baxsus

Hey!
I’ve put a set of new Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 for the winter at Discount Tire but can’t reset TPMS. I’m following the procedure, waiting for the light to blink 3 times, then wait for several minutes with power on. After driving for like half hour the emergency light starts blinking but shortly after goes out, no readings on pressure. I haven’t changed rims or sensors so don’t need programming ID’s in I think. Should I wait for readings to appear during “wait for several minutes with power on” procedure? 2014 model.

Mike728

Shouldn't Discount Tire have done this for you? Whenever I buy tires, they always reprogram them as part of the service if necessary.

baxsus

I thought they took care of it but something is wrong. I’ll definitely stop by to get it sorted out.

Tootsall

Are your winter tires on a different set of rims? If they are, did the tire shop install a new set of TPMS sensors? If they did, did they also clone them to match the ID codes of the originals? If they used the original rims and left the original sensors in place then something is wrong...perhaps a sensor got damaged during the changeout;. Yes, go back to the shop and ask for the manager.

baxsus

I’ve not replaced neither rims nor sensors.

Tootsall

Then I guess you should be talking to the manager...if they have a TPMS "tool", get him to check them individually.

baxsus

That’s what I did. A guy just walked around my car with the tool and scanned each sensor and they started working.

Tootsall

Gotta love the simplest solutions!

baxsus

The simplest solution had stopped working as soon as I turned the engine over this morning. Readings just disappeared. ):

egk2lexus

This happened to me after getting a tire rotation, I did reset procedure with the button under drivers side, was all good until the temps started dropping. Now I have to reset it to get the readings back every now and then. I suspect the previous owner used aftermarket tpms, I will deal with it when I get new tires.

Tootsall

The lower temperatures probably dropped the pressure below the alarm point and when you reset it, you just reset the alarm point at the lower pressure. To prevent that, do a reset with the pressures about 30 psi and then raise the pressures back up to 33 but do not reset the TPMS. That will give you an extra 3 psi on the low side for those extra cold days that you experience in Michigan. (ie...instead of alarming at, say 29 psi you won't get an alarm until 26 psi) Every 10 deg F of temperature drop represents 1 psi of pressure drop in the tires.)

egk2lexus

Good point, thanks! Will worry about it in the spring, just threw my winter wheels on, no tpms.

Mikes01pet

they actually do that as part of the tire installation ? The place i brought tires to for installationsaid yo
we can't just do that for anybody it cost money you know. and I can never get 4 matching reading. Going for tire rotation tomorrow to a different place. I'll ask the. If they do it.

Tootsall

I think there is some confusion in terminology here: resetting the TPMS is done by just pushing that button under the dash. This is required when the sensors may end up in different locations than when they were last used...as happens when tires are rotated or remounted. Programming requires that new or different sensors have different ID codes than what the car's computer is looking for and requires a much more involved process. That's why when, after buying aftermarket sensors, you need to ensure that they are "cloned" so that the ID codes match the codes of the OEM sensors just taken off.

Mikes01pet

boy I guess there is miss information, I can't believe tire installer didn't know that. Thank you
I am going to try that