TPMS, New or old.
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TPMS, New or old.
Just bought a new, used set of Gumbies. They came with sensors. Should I use my old one's or will the new one's work. What makes them work with the car. Do they have a battery or what?
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You may be able to use the new sensors but you know that your old ones will work.
TPMS sensors do have batteries that are designed to last 7-10 years.
2010 sensors (also used in the early 2011 models) are unique and will only work for those models as the sensor and systems were changed mid year in the 2011 model run.
Pre-2010 sensors work with all pre-2010 C6's I believe.
In any event you will probably need to reprogram the sensors (unless you use your old ones, in the same positions as before) for the car to register the pressures correctly.
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with Chris (cclive) - why not just use the sensors in the Gumbies?Butt....like ncvette_1FUNRIDE said - depends on what year your car is and what year car the sensors come from.
I looked in your profile, but there's no info in there about your car, where you're located, etc. Sometimes that info helps us understand whether stuff like you're trying to do will work or not, and whether somebody local with a TPMS tool can get together to do the relearn procedure for you to program the new set of sensors into your TPMS.
The TPMS computer in the 2005-2009 requires one model sensor, and the 2010-2013 TPMS requires a different sensor.
So....what year is your car, and what year is the car the Gumbies and sensors come from??
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Mine is a 2006. I'm checking with the seller on the ones I bought.
Another thing the Schrader valves are missing. I've read you have to go back with the right kind because of dissimilar metals. Is this true.
I will work on my profile. Not very good with that kind of stuff.
Another thing the Schrader valves are missing. I've read you have to go back with the right kind because of dissimilar metals. Is this true.
I will work on my profile. Not very good with that kind of stuff.
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Just take a photo of the sensors and post it here. BFZ06 will know which ones they are. 
Hope they are not green. Those would be 2010 sensors.
I think you need the grey ones but not sure on that.
Hope they are not green. Those would be 2010 sensors.
I think you need the grey ones but not sure on that.
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Many times on here, someone has said that his new wheel sensors have programmed themselves automatically...when in fact the car was just continuing to read his old wheels that were still sitting in a corner of the garage. The car does not know whether a particular wheel is actually on the car or is just nearby in the garage.
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Many times on here, someone has said that his new wheel sensors have programmed themselves automatically...when in fact the car was just continuing to read his old wheels that were still sitting in a corner of the garage. The car does not know whether a particular wheel is actually on the car or is just nearby in the garage.
Has anyone tried converting to the new GM TPS that have a rubber valve stem that snaps into the wheel, and a separate sensor so the valve stem can be replaced without buying the whole sensor?
Also, since the core of the stem is brass, no more corrosion problems.
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Surely Corvette Forum members are smarter than that. Unless, they never drive the car outside of the garage.
Has anyone tried converting to the new GM TPS that have a rubber valve stem that snaps into the wheel, and a separate sensor so the valve stem can be replaced without buying the whole sensor?
Also, since the core of the stem is brass, no more corrosion problems.
Has anyone tried converting to the new GM TPS that have a rubber valve stem that snaps into the wheel, and a separate sensor so the valve stem can be replaced without buying the whole sensor?
Also, since the core of the stem is brass, no more corrosion problems.
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I thought the Gumby wheel was an option on the 2008, 2009, 2010 cars.
The first months of 2008 were the original 5-spoke design, but after that I thought the Gumbys were available through the end of MY2010.
The first months of 2008 were the original 5-spoke design, but after that I thought the Gumbys were available through the end of MY2010.
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I think I will stay with the ones on the car. The ones that came with the wheels I bought are a year older, 2005. Mine are 2006. The car reads them fine, and they are a year newer.
Thanks for all the advise. There is so much to these cars, and I'm just greeting started.
Thanks for all the advise. There is so much to these cars, and I'm just greeting started.
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Our C6 sensors have aluminum valve stems and there would be the concern of dissimilar metal corrosion, so they started making the sensors with rubber stems for the cars with cheap steel wheels.
I don't think (but I'm not sure) there are any of the rubber stem sensors compatible with the 2005-2009 Vettes. The sensors used in those model years were also only used in some Cadillac models.
However, the sensor in the 2010+ C6 are also used in a bunch of other GM vehicles including the Saturn, Equinox, HHR that have steel wheels.
I see no reason to have a black rubber valve stem sticking out of my wheels, but if you have black wheels maybe they would be a good cosmetic feature.
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