School me on TPMS.
I have a 2015 ram 1500 with 65,000 miles.
One tire has a nagging slow leak.
Takes about a month or two for it to leak 10 lbs.

Any way it is getting close to needing tires.
I want to change all the valve stems while getting tires.
I think I heard it is best to change the TPMS also to prevent future problems.

I have seen them from $25 each to a set of 4 for $35.
I assume the tire store will have these in stock.
I assume the tire store will do any and all programing.

What questions should I ask.
Or just play dumb and let the tire store do their job.
 
My 2008 went to 2019 before the outer end of valve stem rusted off on one. Others were still working in 2019. Only replaced the one that failed. It was a 1500 RAM. Expensive at $60+ for one.
 
I don't think I'd change out the sensors on a five year old vehicle. But ask the tire store what they suggest and if they'll install sensors you buy elsewhere.

Programming the sensors is something that has to been done at every tire rotation. That should be included in the mounting and balancing charge.
 
If you replace the tires and keep your current sensors they should relearn on their own after driving several miles. I change my own tires on my 2015 jeep and have never had to reset the sensors although I have the scanner to do so.
 
You can replace the valve stems, they are TPMS specific valve stems though. The TPMS sensor screws onto the inside end of the stem. Most TPMS sensors usually last at least 10yrs or so.

Reprogramming/recalibrating sensors when rotating or replacing tires is not necessary, but if your vehicle tells you which specific tire is low, then it may not be indicating the correct tire location. Most vehicles do not recalibrate sensors automatically, but many have a button or sequence of buttons entered using the message center to initiate the process. Some vehicles do require scan tool or TPMS learner tool.
 
Since this is a planned replacement, not showing up in a "need it now" situation, ask the tire store what the sensors will cost.

Good chance they will charge the most they can get for the same aftermarket sensors you can get online.

If so, ask if you supply the sensors, will they will program them, and how much.

Whatever you work out with them will be the agreement, no surprises, no arguments.
 
My rear dually wheels did that and they put new valve stems in and cleaned the beads they sill leaked . I took it back in and they cleaned the beads and they put a product called bead sealer on that was about a month ago so we?ll see how it goes. He sold me on tire balancing beads in this time and that Is the best this truck has ever drove
 
All three of our vehicles are 2007 models & two of the three have sensors with exhausted batteries. I just covered the generated warning dash light with black tape. I check the tire pressures at least monthly so the sensors are not much value to me.
 
On my 2013 Chev Impala with +150000 miles and after several sets of tires the original TPMS are still working as good as new.
 

They can do a test before you touch to determine TPMS health...
At 5 years are every time you have a tire off install a service kit for the sensor. At 5 years service your old ones at 7 plus replacing the tires replace them life will be good... 10 years seams to be the life of'em... I have a 2006 in the shop now it has 49K on it one of the sensors is dead I know they have never been replaced so its not so much the time its the miles. I have seen'em go 250K before the battery died... Rust/salt is a killer we don't have that issue here...

I would not install your sensors are tires as far as that goes I am in it for the money not the headaches customers supplied parts bring...
 
john, my 2018 2500 hd tossed the tpms code, lt rear wheel no reading. the sender in the wheel is dead. truck has 24 k miles on it.
 
Guess everyone expects us to know what it stands for. Crazy horse post a page says it means Tire Pressure Monitoring System. Really! My system works fine--when I think a tire looks low pick up a tire gauge and measure it. To keep from doing that a lot learn to read the shape of the tire. Geeze

How many times when driving behind a vehicle, in the rain, do you realize the vehicles tires are low? And you do realize the car manufacturer tell you to run low tire pressure because a low tire has softer ride.
 
I put the four-for-25 el cheapos in my 07 Impala last month. The tire store wanted mega bucks for them. Before installing mine he said his scan tool would not program my outlaw sensors and insisted on his. I said put mine in anyhoo. I programmed them myself (easy to do) when I got home and they work fine. YMMV TDF
 
> The truck automatically picks up where you moved the TPMS when rotating the tires. I was just thinking ?new? TPMS would need programming.

I'm only familiar with the GM TPMS system. It has to be reprogrammed manually when you rotate tires. I have a relearn tool for this purposes; it just takes a minute.
 
