I know tpms needs to be reprogrammed when putting in new ones but can they self pair to the vehicle? I'm asking because I swapped the oem 17s on my coupe for rays that came with tires and tpms sensors but my tpms light never turned on. do I still need to get them reprogrammed?

 

As long as you swapped the wheel transmitters then you're fine. Test by lowering psi in a tire to 25 or so. TPMS should light up.

 

i left the ones that came with the new wheels not the originals. that why I'm stumped that no tpms light came on.

 

I think TPMS senders still only come in a couple different frequencies and they were designed to be "mostly" interchangable... German's do different things... As long as the reciever gets the correct frequency at each wheel then it sends the OK signal back. Someone might come in and correct me but I don't THINK the ones on our vehicle were dealer-specific programmable type ones.

 

Still, verify the system is working by deflating a tire more to more than 25% loss and see if the light turns on the dash just to verify the system is working as intended.

 

just got a 2008 with sensor error on good tires, any advice on where to get deals on this nissan tpms sensor set? thx

 

eBay usually has some good deals, just be careful which brand you buy. Do your research before hitting the buy button.

 

Any large tire stores across our country have the ability to correct the frequency of the TPMS. They can also check the battery power letting you know if they need replacement.
Gary

 

I bought OE sensors brand new and they died after only two years. It would be smart to go aftermarket at this point.

 

well i my tpms system failed to alert me that i had low tire pressure on my trip. went to have my tire checked out and its not good. Have to buy a new set. Now how can i check if the sensor dont work or if its the system that its not operating properly?

 

Air down tires to 25psi individually and drive to make sure the light comes on. A short trip at 25psi isn't going to hurt anything but anything below 31 psi should turn the light on. After you air the tire back up it takes about 1/4 mile for the light to turn off, rinse/repeat for every tire.

 

Ask your dealer, mine will test each sensor individually. If it’s as old as the car you should replace them all.

 

it was a long drive lol shreded the tire on the insde so i was driving on it pretty low for a while. my question is, if the sensor where bad wouldnt i get the flashing low pressure light on the dash?

 

Only if it failed to send a signal, it might just be stuck in the closed position so it never opens the switch when air pressure drops.

 

is there a way to reboot the system?