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So a while back I bought a second set of wheels so that I could have a summer set and a winter set. Great idea right?
However, the winter tires (which was the new set i bought with the rims), caused the TPMS Maintenance required error. Took the car back to the dealer (with my summer tires which had the OEM sensors in them) and after about half an hour they swore by god that they had taken the TPMS codes from each of the summer tires and cloned them onto the winter tires. Went back home and dropped off the summer tires and drove around for a bit. The TPMS error never managed to disappeared from the dash.
They ended up just unmounting my winter and summer tires and putting the OEM TPM sensors back in.
Am i missing something? I feel like the cloning should have worked right? I've seen a couple forums where guys are offering services doing essentially the same thing.
However, the winter tires (which was the new set i bought with the rims), caused the TPMS Maintenance required error. Took the car back to the dealer (with my summer tires which had the OEM sensors in them) and after about half an hour they swore by god that they had taken the TPMS codes from each of the summer tires and cloned them onto the winter tires. Went back home and dropped off the summer tires and drove around for a bit. The TPMS error never managed to disappeared from the dash.
They ended up just unmounting my winter and summer tires and putting the OEM TPM sensors back in.
Am i missing something? I feel like the cloning should have worked right? I've seen a couple forums where guys are offering services doing essentially the same thing.
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So a while back I bought a second set of wheels so that I could have a summer set and a winter set. Great idea right?
However, the winter tires (which was the new set i bought with the rims), caused the TPMS Maintenance required error. Took the car back to the dealer (with my summer tires which had the OEM sensors in them) and after about half an hour they swore by god that they had taken the TPMS codes from each of the summer tires and cloned them onto the winter tires. Went back home and dropped off the summer tires and drove around for a bit. The TPMS error never managed to disappeared from the dash.
They ended up just unmounting my winter and summer tires and putting the OEM TPM sensors back in.
Am i missing something? I feel like the cloning should have worked right? I've seen a couple forums where guys are offering services doing essentially the same thing.
However, the winter tires (which was the new set i bought with the rims), caused the TPMS Maintenance required error. Took the car back to the dealer (with my summer tires which had the OEM sensors in them) and after about half an hour they swore by god that they had taken the TPMS codes from each of the summer tires and cloned them onto the winter tires. Went back home and dropped off the summer tires and drove around for a bit. The TPMS error never managed to disappeared from the dash.
They ended up just unmounting my winter and summer tires and putting the OEM TPM sensors back in.
Am i missing something? I feel like the cloning should have worked right? I've seen a couple forums where guys are offering services doing essentially the same thing.
Last edited by TPMS N.G.S.; Mar 18, 2015 at 07:16 PM.
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Yeah I think on the drive home the car was reading the tpms sensors from your summer tires because they were in your car. The winter tires you were driving on "did not exist" to the car. When you removed the summer tires from the trunk/backseat whatever the car started looking for the tpms sensor IDs it has stored and could not find them in proximity. So dash light.
Dealership (selling OEM sensors) can't clone the sensor. OEM ID tags are set and not changeable. The car can only store and read one set. So someone at the dealership sold you a good story but not a good fix.
Dealership (selling OEM sensors) can't clone the sensor. OEM ID tags are set and not changeable. The car can only store and read one set. So someone at the dealership sold you a good story but not a good fix.
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Yeah I think on the drive home the car was reading the tpms sensors from your summer tires because they were in your car. The winter tires you were driving on "did not exist" to the car. When you removed the summer tires from the trunk/backseat whatever the car started looking for the tpms sensor IDs it has stored and could not find them in proximity. So dash light.
Dealership (selling OEM sensors) can't clone the sensor. OEM ID tags are set and not changeable. The car can only store and read one set. So someone at the dealership sold you a good story but not a good fix.
Dealership (selling OEM sensors) can't clone the sensor. OEM ID tags are set and not changeable. The car can only store and read one set. So someone at the dealership sold you a good story but not a good fix.
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The OEM sensors could have been emitting a signal for a while after they were taken off the car. Sensors do not go dormant instantly after they stop moving.
or..
The car sometimes takes a while before the TPMS memory clears. I have swapped non tpms tires into a car and the warning light has not come on for 30 minutes.
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