TPMS Issues

New tires on Christmas Day. New TPMS sensors as well. Two different tire shops, four different TPMS programmers. Still a TPMS light. Shops have confirmed that sensors are active. Proper frequency for car. The sensors cannot be programmed to the car. Any suggestions?

 

The guy today could not tell me if the old id was still in the system. My computer that has techstream will not work outdoors. The screen glitches out in the cold weather. I’m going to assume the old ids are still there.

 

So I went out this morning. There were 5 DTC’s stored. I couldn’t read them, but it let me erase them. The light is off now, but I’m certain it will come back on after I drive the car. The old sensor ID’s are in there still. I tried to erase them, but when I would refresh the screen, they were back in there.

 

Two different shops with 4 different TPMS tools. I think the issue stems from the trouble codes stored in the system. But why couldn’t they read them? I was not present when the sensors were installed, but I was right next to the guy yesterday. As soon as he scanned the first sensor, the light began blinking(as it’s supposed to do). He scanned the other three, and then plugged into the diagnostic port to write the sensor ID’s. It kept failing at the write ID part of the process. I am going to see if the shop will write down the ID, as I can input them manually in Techstream.

 

Thanks to my guy at the local Firestone, he loaned me his personal SnapOn TPMS tool. I got all 4 sensor ID’s and programmed them myself. It cost me a pizza and an hour or so out of my day.

 

I take good care of him when he’s ordering parts. I am one of the two people that he asks for by name when he’s ordering.