TPMS Problem

sahls01gmc · November 30, 2015

What about putting the all of the TPMS in the spare tire? Then you'll never have to "relearn" anything again.

If you're rotating tires in your driveway, then you obviously have the required skills to manually check tire pressure on a regular basis......

reef21 · November 30, 2015

What about putting the all of the TPMS in the spare tire? Then you'll never have to "relearn" anything again.

If you're rotating tires in your driveway, then you obviously have the required skills to manually check tire pressure on a regular basis......

I want to get the warning light to turn off, plus be able to remotely read pressure, plus get a warning if a tire is deflating. My dad puts a piece of black tape over the warning light but that's not really a "solution"

sahls01gmc · November 30, 2015

If they're in the spare, they'll still read on the dash which means no warning light.

How did you know "in the old days" when a tire was deflating? And what is the advantage of reading tire pressure "remotely"?

I don't ask these questions sarcastically. You seem intelligent enough to do vehicle maintenance, so not having to mess with these sensors should be a win/win!

reef21 · November 30, 2015

If they're in the spare, they'll still read on the dash which means no warning light.

How did you know "in the old days" when a tire was deflating? And what is the advantage of reading tire pressure "remotely"?

I don't ask these questions sarcastically. You seem intelligent enough to do vehicle maintenance, so not having to mess with these sensors should be a win/win!

I live in the Arctic so spending 5 minutes outside in -60 degrees Celsius fiddling with valve caps to measure pressure is not fun especially if not necessary. In the old days there was no way to know if a tire was deflating, hence the advantage to TPMS. My spare doesn't have a sensor. At this point I am hoping someone else has had an after market remote starter and has had to program new TPMS sensors somehow. Otherwise my options are to go to a garage every time I get new tires/ rotate my tires, or cough up the cash for the Autel tool which I believe can force the truck into Relearn mode.

Cowpie · December 18, 2015

I lived around Fairbanks, AK for about 10 years back in the 80's/90's and I didn't think it was all that bad to check tires. But then, I worked out in the cold most of the time. Getting older now, so not as motivated to work out in the cold nowadays. The only problem I have with TPMS is that I have it. Just one more cost that we all have to incur in both initial purchase and further down the line. And with my 2015 2500, when it is empty or lightly loaded, I don't run the OEM recommended pressures in the tires anyway, so the TPMS is always having a fit and the warning light displayed. I have grown comfortable in ignoring it. I get the warning messages on the display when I first start up and I dismiss them. The only time I run the high OEM recommended pressures is when I know I am going to really load up the pickup. Not that big of deal. I have a heated garage and a commercial air compressor.