Tire pressure sensor fault
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Tire pressure sensor fault
HELP Please. 2011 f350. Tire pressure warning came on. says . TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR FAULT. I tried retraining the sensors but can't get past the first tire on the left because I get two horn beeps and it sats try again. Manual says go see a dealer.
Any thoughts on what is involved to get this fixed before I probaby have to spend thousand at a dealer.
Thanks
Any thoughts on what is involved to get this fixed before I probaby have to spend thousand at a dealer.
Thanks
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that sensor will need to be replaced. Try someplace like discount tires it should be cheaper.
on my Buick I could train the sensors in a different order and that allowed me to confirm which one is bad therefore, only one needed to be replaced. No reason to do them all if not needed.
on my Buick I could train the sensors in a different order and that allowed me to confirm which one is bad therefore, only one needed to be replaced. No reason to do them all if not needed.
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that sensor will need to be replaced. Try someplace like discount tires it should be cheaper.
on my Buick I could train the sensors in a different order and that allowed me to confirm which one is bad therefore, only one needed to be replaced. No reason to do them all if not needed.
on my Buick I could train the sensors in a different order and that allowed me to confirm which one is bad therefore, only one needed to be replaced. No reason to do them all if not needed.
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I had then done on my 2010 F-350 at the local Discount Tire. I had one go down and decided to do them all as they were the same age and likely going to run out of juice sooner or later. They simply break the bead over the valve stem and replace the sending unit/valve stem.. I think that it ran $200 for all four.
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Batteries in the TPMS sensors are expected to be good for about seven years. I had one set last 10 years but they were an outlier. At posted above, if you're going to do one, you might as well save yourself some time and do all four. $200 is a decent price if that included the labor. I recently bought four sensors for my car that requires 433 Mhz instead of the 315 Mhz sensors that are currently in the tires (brought over from a prior car). I found a deal on woot.com for ~$18 each. Discount Tire wanted $60 for each sensor. I bought a TPMS programming tool also, but that was a lot more expensive. I do all the tire rotations for my family so being able to relearn the sensors helps.
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I would only do the one myself. Don't think I would waste the money until needed. yes they just break the bead so they have access to the valve stem.
I think you will find it quite pricey so don't think I would touch the good ones.
I think you will find it quite pricey so don't think I would touch the good ones.
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Tire Pressure Sensor Fault
Had the same problem with my 2011 a couple of months ago, dealer wanted a lot of $$ to fix so I just keep quenching the fault code when I start up. My sensor locations are not identified - a general code pops up, which could mean any tire. How do you find out which one is the problem?
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Had the same problem with my 2011 a couple of months ago, dealer wanted a lot of $$ to fix so I just keep quenching the fault code when I start up. My sensor locations are not identified - a general code pops up, which could mean any tire. How do you find out which one is the problem?
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I use an app called Torque Pro and an OBDII bluetooth adapter with my android phone. It has the option to monitor tire pressure of all 4 tires. I would assume the faulty tpms sensor would not report any reading and that would tell us which wheel needs a new sensor.
My Tire Pressure light come on a couple weeks ago while driving. Pulled out my OBDII adapter and pulled up Torque Pro on my phone to check the tire pressures. It was very cold outside and all 4 tires dropped to 49psi (I normally keep them at 55psi). My TPMS triggers at 50psi so I knew I didn't have a flat tire and just went on my merry way.
My Tire Pressure light come on a couple weeks ago while driving. Pulled out my OBDII adapter and pulled up Torque Pro on my phone to check the tire pressures. It was very cold outside and all 4 tires dropped to 49psi (I normally keep them at 55psi). My TPMS triggers at 50psi so I knew I didn't have a flat tire and just went on my merry way.
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