TMPS Sensor Not Reading Help
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Mountain Pass
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TMPS Sensor Not Reading Help
I had a single one of my TMPS sensors stop reading and I received a fault message in my display. I was about to replace my tires anyway, so I bought a new TMPS sensor and had the tire shop put it in when replacing the tires. After the tire change, all sensors still read except for the new sensor. Since it didn’t automatically read, I figured it needed to go through the training process. I followed the training process for the truck (where you let air out of each tire until the horn sounds). All three of the tires that were working before re-trained properly, but when I tried training the tire sensor in question, I just keep letting air out and the horn never sounded. I then got a message saying the re-training failed. I tired it again with the same results. Anyone have any ideas or tips to make it work? I’d like to avoid a trip to the dealer if possible. Thanks in advance.
Fleet Mechanic
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New TPMS sensers need to be 'woken up' by activating them with a scan tool or magnet. The tire shop may not have done this when the sensor was installed. The activation takes only a few seconds and cab be done on the vehicle. I had to do this when I had a set of winter wheels and tires set up.
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New TPMS sensers need to be 'woken up' by activating them with a scan tool or magnet. The tire shop may not have done this when the sensor was installed. The activation takes only a few seconds and cab be done on the vehicle. I had to do this when I had a set of winter wheels and tires set up.
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I keep getting an intermittent "TPMS SENSOR FAULT" message on mine, drive a while and it goes away, then may stay off for a few thousand miles and pop back up again.
May have to give in and get the sensor replaced.
But, yeah, I thought they had to use the TPMS sensor tool at the tire store to set a new sensor.
May have to give in and get the sensor replaced.
But, yeah, I thought they had to use the TPMS sensor tool at the tire store to set a new sensor.
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Mountain Pass
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Thanks for the responses everyone.
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