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Hello,
recently acquired an '09 Touring AWD, and for a while it was fine, but then the TPMS error light started coming on. My wife overinflated the tires one morning when it was cold and she thought they needed air. After realizing and deflating them, the tire guy at Costco scanned the sensors and said one was bad.
The error went away for a while though.
However, it came back intermittently and so we took to our local tire shop and upon scanning the tires they said the sensors checked out fine.
Now the "TPMS Error" has returned and isn't going away on it's own for the past few days.
My dealer wants $170+ to "diagnose" the problem.
The question is - could this just be a calibration issue - and how do I recalibrate the system. After overinflating and letting out pressure would it have lost calibration? Everything I've searched and found indicate there is a calibration button, but I don't have one that I can find anywhere. Also it doesn't mention anything in the manual that I can find either.
Or do I just go back to Costco and get all the sensors replaced - their life is unknown, as it was a used car (tires though were new in June), but obviously at 10 years may be they're just dying.
Rather not pay for "diagnostics" if they're going to tell me I need new sensors. But also, don't want to pay for new sensors, if all I need to to be able to re-calibrate the TMPS system?
Any suggestions on what to check or how to calibrate would be much helpful!
THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Ps- posting this on the FB forum as well.
recently acquired an '09 Touring AWD, and for a while it was fine, but then the TPMS error light started coming on. My wife overinflated the tires one morning when it was cold and she thought they needed air. After realizing and deflating them, the tire guy at Costco scanned the sensors and said one was bad.
The error went away for a while though.
However, it came back intermittently and so we took to our local tire shop and upon scanning the tires they said the sensors checked out fine.
Now the "TPMS Error" has returned and isn't going away on it's own for the past few days.
My dealer wants $170+ to "diagnose" the problem.
The question is - could this just be a calibration issue - and how do I recalibrate the system. After overinflating and letting out pressure would it have lost calibration? Everything I've searched and found indicate there is a calibration button, but I don't have one that I can find anywhere. Also it doesn't mention anything in the manual that I can find either.
Or do I just go back to Costco and get all the sensors replaced - their life is unknown, as it was a used car (tires though were new in June), but obviously at 10 years may be they're just dying.
Rather not pay for "diagnostics" if they're going to tell me I need new sensors. But also, don't want to pay for new sensors, if all I need to to be able to re-calibrate the TMPS system?
Any suggestions on what to check or how to calibrate would be much helpful!
THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Ps- posting this on the FB forum as well.