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Old Oct 25, 2021 | 06:54 PM
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Two weeks ago I had four tires put on my 99. Afterwords the two rear TPMS stopped reading. Brought it back and they said they were bad sensors.

So I ordered two new ones. Brought I back and now the two rear won't activate and one front won't activate.

Any ideas?

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Old Oct 25, 2021 | 11:59 PM
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Tell us how you initialized the system?
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Tire shop did it. They used an electronic tool, and then a magnet when that didn't work.
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I might consider bringing the car to a more knowledgeable shop, that knows how to do the weird corvette things. It should work without any weirdness.
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The C5 use a magnet, and the C6 uses a relearn tool.

I think if they don't know how, if they started using relearn tool.
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You didn't mention if either you or the tire store went thru the "Tire sensor training" process accessed via the DIC, here's a link to a quick video to relearn all the sensors


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Just an update in case anyone ever wanders across the same issue.

One of the sensors was bad out of the box. It's the one installed in the rear passenger side, so it's the third in line for learning.

Since that was bad, neither it nor the read drivers would learn.

Got it swapped, problem fixed.
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