Tire pressure sensors

PopinJohn · Feb 13, 2013

We're thinking of a round trip to Arizona for the Apache Flats tractor show in March.
That said , our 2010 GMC Terrain is almost due for a new set of tires, but those tire pressure monitor sensors in the rims are going bad. I've ran the re-learn procedure several times and it goes bad a few days later.
Question- If I delete the sensors when I replace my tires, will the computer still light the low tire alert?
And if so, can a tech reprogram to delete the alert?

Robert NC · Feb 13, 2013

The tire light will stay on if you take out the sensors. And due to gov rules can't turn the light off. They should be covered unless you are over 36000 mi.

PopinJohn · Feb 13, 2013

Is there any one brand of sensors that are better, or more reliable?

BushogPapa · Feb 13, 2013

Little piece of Black Tape should cure your problem...
They put those "Check Engine" lights on there too, just to get you to run back to the Dealer.
Those "pressure Sensors" are about as worth-while as the highly touted "Traction Control".!!!
AND, they charge us for this crap...

Ron

Hal/Eastern WA · Feb 13, 2013

Not only charge us for them, but MANDATE that we have them.

Where I live, I find it advisable to equip my cars with studded snow tires during the slick season. I have read that someone with some authority has decreed that tire shops MUST require that customers have tire monitor sensors in their snow tire wheels if the car is equipped with a tire monitoring system. Supposedly the shop can be fined $10K for putting tires on a car without the sensors in place.

What a bunch of garbage!!! I have also read that the sensors can add $100 in cost to each tire if you are forced to buy them.

I suppose a person could get his wheels and buy the tires at a shop and lie about what they were going to be installed on. And then install the mounted and balanced tires at home.

Things just shouldn"t be that complicated. The government should leave us alone. We don"t need a NANNY STATE.

M w J · Feb 13, 2013

I have a 2008 GMC pickup and it has the Tire monitor I had a tire get a hole in it on the interstate and as soon as that tire got 3 lbs. low the light came on and It showed the tire pressure. It was very foggy and if it hadn't been for the monitor I would have had to change it in the fog on the interstate .The way it was I took the 1st exit I came to and changed the tire In a gas station parking lot It was down to 9 lbs. when I stopped. Mine will be kept working . I have not had any trouble with them

John B. · Feb 13, 2013

Tire pressure monitors are a result of those who have had bad experiences with low tires. Bottom line is they never check the pressure in their tires. I check mine once a month and they are usually a little low sometimes. I even check the spare because the spare is out of sight and out of mind.

David G · Feb 13, 2013

Saved my butt once too.

David G · Feb 13, 2013

They seem to be about $100 per set, just buy them from the people that put on the tires. It is cheap insurance.

David Inman · Feb 13, 2013

Question, do you mean the AEDGETA show in Apache JUNCTION weekend of march 9? I'm in Arizona, and can't say I've ever herd of Apache FLATS, much less a tractor show there.

jm. · Feb 13, 2013

Have had several Fords with them and they are trouble free maybe gm is getting some bad sensors

BushogPapa · Feb 13, 2013

That is what I usually think...but..maybe there are enough Ear-Ring Wearers to warrant a "Nanny State"..???

I Mount and Balance my own and don't NEED more crap that can fail..

Russ from MN · Feb 13, 2013

Quit your bitching and buy your own tire machine!

Earl Gray · Feb 13, 2013

Everything has to be idiot proof nowadays, because we have so many idiots, probably because their parents smoked!!!
Aluminum rims create some of the problem, after 5 years of corrosion, they leak!

pete black · Feb 13, 2013

like others stated, it saved my butt once. i believe they may be the result of the us army. humvees were some of the first equipped with them and also the means to change pressure from the cab while on the go.

bobs old iron · Feb 13, 2013

when all else fails, read the book, or ask the dealer, and tire company also, dealers may say yes to sell you new ones,, then check if comptr in car/truck can be reprogramed//

ASEguy · Feb 14, 2013

It's against federal law for a technician working professionally to render the system not usuable as designed by the factory and yes your TPMS sensor light will be on if the controller doesn't "see" the sensor. After market sensors are out there to clone the sensor id being replaced. They are much cheaper. Google alligator sensit.

tjiniowa · Feb 14, 2013

Napa can now get you several of the GM sensors for about half price of GM.

merlynr · Feb 14, 2013

The spare tire could be the culprit for low pressure light.

PopinJohn · Feb 14, 2013

My mistake, it is Apache Junction, CRS disease struck again!

55deere70 · Feb 14, 2013

Wife comes home with her 2008 Ranger and says "there is a picture of a tire on my dash". I go out and check and sure enough one tire down to 25 lbs. Look at it it and find a screw in it. That sensor might have saved a tire or my wife from an accident if she went down the hwy with a low tire. I will keep them working.

JRSutton · Feb 14, 2013

ooof

tire pressure sensors are a sore subject for me.

I helped a friend with his wife's car - had an annoying slow leak - nothing terrible.

I told him how great this green slime stuff is - it'll magically cure your slow leak - it'll be fixed in five minutes...

The good news was the green slime sealed really well.

The bad news was it sealed so well I couldn't even get air into the now completely flat tire.

pressure sensor in the stem clogged right up - completely.

From hero to loser in five minutes.

sotxbill · Feb 14, 2013

(quoted from post at 18:29:55 02/13/13) We're thinking of a round trip to Arizona for the Apache Flats tractor show in March.
That said , our 2010 GMC Terrain is almost due for a new set of tires, but those tire pressure monitor sensors in the rims are going bad. I've ran the re-learn procedure several times and it goes bad a few days later.
Question- If I delete the sensors when I replace my tires, will the computer still light the low tire alert?
And if so, can a tech reprogram to delete the alert?

You probably have low batteries in them by not airing them up right away. so they are toast and need replacement. When the light comes on, air-em up quickly to save on battery power so they dont have to transmit continuously.

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