Spare tire throwing TPMS code with pressure same as others
SW15LS: Yep....exact same symptoms as me. When the local tire shop attempted to get readings, one of the sensors took a long time to respond, indicating a weak battery in the sensor.
1WILLY1: Cheapest place will be your local tire shop. Check around at your local shops. BigO Tire here was cheapest for me. They warranty mine for two years, Mine are just over that, so I'll have to pay for replacement. I paid about 250 dollars for all four installed (tires re-mounted, balance, etc.)
1WILLY1: Cheapest place will be your local tire shop. Check around at your local shops. BigO Tire here was cheapest for me. They warranty mine for two years, Mine are just over that, so I'll have to pay for replacement. I paid about 250 dollars for all four installed (tires re-mounted, balance, etc.)
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i agree with you 100% i took mine and cars feels a tad lighter, less stress on your rear suspension also if you have a triple a its a no brainer, just tow it to the local tire shop
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That's interesting because it reads that sensor last, all of them register but that one takes like a minute before it comes up. I bet it is the battery.
Picture attached of all reading the same and that one being a fault.
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Picture attached of all reading the same and that one being a fault.
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You scroll through the screens in the gauge cluster display by hitting the DISP button on the steering wheel. If you have an 07-12 LS it will give you the pressures but not in any sort of order.
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When my TMPS warning light turned on (blinking light first then turned into solid warning light) I couldn't access the tire pressure section. Instead, it tells you to take it to a Lexus dealership. Just had the dealer look into my TMPS sensor battery coz I had 3 warning lights in the past 3 months.
Funny thing was the light came on but the tire pressure reading on all four above 40 and the spare reading 33.- checked manually with digital tire pressure gauge immediately after the warning light on. Warning light went away after a few minutes of driving.
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The "Low Pressure Warnings" that some of you are experiencing are not caused by sensor problems. They are occurring because one or more of your tires are under inflated or because one or more of your warning thresholds are set too high. It's pretty simple stuff.
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Originally Posted by jmcraney
The "Low Pressure Warnings" that some of you are experiencing are not caused by sensor problems. They are occurring because one or more of your tires are under inflated or because one or more of your warning thresholds are set too high. It's pretty simple stuff.
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If you're referring to me you didn't read my post. My issue was that the spare was throwing a low pressure warning when all the other tires were the same pressure and not throwing warnings, and the spare continued to throw the warning even after I reset the thresholds multiple times. It wasn't until I inflated the spare significantly over the rest of the tires that it stopped throwing the warning.
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Originally Posted by jmcraney
I stand by my comment. And yes, I am referring to you too.
How can you say my issue was with thresholds set too high when I reset them several times and the tire continued to throw the low pressure warning?