Disabling Tire Pressure Monitor

Ag Teacher · October 10, 2007

We just bought my wife a new tahoe and plan to change rims. If we take off the factory wheels, are we going to have to see that our pressure is low on all four tires from now on or can the tire pressure monitors be disconnected since the aftermarket wheels won't have the sensors?

SinisterSS · October 10, 2007

Part of the answer depends on what you do with the factory take off wheels. If the factory wheels are stored say in the garage or basement, the vehicle will still read the signal from the sensors. This means that every time you pull in the garage, it'll show the tire pressures.

Once the vehicle is out of range of the radio signal, the display will switch show low pressure at all four. On my Cadillac, after about 50 miles of reading zero pressure from all four tires, it'll shut the tire monitoring system down permanently. With the caveat of the system will renable itself once it sees the factory wheels in the garage again.

The best way - either transfer the tire pressure sensors from the factory wheels to the new wheels or buy a second set of tire pressure sensors to install in the new wheels.

redvett · October 10, 2007

For your family's safety just put the TPM on the new rims.

stillen · October 10, 2007

i keep my tires on my silverado in the bed, never once threw the sensors off

unit731 · October 10, 2007

i keep my tires on my silverado in the bed, never once threw the sensors off

Anyone have a picture of these tire monitoring devices?

Zembonez · October 10, 2007

We just bought my wife a new tahoe and plan to change rims. If we take off the factory wheels, are we going to have to see that our pressure is low on all four tires from now on or can the tire pressure monitors be disconnected since the aftermarket wheels won't have the sensors?

Swap them over to your new aftermarket wheels and be done with it. I did mine the first week I had the truck and all is well. No big deal to swap. Just make sure you buy wheels that accept the sensors (which is just about any)

Anyone have a picture of these tire monitoring devices?

It's just a little black square item attached to the back of the valve stem.

hcvone · October 11, 2007

As said put them in or buy another set of sensors, they will work with most aftermaket wheels.

sonjaab · October 11, 2007

Another wonderful gov't mandated "option" so save us from ourselves!

Along with not being to disable the key in switch chime.............

redvett · October 11, 2007

The FordFirestone tire issue prompted the Fed's to require TPM systems to all vehicles because motorist's are too dumb or lazy to check there tire pressure. Blame it on your fellow drivers not the Fed's.

WFO · October 11, 2007

The FordFirestone tire issue prompted the Fed's to require TPM systems to all vehicles because motorist's are too dumb or lazy to check there tire pressure. Blame it on your fellow drivers not the Fed's.

They should have left it the way it was. It only would have disposed of those people properly.

topdj · October 12, 2007

I have 2 sets, it so much easier

SinisterSS · October 12, 2007

Just ordered a set of 5 from my dealer to use in my winter wheels - even the spare is getting a sensor in case I'm 1000 miles from home and running on it.

Zembonez · October 12, 2007

The FordFirestone tire issue prompted the Fed's to require TPM systems to all vehicles because motorist's are too dumb or lazy to check there tire pressure. Blame it on your fellow drivers not the Fed's.

They should have left it the way it was. It only would have disposed of those people properly.

Very true... Natural selection got mankind through centuries before the Safety Nazis came along and "made us all safe". I think the blame is even more specific than other drivers... you can thank greedy slimebag attorneys who searched these people out and talked them into filing lawsuits... (most of whom didn't need much convincing)

Don't get me started..........

Ag Teacher · October 16, 2007

Well guys, my worries were not needed. The dealer was able to pull the monitors from the factory rims and install them in the new wheels.

Thanks for the replys.

Silverado4x4 · October 16, 2007

For your family's safety just put the TPM on the new rims.

Whats this have to do with family safety, if someone is dumb enough to not know when the tires are low then they shouldnt have a family. When is people going to get responsible enough to not have something tell them when they are in danger. Sheesh what ever happened to the old days, computers are making everybody lazy.