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Defeating the TPM
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From: chandler az
Defeating the TPM
Has anybody defeated the Tire Pressure Monitor (TPM) with hardware? Those things annoy me and I wanted to find a way to either jumper them out or give it some kind of bogus reading with a resistor.
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No can do, programming them out is the only option, and that's not even an option for the early models I seem to recall. Why do they annoy you? The only time I know I have them is when I HAVE LOW PRESSURE IN A TIRE!
Might want to read this:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...s-warning.html
I doubt any dealer will do this for you (liability). You might find a tuner that has a tech II.
Might want to read this:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...s-warning.html
I doubt any dealer will do this for you (liability). You might find a tuner that has a tech II.
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I want to be able to swap out a set of track tires and not have to buy TPM sensors for a new different set of rims. From what I can tell they sense through the keyless entry system so it can be programmed out (not on all cars) or a dummy detector will have to be made.
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No can do, programming them out is the only option, and that's not even an option for the early models I seem to recall. Why do they annoy you? The only time I know I have them is when I HAVE LOW PRESSURE IN A TIRE!
Might want to read this:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...s-warning.html
I doubt any dealer will do this for you (liability). You might find a tuner that has a tech II.
Might want to read this:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...s-warning.html
I doubt any dealer will do this for you (liability). You might find a tuner that has a tech II.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Unless your BCM has been changed you can't program out the TPMS on '97 to '00 cars. The change was made in '01 to accommodate the Z06 cars which did not come with run flats or sensors. Unless Canadian cars are different?
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Do you still have sensors on your wheels? When you page through the gauges on your DIC what does it say when you get to the tire pressure readings? What program did your tuner use to eliminate the TPMS?
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
I just checked the auction site and they have used BCM's '01-'04 for $175.00. Not a bad price if you wanted to get rid of the TPMS if it could be used with the old PCM. If you were going to change to the later model PCM to take advantage of the improved VE tables including the BCM change would also make sense.
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Must be the luck of the draw.
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I don’t run sensors in my wintertime wheels and tires and the past 3 seasons and the warning has only popped up 3 or 4 times and that was in the span of one week in one season. The DIC just shows a blank where the pressure would normally be for each wheel.
Must be the luck of the draw.
Must be the luck of the draw.
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No, that's not it. On a 2000 the sensors will wake up and send data after a speed of 10 - 15 mph and go to sleep after 1 minute of being stationary. If they only transmitted once an hour they really would not be worth much.