tire sensors question
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tire sensors question
I have done the reading on this and appear to know this much :
- 97- 2000 cars cannot turn the sensor monitors off like post 2000 cars can through the DIC. My uderstanding is , and please correct me if I am wrong , that the module that monitors this activity is in the driver's door .
The question is , can a 97- 2000 car upgrade to a post 2000 module where the owner will become capable of turning this feature off ? has that been tried ?
or is it completely different ? I know if nothing else the post 2000 sensors are half as expensive , by upgrading the module that may allow the use of these sensors instead , espcially since from what i have read as well that the older style sensors are no longer in production , so what happens as our cars age and no more sensors are available ???
thanks
- 97- 2000 cars cannot turn the sensor monitors off like post 2000 cars can through the DIC. My uderstanding is , and please correct me if I am wrong , that the module that monitors this activity is in the driver's door .
The question is , can a 97- 2000 car upgrade to a post 2000 module where the owner will become capable of turning this feature off ? has that been tried ?
or is it completely different ? I know if nothing else the post 2000 sensors are half as expensive , by upgrading the module that may allow the use of these sensors instead , espcially since from what i have read as well that the older style sensors are no longer in production , so what happens as our cars age and no more sensors are available ???
thanks
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Originally Posted by corvettezman
I have done the reading on this and appear to know this much :
- 97- 2000 cars cannot turn the sensor monitors off like post 2000 cars can through the DIC. My uderstanding is , and please correct me if I am wrong , that the module that monitors this activity is in the driver's door .
The question is , can a 97- 2000 car upgrade to a post 2000 module where the owner will become capable of turning this feature off ? has that been tried ?
or is it completely different ? I know if nothing else the post 2000 sensors are half as expensive , by upgrading the module that may allow the use of these sensors instead , espcially since from what i have read as well that the older style sensors are no longer in production , so what happens as our cars age and no more sensors are available ???
thanks
- 97- 2000 cars cannot turn the sensor monitors off like post 2000 cars can through the DIC. My uderstanding is , and please correct me if I am wrong , that the module that monitors this activity is in the driver's door .
The question is , can a 97- 2000 car upgrade to a post 2000 module where the owner will become capable of turning this feature off ? has that been tried ?
or is it completely different ? I know if nothing else the post 2000 sensors are half as expensive , by upgrading the module that may allow the use of these sensors instead , espcially since from what i have read as well that the older style sensors are no longer in production , so what happens as our cars age and no more sensors are available ???
thanks
Paul
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Originally Posted by corvettezman
I have done the reading on this and appear to know this much :
- 97- 2000 cars cannot turn the sensor monitors off like post 2000 cars can through the DIC.
This is correct
My uderstanding is , and please correct me if I am wrong , that the module that monitors this activity is in the driver's door .
This is incorrect, the BCM is in the floor well on the passengers side.. The receiver is on the drivers side inside the trunk under the carpet...The door control module is in the door
The question is , can a 97- 2000 car upgrade to a post 2000 module where the owner will become capable of turning this feature off ? has that been tried ?
No it can not
or is it completely different ? I know if nothing else the post 2000 sensors are half as expensive , by upgrading the module that may allow the use of these sensors instead , espcially since from what i have read as well that the older style sensors are no longer in production
I dont know where you read that, but it was probably from some know it all here....We have many... They are in production as we speak..They are all date stamped. I just bought a set that were manufactured three months before I bought them with a date stamp of 08/05..These are the gen 1 sensors for my 99
so what happens as our cars age and no more sensors are available ???
They will be making those sensor for many years to come...
thanks
- 97- 2000 cars cannot turn the sensor monitors off like post 2000 cars can through the DIC.
This is correct
My uderstanding is , and please correct me if I am wrong , that the module that monitors this activity is in the driver's door .
This is incorrect, the BCM is in the floor well on the passengers side.. The receiver is on the drivers side inside the trunk under the carpet...The door control module is in the door
The question is , can a 97- 2000 car upgrade to a post 2000 module where the owner will become capable of turning this feature off ? has that been tried ?
No it can not
or is it completely different ? I know if nothing else the post 2000 sensors are half as expensive , by upgrading the module that may allow the use of these sensors instead , espcially since from what i have read as well that the older style sensors are no longer in production
I dont know where you read that, but it was probably from some know it all here....We have many... They are in production as we speak..They are all date stamped. I just bought a set that were manufactured three months before I bought them with a date stamp of 08/05..These are the gen 1 sensors for my 99
so what happens as our cars age and no more sensors are available ???
They will be making those sensor for many years to come...
thanks
Bill aka ET
Last edited by Evil-Twin; Apr 25, 2006 at 08:44 AM.
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