buy used sensors unless there is an assurance that they are less than a year old.

But, it sounds like you fixed the problem with option 3?

 

 

Batteries in TPMS sensors have a life of 7 to 10 years, depending on usage and environment. The batteries are not replaceable, which really sucks.

 

Are the sensors the same from one year to the next? I think the 2018 and 2019 trucks have different relearn procedures than the 2017 (I have a 2017 and it's a annoying way to relearn when tires are rotated or changed). Not sure what exactly changed between 2017, 2018 & 2019. I would guess the sensor would stay the same. I have heard that a 2019 will relearn the tire locations if they are rotated without any manual procedure.

I also had a sensor fail in 6 months, dealer said 2 were bad but i think they just replaced one that working fine.

 

When I rotate the tires on my 2017 I don't need to do the relearn. The truck figures out the correct position of the tires.