I had new tires put on my car and have noticed that they put the wheels back on the wrong side so now the pressure sensors report to the wrong side in the DIC.

Is there a way to correct this easily? I would rather live with it that have the tires demounted.

 

The sensors don't know where they are in the car. They just respond to the magnet which activates them. If they haven't been reactivated, just follow the instructions in the book to do so (or take it back to the dealer to have done). I use a little round ceramic magnet for this.

Howe do you know they are reading wrong?

 

 

I know they are wrong because I have a slow leak in one of the tires and the DIC tells me the right rear is low, it isn't it is the left rear that is low.

They must know where there are somehow. Waving a magnet near them will reset them?


[Modified by rgregory, 10:03 PM 7/3/2002]

 

Here is the proceedure for reprogramming the sensors if you decide to do so:

1) Turn ignition on
2) Press "Reset" button in order to clear any IPC display warning messages
3) Press and release the "Options" button on the DIC to scroll through the display options until the IPC display is blank
4) Press and hold the DIC "Reset" button for 3 seconds
5) Press the "Options" button again until TIRE TRAINING message appears
6) Press "Reset" button until the IPC "Learn L Front Tire" message appears in order to begin the programming
7) Install the J41760 Tire Pressure Monitor (TPM) System Programming Tool (large magnet will do) over the left front valve stem
8) The horn will sound, indicating the left front TPM sensor is programmed (if this takes more than 15 seconds, pull magnet back and try again, it will give you three tries. Then you must start over)
9) When the horn sounds, proceed to program the next TPM sensor in the following order as directed by the IPC messages:
-Learn R Front Tire
-Learn R Rear Tire
-Learn L Rear Tire

Programming can be canceled by turning ignition off, waiting 2 minutes with no sensors being learned, finishing all 4 wheels or through the DIC.

If the programming is canceled with less than 4 sensors learned, it will only accept the codes programmed up to that point.

:cheers:

 

Thank you.