TPMS cannot be deleted
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Thanks for the suggestion. So if I can find any 2001 or later car, remove the receiver and swap it with the one in my car, and also get the 2001+key fobs, I should be able to then delete the TPMS. Can I use ANY 2001+ key fobs or must they be from the car where I get the receiver? Finally, what is the technical name of the receiver for the TPMS and key fobs?
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It's called a remote control door lock receiver or RCDLR. You need one from a 01-04 Z06 where the TPMS is ALREADY turned off. If you put one into your 98 model year car from a non-Z06 with the TPMS active then it CAN NOT be turned off by a tech II while in your car.
There was a used parts seller that sold used Z06 modules to a few forum members who were upgrading their early model car to the newer sensors and fobs. When they installed the module there was no ability to program the tire pressure sensors. One member tried to switch the TPMS on with their TechII and there was no setting. So, the RCDLR works with the BCM somehow to turn the TPMS on and off. No 01-04 BCM means no ability to change the setting no matter what RCDLR is installed.
Any 01-04 fob can work because you can program the fob to the car.
The C5 sensors have to be rotating to transmit so putting them in a storage compartment or putting them in an aired up tube in a storage compartment doesn't work.
There was a used parts seller that sold used Z06 modules to a few forum members who were upgrading their early model car to the newer sensors and fobs. When they installed the module there was no ability to program the tire pressure sensors. One member tried to switch the TPMS on with their TechII and there was no setting. So, the RCDLR works with the BCM somehow to turn the TPMS on and off. No 01-04 BCM means no ability to change the setting no matter what RCDLR is installed.
Any 01-04 fob can work because you can program the fob to the car.
The C5 sensors have to be rotating to transmit so putting them in a storage compartment or putting them in an aired up tube in a storage compartment doesn't work.
Great explanation and very clear. Thanks!
