I recently purchased a set of '07 OEM Journey wheels for winter backups to the stock S wheels, the new wheels do not have the TPMS sensors as the original owner kept them for himself. I am getting ready to install them later this week as temps have begun to hit 40° at night and I have a question regarding the TPMS:

After I re-install the stock 18's in the spring time do I need to re-register the sensors with the car to clear the TPMS warning light or will it just be plug and play? I don't see why I would need to re-register since the same wheels will be going back in the same locations, however, I asked my local service department the other day and was told that there is a $50 fee for re-registering and that they must be re-registered, but I have a feeling that they could be biased.

What do you guys up north do?

 

no need ... they are already matched to the car.

Re-installing stock wheels will clear error light.

 

That's exactly what I thought. Just proves you have to take what the service department says with a grain of salt.

 

I just put a set of 17's on for winter. I didn't buy the TPMS sensors, but I am not getting the warning light on my dash. I have driven the car over 25km/hr required to engage the warning, but everything seems fine. Is the warning light showing up since you installed your rims without TPMS?

 

I run 18" all summer without TPS and the dash light is always on for the sensor which doesn't bother me.
Then I just reinstalled my OEM 17s with TPS for winter and the dash light goes out.
No need to recalibrate.

 

I agree - I couldn't care less if the light was on the whole time, but for some strange reason the light doesn't come on. I probably shouldn't complain, but wasn't sure if there is actualy something wrong with the car, since the light doesn't come on when I have no TPMS sensors in the aftermarket rims.

 

How many miles have you put on it with the new wheels? Don't ask me why...but when I changed wheels around it took about 75 miles before the light came on. Very strange indeed...but true. Once it came on it didn't go back off until I fixed my TPMS.

 

^ You might want to ask your dealer to take a look at that. If the light isn't coming on when the sensors are off the car, how can you be sure that they are working at all?

 

I just put my winters on for the season this past Monday and had this same issue. Initially I didn't get the TPMS warning light, but it finally came on yesterday evening (Wednesday) after 20-30 miles of driving at up to 80mph. I'm not sure why the vehicle took so long to identify the missing TMPS sensors, and now a bit concerned that it wouldn't identify a low-pressure situation on a wheel with the sensor in a timely manner.

 

The light came on and won't go away now, so I guess it's all good. Not really good that there is a delay, but at least it seems to be normal for all G35's.

 

It will be on all winter now, as mine was all summer.