Posted: 2/22/2010 11:33:22 AM EDT
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I know this subject has come up before but I do not remember seeing any resolution other than "just living with it". I have a 2007 Mustang that I recently swapped out tires and rims on as an upgrade. At the time I did not know that the sensors required bands to attach them on my vehicle and the F'n dealership had about 600% markup on their OEM bands, never mind the crazy labour charges. I wound up just getting them mounted without the sensors. I do now have replacement bands so I could get them mounted again but to be honest I really do not want to deal with having all four wheels mounted and balanced again plus having the bands and sensors installed.
My question is: does anyone know of a way to permanently disable the warning that shows up due to the sensors not being installed? In that particular Ford is is a display on the "message center" along with a light in the same cluster as the tachometer. I have done a LOT of reading on various forums and have come up empty. I am familiar with the "spare tire trick" as well as the PVC pressurised canister trick. I tried the latter and just could not get a good enough seal to keep the air from leaking and all-in-all, I would just prefer to have the bullshite disabled, if it is even at all possible. Any information would be greatly appreciate and thanks in advance. |
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The info is run thru the GEM in Fords-I don't know of any way to disable the system.At least you don't have a warning tone going off endlessly.....
Install them or live with it seem to be the choices. Gonna be interesting when the batteries start giving up and they need to be replaced-a lot of people aren't going to shell out the money to fix the things-until it's the law anyway. |
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Quoted: I know this subject has come up before but I do not remember seeing any resolution other than "just living with it". I have a 2007 Mustang that I recently swapped out tires and rims on as an upgrade. At the time I did not know that the sensors required bands to attach them on my vehicle and the F'n dealership had about 600% markup on their OEM bands, never mind the crazy labour charges. I wound up just getting them mounted without the sensors. I do now have replacement bands so I could get them mounted again but to be honest I really do not want to deal with having all four wheels mounted and balanced again plus having the bands and sensors installed. My question is: does anyone know of a way to permanently disable the warning that shows up due to the sensors not being installed? In that particular Ford is is a display on the "message center" along with a light in the same cluster as the tachometer. I have done a LOT of reading on various forums and have come up empty. I am familiar with the "spare tire trick" as well as the PVC pressurised canister trick. I tried the latter and just could not get a good enough seal to keep the air from leaking and all-in-all, I would just prefer to have the bullshite disabled, if it is even at all possible. Any information would be greatly appreciate and thanks in advance. Get your car's computer flashed to disable that function. |
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Being that my car is a 2007, I do not believe that TPMS was a gov.org legal mandate for that year (seem to recall that 2008 and up were the ones). Nonetheless, it is really pissing the hell out of me. I had also heard about the "wheel barrel trick". How difficult are they to get the tires off the rims and insert the sensors? I have no idea what I can pick up one of those wheels for but unless it is stupid cheap I will just live with it until my next tire rotation and suck down the mounting and re-balancing fee. The only problem is that there is no guarantee that the sensors will still work. My understanding is that, regardless of manufacturer, they can tend to be very fickle and often times sustain just enough damage during the removal to render them worthless. To my eyes they look pretty good but I have no way to test them for functionality diagnostically.
I am just sick of more gov.org BS like this, along with the PATS (passive anti-theft system) keys Ford uses. Those things also cost a fortune from the dealer ship but fortunately can be had onine pretty cheap and are easy to program. I am not even all that old and I can remember the days of actually being able to work on my own car (tune-ups, etc...) without sweating it. Now it seems like it takes a brain surgeon to get anything done and he charges accordingly. One more case of "I really wish for the good old days", LOL. |