Guys,
Help with this unbelievable, most ridiculous thing I have witnessed so far.
So, last fall I buy second set of wheels for Sienna for snow tires. I put TPMS sensors on wheels. Well, sam eday, blinking light shows up on dash board like something is wrong with sensors. OK, went back to Discount Tire where they said that my sensors need to be registered. I was like dumbfounded that this uber reliable, super simple manufacturer called Toyota has such system, but whatever, they registered sensors, everything was fine.
Fast forward to yesterday. I take off snow tires, put back all seasons in garage, take car for a spin and to check pressure and again, blinking TPMS light. I was at that point seriously confused. So, rewinding tape, I figured that maybe DT guy deleted old sensors from ECU, so I go this morning to dealership to ask if they can shed some light on this mystery that is on par with launching space shuttle. Apparently TPMS is super complex for Toyota engineers. So, according to Toyota guys, every time I switch wheels, I have to register sensors. Now, I would really like to sit down with person who figured that kind of system, and have a lunch, just to see what is going on (or not) in his or her head, but can someone point on any good OBD tool that can deal with this stupidity? Any advice is useful except one I got from dealership: just keep same wheels on.
Edit: Per TOY-2 procedure, every time wheels are swapped sensors must be registered by OBD tool. So, if anyone knows good OBD tool for this ridicilous thing, I would appreciate.
Help with this unbelievable, most ridiculous thing I have witnessed so far.
So, last fall I buy second set of wheels for Sienna for snow tires. I put TPMS sensors on wheels. Well, sam eday, blinking light shows up on dash board like something is wrong with sensors. OK, went back to Discount Tire where they said that my sensors need to be registered. I was like dumbfounded that this uber reliable, super simple manufacturer called Toyota has such system, but whatever, they registered sensors, everything was fine.
Fast forward to yesterday. I take off snow tires, put back all seasons in garage, take car for a spin and to check pressure and again, blinking TPMS light. I was at that point seriously confused. So, rewinding tape, I figured that maybe DT guy deleted old sensors from ECU, so I go this morning to dealership to ask if they can shed some light on this mystery that is on par with launching space shuttle. Apparently TPMS is super complex for Toyota engineers. So, according to Toyota guys, every time I switch wheels, I have to register sensors. Now, I would really like to sit down with person who figured that kind of system, and have a lunch, just to see what is going on (or not) in his or her head, but can someone point on any good OBD tool that can deal with this stupidity? Any advice is useful except one I got from dealership: just keep same wheels on.
Edit: Per TOY-2 procedure, every time wheels are swapped sensors must be registered by OBD tool. So, if anyone knows good OBD tool for this ridicilous thing, I would appreciate.
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