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May 31, 2015 | 10:46 AM

Rontrell

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I recently switched wheels with another friend that has a IS350 & now my tpms light will not go off ... is it because his monitors aren't recognized by my car?

May 31, 2015 | 11:03 AM

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The sensors need to be registered to your car ECU. Most tire shops will be able to do this. Make sure you register it as 2nd set of sensors if you are keeping your original wheels.

May 31, 2015 | 12:52 PM

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The sensors need to be registered to your car ECU. Most tire shops will be able to do this. Make sure you register it as 2nd set of sensors if you are keeping your original wheels.

How can I register the new ones?

Jun 1, 2015 | 01:06 PM

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How can I register the new ones?

You cant register the new ones unless you have the scanner to read the ID of the sensors and a special tool/softwarw to load them into the ECU.

Jun 1, 2015 | 04:45 PM

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Oh ok. .. The guy at Toyota dealership wad trying to say the sensors are bad & need to be replaced. ... he failed to mention that they had tools to do such

Jun 1, 2015 | 04:49 PM

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We have a scanner at work I wonder if its capable of doing such?

Jun 2, 2015 | 07:12 AM

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pheonix72 gave you the answer in the very second post. Take it to a good tire shop that has a TPMS tool like the Bartec, not to a car dealer than doesn't. The Toyota dealer probably just has a Techstream scanner. While you can do it with a Techstream, it would require dismounting all four tires, getting the serial numbers off of the sensors, and then mounting and balancing. A shop with a Bartec walks around the car with the tool, then plugs it into the OBD-II port and is done in less than five minutes.