Can we program TPMS ourselves
#21
01-23-2012 | 04:34 AM
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From: Cochrane Alberta(thats in Canada)
Perhaps you'd be so kind as to point out exactly where this sensor is located on each wheel and how it will transmit that information to the computer? The ABS sensors are there and they do report the rotation of each wheel, but they DO NOT watch your tire pressure - for this, the sensor would need to be in the rim or tire.
BTW I dropped the pressure in one tire just to see if the light would kick on. It did before I even got back into the truck. How would an indirect ABS system figure that out without even rolling a tire?
Here is pics of some TPMS, mine is the VDO sensor part way down on the right side.
http://www.schrader.fr/en/Pdf/info_TPMS_GB2.pdf
#24
01-23-2012 | 10:58 AM
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From: Greenfield, Wisconsin
Should be under Advanced Functions I believe. TPMS is useless. If you dont know what a flat tire feels like, or what a tire going low on air looks like, stay off the road. Just my .02
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01-23-2012 | 06:58 PM
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From: Sandy, UT. (SLC Suburbs)
Mine is non functional almost half the year, but I register in the summer so I haven't seen if they will fail me on it.