Well it looks like an affordable option is coming soon from ATEQ for the DIY's such as myself.

http://www.ateq-tpmsreset.com/TPMS_Reset_Tools.html

It looks like they are coming out with the TPMS Reset which will plug into the ECU. It's not available yet though. Gotta love when they put stuff on their website which isn't available to the public yet.

Thank you revvin9k for your help but I can't see spending $1200 for the Bartec 400. That's a little rich for my blood

 

I wish I could help you guys out. I'll try to convince my boss to buy another one and i'll just rent it out to Evom for $5. lol


I hate to be the bearer of bad news though, that TPMS tool pictured above will NOT work with MOST systems.

 

Confirming only one set of sensors can be registered at once.

you can either swap the original sensors when putting new wheels (in which case they will work without further steps), or put new sensors and then get them registered.

rotating tires makes no difference

currently there's no AM tool that will register sensors and the Mitsu tool is $5K and you have to be a dealer to get one.

 

Even this tool that isn't available yet.....?? It's supposed to put the ECU in learn mode. Damn Mitsu! Leave it to them to make things difficult.

 

I guess I do have another question then. So if you rotate your tires and move each wheel to a new location do you have to reprogram the sensors? From what I've read it seams like with the Mitsu setup, if you move a wheel to a new location you have to reprogram the sensor. Maybe I'm off my rocker....

 

you can't just take the sensors off one wheel and put it in another one and expect them to work; you'll still have to re-calibrate unless you carefully put the sensor back in the exact same position and the same wheel; this is what a friend at mistubishi services told me;

 

tire rotation/location does not matter when it comes to mitsu tpms sensors. the problem comes in when switching wheels. if you are able to remove wheels, dismount tires, remount tires and re-install wheels "without turning the ignition on" it should be fine. the problem comes in when driving without the sensors installed. even in the trunk with a spare installed, if you drive like that it sets the service light. basically, the system will keep a set of sensors registered regardless of location or change as long as they are always on the car when the ignition is on. if you are just keeping a separate set of rims/sensors/tires for summer and winter, youre gonna have to re-program every time you do the swap. and get this, even if you have your summer tires/rims programmed and then swap to winter tires/rims without swapping sensors, come summertime when you put the summer wheel setup back on, youre gonna have to reprogram that anyways cause, thats right, its been driven without the sensors. crappy setup but thats what were stuck with

 

^^^^^^^^^^

That pretty much sums it up.

 

F'in A that sucks!!!!!!!!!!

 

Just to reiterate.

If you use the sensors that are registered you can swap them to new wheels and you will not have to re-register them, as long as you don't drive it without them (as has been mentioned).

Rotating tires and moving positions, or swapping them to new wheels DOES NOT AFFECT THE SENSORS. You will not have to re-register just because you did a rotate or wheel swap.

If you buy new sensors they will have to be registered, this requires Mitsu's software.

having to register new sensors and having to use the factory's software is pretty much industry wide.

TPMS is a government mandated system, it's not really the manufactures fault

blame the SUV's and CRAP Firestone tires, that's the original source of the problem.

 

It's possible some new stuff coming out may work. Just like the VIII's where they backwards engineer the tune software, they will eventually figure out the Mitsu TPMS software and we'll see AM stuff that works, there's probably a market for it.

 

No, I don't blame Mitsu for the TPMS. That blame mainly resides on the Ford Exploder and Firestone tires of a few years back. It does seem like Mitsu is one of the manufacturers that went with the more difficult way to program new (virgin) sensors. They could have made it easier like some of the domestic manufactures but hey they're in it to make money in their service department too. From a business point of view it's an easy way to make extra money. I'd gladly go back to my local Mitsu Service Department and have them program new sensors each time I changed from my Summer and Winter package if I trusted them but I wouldn't let them change a light bulb on my car.

 

does wal mart have the stuff to just reprogram at there tire center if so when i change will just let my friend hook me up he does every thing else free

 

Doubt it. Every local tire shop I called can not reprogram the sensors.

 

Sounds like a pain in the ar$e. glad they didn't put them in the Oz version