Weird Tire Pressure Sensor Problem
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From: kingston springs tn
Weird Tire Pressure Sensor Problem
i have a 98 coupe, got new tires back in december, sears mounted them, and i didnt kno too much about the sensors at the time. once mounted the only two of the sensors would say the psi.. try to reprogram them myself, read the thread on how to and went and bought a 15lb craftsman magnet, This is where is gets weird. the dic will say train L front so i go to the L front and it wont read(im holding the magnet by the stem) but if i go to the Right front it honks almost immediately, then it says learn R front go to Left front and it wont read it but if i go to the rear R it will honk asap..... then it goes on like it is learning everything normally, but i cant get the Left side wheels to learn.....anyone ever heard this b4, does anyone kno what it could b? any way to fix it, should it b sears fault since they did do the tires without informing me of waht could happen, should they pay to have them reprogrammed? Am i just totaly crazy and sears did what i payed them to do? does getting the tires balanced every time i get my oil changed going to run my into the reprogramming problems again? can some one help me out, thanks for reading this long post/problem....josh
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It sounds like the senors on the left side might have gone bad. If the car said relearn the L fr and you put the magnet on the R fr the car thinks it is the L fr and the psi reading will be for the wrong tire you need to relean in order and if the sensor (s) dodn't work You may have to replace some of them GOOD LUCK
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Originally Posted by jad8610
thanks, i knew it would put them in the wrong order, but i was afraid i would have to buy the new sensors.
To check the left rear, start again the procedure, and when he asks for left front go to that left rear. If the horn does not sound, also this one has gone bad.
Once I got a new sensor from the dealer that was alread dead before we put it into the rim!!!(BTW: made in Great Britain
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Sounds to me like you have a bad sensor.
