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TPMS Sensor Replacement

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Tickwood, Aug 26, 2015.

  1. Tickwood

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    I had the TPMS light come. Tire store said the battery in the sensor(s) was no good and I should replace the sensors. I did, for all four wheels, but the light remains on. tire store said it will go out by itself in a few miles. Now 3 days and 60 miles later it is still on.

    My 2010 is very nearly 6 years old but has low mileage. Has any one else had to replace the sensors? How did it go?
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    The tire store was wrong. The light should go out almost immediately upon replacement since the sensor IDs must be programmed into the car with a scan tool. Did the light flash before staying on? This means a sensor was not responsive or programmed. If the light was on solid then it just meant tire pressure was low. I haven't had any sensors go bad but I've changed wheels etc.


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    The light did not and does not flash
     
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    Ha...as I said, a solid light immediately upon turning the car on, means only that one or more tires are low on air...


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    Tires were all checked, rotated and the one where the original problem was thought to be was dismounted and checked. Back to the tire store in the morning.
     
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    I have (and the tire store should too, if they're any good) a device that will read sensors through the tires. If only you were on this side of the country, I would gladly check it for you


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    And if you were in Canada you could (for now) drop kick the sensors off the end of the driveway. :)
     
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    Addition correction - Today light was flashing for about 30 seconds on startup. It is very possible the light was doing that before, I normally don't look there when backing out.
    Resolution - back to the tire store, after a half hour of working with a scanner the first guy gave up but the second guy reprogrammed the sensors in 5 minutes. all OK now.
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    Update, this Morning (9/17/2015) the light came on again while driving. Light was steady, not flashing but when I got to the tire store the tire pressures were all OK. the technician worked for 20 minutes and got the light to go out but he could not tell me why it came on again. His suggestion was to go to Toyota and buy sensors from them. Discount tire would then refund the cost of their sensors.
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    Yeah the "universal programmable" sensors sometimes work but are not the same as OEM


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    Had the same issue, but went a totally different route and much cheaper than the StealerShip.
     
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