05 here, no tpms, so glad mine does not, sounds more like tPMS with out the "t"

 

Yeah, I believe it was right around 2007 that it became law that all new vehicals sold must have a tpms ..... for all the morons that cant figure out why their truck is pulling hard one way or what the "ca-dunk ca-dunk ca-dunk" sound is. Its pretty obvious when a tire is low on air or completly flat, IMO

I would never bother even trying to find new wheels that accepted the tpms sensors, too big of a pita. I would go get a used tractor tire/wheel from the local hardware store, throw all 4 sensors from the stock wheels in that tire and pump it up to 35psi, and put it under the back seat. Or simply disable the feature with a programmer.

 

so speaking of tpms, I have real nice 17" rims for my caliber but for the winter I put on some ugly 15" with winter tires, I didn't bother having the sensor installed and just dealt with the warning light for the season.. this morning I got the 17's put back on at a shop and forgot to mention the tpms so the light is still flashing now, what is this exactly and is it a simple reconnect? or should I take it somewhere? pictures or a link to a video or picture would be great, thanks.

 

I sold a guy with a Ram 1500 the 4 TPMS I got on the rims I bought off a '10 Dakota. He said hes gone thru atleast 1-2 sensors since hes had, and for $80 for all 4 he said it was worth buying them from me haha so if the shop says he has a bad one he can just tell them he has some.

 

The TPMs system on our Dakotas are a basic system and don't require programming. The TPMs computer doesn't track each tire individually. It just looks for 4 signals saying that 4 tires are good. If its missing a signal or gets a low pressure signal then it trips the TPMs light but it doesn't report which tire is low. It doesn't care, it just wants 4 good signals.

I bought winter tires and rims for the Dakota and bought a used set of sensors to go with it. I installed the sensors into the rims and mounted the tires on the rims and put the tires on the truck. No programming was needed and the TPMs light never even flickered.

 

If they dont need programing, Then wouldnt they just pickup any TPMS within range, maybe even another cars...
I believe they "do" need programing, but its not something you need a computer for. Like, You hit the Reset button on them, then the truck just picks all them up and "Programs" them to it, or it tracks them over a time period and if they all stay in range it programs them.
I could be wrong, since I dont have TPMS.

 

Yep, you are wrong.

The range on sensors is very small. You could pick other cars at a light but as soon as you left the light the gap would increase enough that you would lose them.

You could be right about tracking them while in range for a certain amount of time and then "remembering" them.

I looked into this when I got my winter rims. There's no reset button or anything special that needs to be done. If you've read differently I'd like to see the source.

 

The 4 TPMS Sensors I had off a 2010 Dakota had a Reset button. I figured the range could be to small after I posted.

 

Are you saying the sensor had a reset button on it?

That would be pretty hard to push one installed.

 

You would do it before the tire was installed on the rim. Not that hard lol Anyways, I dont got TPMS so I dont have to deal with it.