TPMS...Here and There

[fowlken8]

I have enjoyed the absence of the engine light but I've realized my TPMS is on 80% of the time.

Right now it isn't. 8 drives so far from my count. Why would my TPMS stay off here and there? I hate the exclamation point and warning. Could weak batteries cause this? A faulty sensor?

09 H3 Luxury, Adventure.

 

[Exodus]

mine does the same in winter,after tires warm up tpm will go off after a restart

 

[Jeepwalker]

How old are they? Batteries could be getting weak.

What a crappy feature (TPMS), IMO, be nice if a guy could turn it off permanently. It's more for dufus' who don't ever look at their tires.

 

[fowlken8]

I have no idea how old they are. I guess I need to stop being lazy and go to Discount Tire and have them scan the things.

I just hate it. I hate error lights and warnings. And who the heck is so out of it, that they never check their tires lol damn people.

In the "what did you do lately" thread, someone says they did some custom flash on the BCM and turned off TPMS forever! I'm not smart enough to do that. He should offer it as a service. $50 and we pay shipping lol

 

[Jeepwalker]

Hmmm, that's good info (turning off the TPMS). Thanks for the update. I'm going to have to read up on that thread. I wouldn't mind turning mine off too. The last I had read guys hadn't figured out how to do it, but that was a few months ago.

 

[alrock]

Old batteries could easily be the issue. Or not resetting them after a five tire rotation.

TPMS aided me twice in the past several months on other vehicles as I got flat tires while driving. Neither was a blowout. Both deflated over about two miles, and allowed me to get to a safe place to change the tire without destroying the tire. Annoying when it doesn't work and lights stay on, but it can be very helpful too. I would not have likely realized I had tires going down until the tires were completely flat if TPMS had not warned me.