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Tire pressure sensors? HELP
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Tire pressure sensors? HELP Ok guys I need some help. I have an 06 Impala SS and yesterday I brought my car to sears to have different rims put on the car and now the "check tire pressure" comes on my display and the light stays lite on the dash but now its saying service tire monitor system soon. I know the new rims dont have the sensors on them but does anybody know how I can clear the code or is their a fuse to pull? I checked the manual and I cant find a fuse for the tire system. Dont know what I should do.
Nope...can't be reset or turned off. You gotta live with the TPM system warning. Sorry. Just hit a button on the DIC to make it go away every time you start her up.
What, exactly, is happening right now? DO you still have the tire warning light on the dash? Or is it just the warning in the DIC?
The service tire monitor system warning should go away after a while...i think. I get that message every time i pull the battery cable for whatever mod is in the works, and eventually (within the day) it goes away.
Your problem is that it's looking for the pressures at the corners and not finding them, so you get the warning when you start the car. Just hit the top button and ignore it.
You can also have a tire shop dismount the tires and stick the sensors to the inside of the wheel with heavy-duty adhesive. The sensors should still work...someone else did this a while back. I believe the valve stem needs to be removed, though, so that it's not broken off should you hit a monster pothole.
Gonna show us some pics or what?
What, exactly, is happening right now? DO you still have the tire warning light on the dash? Or is it just the warning in the DIC?
The service tire monitor system warning should go away after a while...i think. I get that message every time i pull the battery cable for whatever mod is in the works, and eventually (within the day) it goes away.
Your problem is that it's looking for the pressures at the corners and not finding them, so you get the warning when you start the car. Just hit the top button and ignore it.
You can also have a tire shop dismount the tires and stick the sensors to the inside of the wheel with heavy-duty adhesive. The sensors should still work...someone else did this a while back. I believe the valve stem needs to be removed, though, so that it's not broken off should you hit a monster pothole.
Gonna show us some pics or what?
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Thanks, thats what I figured but wasnt too sure. I'm going to take the sensores off the stock wheels and have them mounted on the new ones. I'm taking some pics now so well see what people think. I'm going for the Phantom affect.
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To be honest I didnt know the sensors were on the rim until sears was finished and they told me about it, but If they donr go on the normal way on the valve stem I'll glue them on or something. I should have looked into it first but I'll put them on in the spring when I have to go get 2 new tires anyways. I'll get some pics up on monday after I wash the car!
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the sensors are in the valve stems. The sensors in the valve stems send an RF signal to the remote receiver to tell the computer/DIC what the tire pressures are in each wheel.
They should have used your existing valve stems on the new wheels and then there wouldn't be a problem.
If they DID use your existing valve stems, perhaps you're experiencing the "Remote Range / TPMS issue" where the coax needs to be grounded better and/or the receiver needs to be replaced (under warranty).
They should have used your existing valve stems on the new wheels and then there wouldn't be a problem.
If they DID use your existing valve stems, perhaps you're experiencing the "Remote Range / TPMS issue" where the coax needs to be grounded better and/or the receiver needs to be replaced (under warranty).
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The sensor assy consists of a valve stem with the sensor unit attached to it. There is a "nut" that threads over the valve stem to seal the sensor to the rim. Kinda costly unit.
Really surprised Sears wouldn't have done that automatically for you. I'd take it back to them and have them fix it for free.
You will need to have your system "re-learn" the sensors, as the odds are you prob won't be able to get them in the same position (LF; LR; RF; RR). Instructions are in the manual, I think there is also a prompt in the DIC as well.
Really surprised Sears wouldn't have done that automatically for you. I'd take it back to them and have them fix it for free.
You will need to have your system "re-learn" the sensors, as the odds are you prob won't be able to get them in the same position (LF; LR; RF; RR). Instructions are in the manual, I think there is also a prompt in the DIC as well.
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yes, there is a prompt/setting to relearn the tire pressures/locations in the DIC. Once you activate it, you have 2 minutes to get it done. You start with the left front, then right front, then right rear, then left rear.
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I may have been mis-informed about this at my GM dealer, but apparently the valves stem will not fit steel rims. They are designed to fit our aluminum rims. When I put my winter wheels on my car I never got a light on on my dash..onlt "service tite pressure monitoring system" everytime I start the car. Press one on the DIC buttons and it goes away. Not a big issue for me until someone makes transmitters in ordinary rubber pull-through valve stems.
YEah, KENB, that's the problem. They're not standard stems and it is possible that they don't fit with some aftermarket wheels.
Someone told me that the actual stem could come off the sensor part...little bit of confusion here.
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the sensors are in the valve stems. The sensors in the valve stems send an RF signal to the remote receiver to tell the computer/DIC what the tire pressures are in each wheel.
They should have used your existing valve stems on the new wheels and then there wouldn't be a problem.
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They should have used your existing valve stems on the new wheels and then there wouldn't be a problem.
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Back in the day, we did a PSI system with what looks like the same sensors. I believe the company was Schreader. Obviously newer hardware / software on the W-body. The unit had a small black box attached to a valve body, which was inserted from the back side of the rim, and a nut was threaded over it to seal it to the rim.
We used development vehicles as well as our own personal cars as test mules, the sensors fit in everything from a Saturn to the Camaros, Corvettes and a ton of SUV's.
I don't remember though if anyone had steel wheels. Never tried to disassemble the valves, as it was development. I would have to believe the centrifugal force of the rim rotation would rip the sensor off the rim if it were glued in the inside. The only field failure I remember was that the caps would have a chemical reaction with road salt, welding them to the valve body. That was fixed by an engineering change.
My sensors are reading dead on to my race tire guage. Nice system - wouldn't go without it. Even though I don't race this car, I check PSI's at least once a day and adjust the air pressures every 10* of weather. Prob bored, or I need a life. Actually, I can't wait for spring.
We used development vehicles as well as our own personal cars as test mules, the sensors fit in everything from a Saturn to the Camaros, Corvettes and a ton of SUV's.
I don't remember though if anyone had steel wheels. Never tried to disassemble the valves, as it was development. I would have to believe the centrifugal force of the rim rotation would rip the sensor off the rim if it were glued in the inside. The only field failure I remember was that the caps would have a chemical reaction with road salt, welding them to the valve body. That was fixed by an engineering change.
My sensors are reading dead on to my race tire guage. Nice system - wouldn't go without it. Even though I don't race this car, I check PSI's at least once a day and adjust the air pressures every 10* of weather. Prob bored, or I need a life. Actually, I can't wait for spring.
