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Posted: Sep 26 2011 at 10:08pm \| IP Logged

I have a 2005 Nissan Frontier LE Crew Cab. The other day my low tire pressure light came on the dash and so I checked all the tires.

I was most pissed off to find the metal caps on the metal valve stems had almost seized on and I was not able to turn them easily. I got 3 of 4 off and then resorted to pliers for the 4th and of course busted the damn thing right off.

THEN I find out the damn tire pressure sensor thing is part of the valve stem and is like $90 to replace and then anywhere from $30-$60 to "reporgram" to the vehicle's computer! What a load of crap!!

I'm sure someone else has busted one of these stupid things off and had to replace them. I think the Nissan Dealer here is trying to screw me big time! $200 to get this thing working again!?? What a crock!

Can someone point me in the right direction of where I can buy a new one of these things for a reasonable price, and does it really require a Nissan Dealer to program it to the vehicle?

Failing this, is there a way to disable to tire pressure sensor light on the dash? I'm so pissed off that Nissan would even put these things on the vehicle if they are $200 to replace! I'd just as soon replace it with a standard valve stem and disable the light, if possible, and be done with it! I check my tire pressure when needed anyway..I really don't need a $200 replacement part to tell me! Grrrrr...

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

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Posted: Sep 27 2011 at 1:55pm \| IP Logged

I feel your pain! Put some black electrical tape over the light...

I think all vehicles come with this crap now days... so ask me why I'm still driving my 13 year old Frontier. And the tire sensors is not the only problem with new all new vehicles. Some of the new crap is Electric.. throttle control, electric power steering pumps, Electric A/C pumps, keyless igintion systems... but they might go back to air cooled engines...

The computerized / motorized electric throttle on our '08 Camry really sucks!!! other than that and the computerized tramsmission it's a great car.

The computor controlled Auto Transmissions don't shift as well as the old GM TH-400s back in the mid 1970s.

I never had to replace a fuel pump on a model A Ford... They didn't have/need one!

Take care.. Don S..

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Posted: Sep 30 2011 at 7:42pm \| IP Logged

Be sure to replace the caps with plastic ones, Try ebay for
a sensor. It takes less than 5 minutes to register the
sensors, they will probably charge 1/2 hour labor to
replace the sensor. Having a good relationship with your
local dealer is very important in situations like these,
many times they will cut loyal customers a break.

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Posted: Sep 30 2011 at 7:52pm \| IP Logged

Just came across this Potential gem in the G35 Canada
area courtesy of zx10r_646:

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Like most of you I have summer and winter wheels , each
with tire pressure sensors. I have been searching for a
DIY so I do not have to take my vehicle to the dealer
every time I swap my wheels to register the tpms wheel
sensors.

I have finally found a way to reset the tpms and register
the pressure sensor IDs without any special tools (with
the help of OBD3 Solutions and their BLOG -
http://blog.obd3solutions.com/en/?p=20).

OBD3 found a way to reset and put the tpms into learning
mode with a piece of wire and then register the tpms
wheel sensor IDs using a wheel sensor activation tool. So
if you have a tool to activate the wheel pressure
sensors, you are all set to re-calibrate your wheels
sensors yourself.

But if you are like me and do not want to spend $300-$500
to purchase a wheel sensor activation tool such as the
KTI pst (www.ktipst.com), the service manual describes a
method of registering the wheel sensor IDs without the
use of an activation tool. All you have to do is alter
the pressure in each tire, put the tpms into learning
mode and drive the vehicle until all of the wheel
pressure sensors are registered.

So last night I experimented to see if I could use 1) the
ODB3 method to reset and put the tpms into learning mode
with 2) the method described in the service manual to
activate the wheel sensors without an activation tool.

It worked... after a little experimenting. The steps I
used to register my winter wheel sensors were:

1) set different tire pressures in each wheel: RF to
34psi, LF to 31psi, LR to 28 psi and RR to 26psi;
2) start engine;
3) perform the OBD3 procedure to reset and put the tpms
into learning mode - tpms warning light should be
blinking;
4) drive vehicle around at speeds greater than 40kph
until the tpms warning light stops blinking and turns
off. Note a short time later, the tpms warning light
should go on and stay on (since one or more of your
wheels will be lower that 28psi);
5) disconnect the wire from the connector; and
6) reinflate the tire pressure to spec. and drive around
until the tpms warning light turns off.

Larry
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With all the millions of TPMS threads that we've had over
the years, I'm in shock that these guys at
odb3solutions.com have figured it out. Many thanks to
Larry for bringing this to the forum and I'm sure you can
agree that the US folks should be seeing this as well.

My personal take? I'll continue looking at the warning
light over the winter. Too many hoops to jump through 2
times a year, not to mention some minimal risk of
electrical damage. Am I still impressed though -
absolutely.

Original thread:
TPMS for summer/winter wheels

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