We have a TPMS that looks exactly like this one.

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I have the cheap ones in my 08 Silverado that I bought new. The batteries started failing last summer. I see no difference. My owners manual has the procedure for reprogramming.
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I've always checked my own tire psi, and couldn't figure why the need for TPMS. I am now the owner of a new too me AWD SUV,as I understand that a soft tire on one side rotates faster than the other side and can heat up the differential on long trips. Seems a TPMS is a good idea. Hazen
 
My 08 Silverado has the procedure in the owners manual, no tool required. I also would not change 5 year old sensors unless there was a problem. My sensors are attached to the valve stem but can be replaced separate from the stem. My first failure occurred after 11 years. I have summer and winter tires and wheels and have to re-program when I change.
 
> My 08 Silverado has the procedure in the owners manual, no tool required.

The older GM vehicles could be reprogrammed without a relearn tool. The newer ones do. I'm not sure when the change was made, but our 2012 GMC Acadia requires the tool. I think it can be used on the older cars as well.
 
My 2013 Silverado has had the tires rotated. Took several days to figure out that the Passenger side was down after pumping 50 lbs on the drivers side and it still read low.
 
(quoted from post at 08:53:31 02/16/20) Guess everyone expects us to know what it stands for. Crazy horse post a page says it means Tire Pressure Monitoring System. Really! My system works fine--when I think a tire looks low pick up a tire gauge and measure it. To keep from doing that a lot learn to read the shape of the tire. Geeze

How many times when driving behind a vehicle, in the rain, do you realize the vehicles tires are low? And you do realize the car manufacturer tell you to run low tire pressure because a low tire has softer ride.

Your last sentence is so outdated and pre 1970 something, it makes all of your post suspect.
 
Where did you get your programming tool?

I was told that a decent one costs well over $100 so continue to have my dealer reprogram for me but my long term contact at the dealer who would do it for me as a courtesy has left and I'm expecting that it is going to start costing me.

Dean
 
I could reprogram the TPMS in the 2009 and 2012 Malibus that I once owned. Procedure was in the Owner's Manual. Procedure worked but was a time consuming PITA.

Later GM vehicles that I have owned cannot be reprogrammed without a programming tool. Not sure when the change was made but believe around five years ago.

Dean
 
(quoted from post at 09:06:37 02/16/20)
(quoted from post at 08:53:31 02/16/20) Guess everyone expects us to know what it stands for. Crazy horse post a page says it means Tire Pressure Monitoring System. Really! My system works fine--when I think a tire looks low pick up a tire gauge and measure it. To keep from doing that a lot learn to read the shape of the tire. Geeze

How many times when driving behind a vehicle, in the rain, do you realize the vehicles tires are low? And you do realize the car manufacturer tell you to run low tire pressure because a low tire has softer ride.

Your last sentence is so outdated and pre 1970 something, it makes all of your post suspect.

Double07, I agree, while probably most people can use a gauge, there are many who can't, many who could but won't, and many many who would NEVER notice a tire that is low. Why have hundreds of thousands of dangerous cars on the road killing people when there is a solution that works so well?
 
I use the exact same EL-50448 tool that the GM dealers use, and I bought it from the GM Service Tools store run by Bosch.

You can find counterfeit tools online that look exactly like it, even down to the part number. Whether or not the counterfeit tools actually work I don't know. The price from Bosch is reasonable.
EL 50448
 
Texas vehicle inspections don't include TPMS requirements. If your light is on, it matters not in your passing your inspection. Recently had new tires put on a vehicle and the national chain tire store put regular stems in for me. Since he and I had a common interest in something else, after our discussing the pros and cons of needing them, he decided to do it didn't charge me.

I find them a PIA especially like on my 2011 Silverado when I rotate the tires, still having the originals, in my second set of tires, if I have low pressure in a tire, (32 psig or less) it identifies the location of the offending tire but it's not accurate as I had rotated the tires without telling the TPMS baby sitter.

I have monitored my tires all my life, I don't need a babysitter.
 

Mark
Since removing the pressure sensors in your vehicle have you found a way to turn off tire symbol & "service tire monitor" warning? A piece of black tape would also cover odometer readout on my '08 Sierra.
 

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