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Ok, I put the factory 20's on the truck, everything was cool(tire pressures were showing variations), then a few days later, mid drive, bam, error message. So I've done the reserach, finally had a chance to program them last night. SPent almost an hour at the air pump letting air in and out of my tires. the first thing I found interesting is I did not have the program tires or whatever in the DIC (with the parking brake pulled) only extra menu I saw was for remote learning. If I hit both lock and unlock for 5 seconds with the ebrake pulled though, it honks twice and goes into tire learning mode. Anyways, spent the whole time trying to get one honk from the front. I'd let air out (almost to flat) I'd add air from flat to over full, no honks. I called my sales guy last night since service was closed, He told me what the book did. His manager said something about putting it in to learning mode then driving around a bit. I tried that, looks like it gets out of learning mode shortly after releasing the e brake. Anyways, any other methods before I take it in? I know some guys have paid their dealer to program them. That's BS to me though. I called service today and said the system isn't operating properly and won't let me program tires. That should make it a warranty deal if anything..

So, what's worked for you?

Brian

tobias Senior Enthusiast

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Take it back to your tire shop and have them try again. They have a special tool and should be able to perform the process in 3 minutes flat. Do the same thing you did at the air pump except use the tool they have in place of letting the air out. If it doesn't work, it'll be covered by warranty.

DofD Senior Enthusiast

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I haven't tried this myself yet (though upcoming I will be). But I've heard many reports of people having issues with the documented instructions for setting the TPMS and some having no issues. An experienced tire shop should be able to set them for you rather than a trip to the dealer. If you do take it in, I would certainly watch as they attempt to reset the TPMS and how they do it.

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I don't have a tire place, I put the tires on myself. I understand there is a wand, but it should be doable without it? The dealer will be a pain, but it'd better be free!

Brian

My tire guy charges $30 to reset TMPS's. :uhoh:

 

I'm considering just buying the damn tool myself.

CHEVIN Enthusiast

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I don't have a tire place, I put the tires on myself. I understand there is a wand, but it should be doable without it? The dealer will be a pain, but it'd better be free!

Brian

My tire guy charges $30 to reset TMPS's. :uhoh:

 

I'm considering just buying the damn tool myself.

 

 

dose your stock tires have the tpms in them cuz most places will take them out of your stock ones and put them in your new wheels and tires but i see you did the tries yourself so are the tpms in the stock tires or your other wheels?

Nick The Great Senior Enthusiast

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I don't have a tire place, I put the tires on myself. I understand there is a wand, but it should be doable without it? The dealer will be a pain, but it'd better be free!

Brian

My tire guy charges $30 to reset TMPS's. :rolleyes:

 

I'm considering just buying the damn tool myself.

 

 

Good luck with that. We now have 2 vehicles with TMPS and I have never gotten that letting out air trick to work. I haven't tried my dealer to see if it's free. Though I'm not convinced my dealer would be smart enough to know what a TMPS is. :rolleyes::uhoh:

 

For the record, I didn't pay my tire guy to do it either. On the phone, he mentioned several times how expensive, complicated, and how much time it took. :lol: I told him I knew it wasn't anything more than waving the tool by the tire, and he said he'd drop the price to $15, since he felt $30 was too much. Too bad though, I like the place for the tires.

blackgold Enthusiast

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The new wheels already had them installed. They came off of my friend's 08 silverado working properly.

Brian.

I don't have a tire place, I put the tires on myself. I understand there is a wand, but it should be doable without it? The dealer will be a pain, but it'd better be free!

Brian

My tire guy charges $30 to reset TMPS's. :uhoh:

 

I'm considering just buying the damn tool myself.

 

 

dose your stock tires have the tpms in them cuz most places will take them out of your stock ones and put them in your new wheels and tires but i see you did the tries yourself so are the tpms in the stock tires or your other wheels?

 

Trav_13 Senior Enthusiast

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The new wheels already had them installed. They came off of my friend's 08 silverado working properly.

Brian.

I don't have a tire place, I put the tires on myself. I understand there is a wand, but it should be doable without it? The dealer will be a pain, but it'd better be free!

Brian

My tire guy charges $30 to reset TMPS's. :)

 

I'm considering just buying the damn tool myself.

 

 

dose your stock tires have the tpms in them cuz most places will take them out of your stock ones and put them in your new wheels and tires but i see you did the tries yourself so are the tpms in the stock tires or your other wheels?

 

 

 

If I remember right....and I hope I am wrong....I thought there was some calibration differences between the model years.....might be the reason for your problem.....basically the wand should take care of it...I know that means a visit to the dealership, but I think that would take care of your problems.

blackgold Enthusiast

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Ok, I picked the truck up today, they said i had a faulty sensor, I'm guessing it would have had to be the one on the left front since that is the first wheel to test. if it doesn't click, none of the others can. I am tempted to attempt to program them again to see if it works for me now. I am surprised they didn't say no since the wheels were different. I didn't say they were different, they didn't ask.. just figured they'd have nixxed me on that. I'll report back if I do test it again.

Brian

The new wheels already had them installed. They came off of my friend's 08 silverado working properly.

Brian.

I don't have a tire place, I put the tires on myself. I understand there is a wand, but it should be doable without it? The dealer will be a pain, but it'd better be free!

Brian

My tire guy charges $30 to reset TMPS's. :)

 

I'm considering just buying the damn tool myself.

 

 

dose your stock tires have the tpms in them cuz most places will take them out of your stock ones and put them in your new wheels and tires but i see you did the tries yourself so are the tpms in the stock tires or your other wheels?

 

 

 

If I remember right....and I hope I am wrong....I thought there was some calibration differences between the model years.....might be the reason for your problem.....basically the wand should take care of it...I know that means a visit to the dealership, but I think that would take care of your problems.

 

 

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