Sick of TPMS

[SwampSurvivor]

Originally Posted By: Trav
Put them in TPMS pipe bomb, install regular stems and forget it.


I googled that, except without the TPMS. I was worried that I was going to have black helicopters and suburbans outside in minutes.

 

[DBMaster]

I looked up TPMS "pipe bombs." I'll give someone points for creativity but I'll pass on having yet another device to maintain.

 

[Trav]

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-2nd-gen-2006-2013/328044-diy-tpms-canister-pipe-bomb.html

 

[Bgallagher]

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Originally Posted By: Bgallagher
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Gee, maybe everyone does TPMS differently.

On our GM products we simply bought our own tool for 20 bucks to sync the sensors. All 4 wheels are displayed independently. VERY nice feature to have on load range E tires at 80 psi.

On my sig car you do absolutely nothing. It is almost 11 years old now and I've never replaced anything but seals when I get tires. You can move a tire anywhere on the car and the system figures it out in seconds as you start driving.

Same with our RAM.

Nothing to complain about here...


Where did you buy the product for $20? I am looking for a relearn tool for my terrain


So sorry I bought it in 2013 and cannot remember. Likely an Amazon purchase...


No problem! They are running around $80 now. Wasn't sure if there was a better deal. Thanks!

 

[bladecutter]

Originally Posted By: greasegunn
Is anyone doing their own winter to summer tire change overs?


I do.
Fiat 500 Abarth and Mazda CX-5 both have their own sets of spare wheels and tires.

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With the advent of TPMS I haven’t been doing this lately because I cannot reset the TPMS on my Honda’s. It’s costing me about $180 per year per car to dismount, mount, and reset the TPMS.


That's a bummer.

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I suppose I could just buy the extra wheels and reset the TPMS at the beginning of the season but it is still a PITA to go to the shop and have this done. How are you guys handling TPMS? I don’t want to drive around with the light on. Anyone have their own (affordable) TPMS system tool?


Option 1 - If you can, don't buy a car that uses sensors mounted in the wheels.
Mazda is one of the companies that uses the wheel speed sensors for the ABS/TC systems to see if one wheel is traveling at a different rotation speed than the other 3.
My CX-5 meant that I can just buy whatever wheels I wanted, and mount snow tires to them, which I did.

Option 2 - If you can, but a car with a system that will identify new sensors on it's own, and not set the Low Tire Pressure light.
My wife's Fiat 500 Abarth is an example of this setup.
Last winter, I bought a set of wheels for a Fiat 500 Sport, and a set of Tire Pressure sensors, installed them myself in the wheels, and then dropped off the wheels to the local car shop to have the snow tires mounted to them. When the tires were mounted, I simply swapped them for the stock Abarth wheels that were on the car, and away I went.

Option 3 - Buy a TPMS kit that comes with the sensors you need, and a reset tool. These are available on Advance Autoparts, O-Reilly's, and many other parts places.

Option 4 - Buy a set of used wheels from your local salvage yard that has sensors still in them, plus a tool, and take care of it yourself.

Option 5 - Buy black tape, and stick it on your dash.

BC.

 

[SHOZ]

On my Accent the winter tires on the OEM rims have the TPMS but the summer tires do not. All I have to do is put the winters back on the car and drive a few miles for it to reset.

 

[Traction]

The indirect system that showed up in 2000 on some cars long before the government got involved, and made it a "law" in 2007, was by far the best set-up despite it's shortcomings. One, being you could drive on 4 flat tires, and not set the light. But, it worked great for picking up one low tire. Now, it is a total disaster. Several new OEM's have figured out how to comply with the law without sensors. The computer can figure it out now. The new indirect system should be able to be used on any car somehow, with a re-flash. Just dreaming.

 

[HTSS_TR]

More and more I love my old cars. Except my daughter 2014 Accord none of my cars has TPMS or any high tech features such as Blue-tooth, UBS, traction/stability control, key-less ignition, info-center LCD display ...

Less fancy features less headaches.

 

[bladecutter]

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
More and more I love my old cars. Except my daughter 2014 Accord none of my cars has TPMS or any high tech features such as Blue-tooth, UBS, traction/stability control, key-less ignition, info-center LCD display ...

Less fancy features less headaches.


Good for you that you like what you have.

On the other hand, I like the TPMS in all three car, the Bluetooth in all three cars (though the Fiat's system is less pleasant to set up), I'm not sure what UBS is, but all three of our cars have USB ports, so that we can hook up music to all three cars if we want, and we like that, but don't really use it very often, we REALLY like Traction Control, Stability Control, and ABS in our cars, the CX-5 is the only car with push button ignition, and I really do like that, and I like the LCD systems on the CX-5 and Cayman, because it makes things easier to work with in those displays.

So, you like your vehicles for your reasons, and I like my vehicles for my reasons.
And we're both happy about it.

BC.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
More and more I love my old cars. Except my daughter 2014 Accord none of my cars has TPMS or any high tech features such as Blue-tooth, UBS, traction/stability control, key-less ignition, info-center LCD display ...

Less fancy features less headaches.

Originally Posted By: Bladecutter
Good for you that you like what you have.

On the other hand, I like the TPMS in all three car, the Bluetooth in all three cars (though the Fiat's system is less pleasant to set up), I'm not sure what UBS is, but all three of our cars have USB ports, so that we can hook up music to all three cars if we want, and we like that, but don't really use it very often, we REALLY like Traction Control, Stability Control, and ABS in our cars, the CX-5 is the only car with push button ignition, and I really do like that, and I like the LCD systems on the CX-5 and Cayman, because it makes things easier to work with in those displays.

So, you like your vehicles for your reasons, and I like my vehicles for my reasons.
And we're both happy about it.

BC.

I was wrong, I mean USB.

I like simple things, the less features the better.

When I drive any car the only feature I may use other than driving is music from either radio or CD.

My daughter 2014 Honda Acord LX is the base version without any option, and I was intimidated by many buttons, knobs, switches ... It has 6-7" LCD screen infocenter, I had no idea how to use it, specially while driving. I couldn't turn on radio.

I wish there are newer car with minimum features like S2000, it doesn't have many buttons, switches to be confused. Other than necessaries like headlight switch, HVAC controls and stereo it has nothing else.

The base 2016 Honda Civic has many buttons and knobs too.