Disabling the Tire Pressure Monitor

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ecojosh @ Aug 5 2006, 07:02 PM) [snapback]298411[/snapback]</div>

what Evan says - on the 2006 - button under steering wheel - next to the "turn off SKS" button.

 

electrical tape. put some over the indicator.

 

The other option (easiest but not least expensive up front) is to buy the valve stem senders from Toyota and put them in your custom wheels. Or just move the senders from the stock wheels over.
If you're going to start messing with the dash, this may be less expensive, as you may end up destroying an expensive part!

 

You bring up a good point Ecojosh!Im planning on getting snow tires for the winter and now it looks like ill need tires with pressure monitors.I Dont know how the whole thing works and how many tires have the monitor equiped.Is it built into the rim ,tire or both?Ill need to see if there is a cost factor and if only the dealer knows how to adjust them correctly.The manual has a section on the tire monitor.It does say non equiped tires disable the warning light.It also says other conditions may cause the light to be active.Hope you get an answer!i may be dealing with the same thing this winter!

 

Lordy, whoever bought those tires and wheels got a steal. Those pressure monitors go for over $100 EACH. Yikes!

 

None of this ever considers the SPARE, either... which is arguably
the hardest tire to otherwise access and CHECK.
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_H*

 

I installed aftermarket wheels more than a week ago (without moving over the sensors yet) and haven't seen the warning light yet...

 

Aren't the senders built into the vavle stem cap? So, you would just unscrew them and replace them onto your new wheels?

 

the sensors are built into the valvestem itself, not the cap. otherwise we'd see one hell of a theft rate! :blink:

the problem with transferring the sensors is that in some cases the sensor angle doesn't match the angle inside the wheel... then you have to either go without the sensors or buy new ones to match the new angle.

i was referring to just sticking a bit of electrical tape over the plastic cover, but i see you want something a little more polished than some crude tape

 

Well, I suppose it's -possible- an aftermarket sender would work with the Toyota system (and pigs CAN really fly ). Go to a tire place that sells the aftermarket ones and see if they will test it for you. You don't have to mount it into a rim, just install the battery and hold it near the car. I"ve seen two types, one has a strap that goes around the rim (inside the tire, of course). The other type is on the valve stem. Not sure I like the valve stem ones, as valve stems are subject to sunlight deterioration, so when they get old it will get expensive to replace them.

Oh, and don't drive on a flat tire. You stand a good chance of crushing the monitor sender unit!

 

Generally the valve-stem type transponders consist of a largish wart
at the bottom of the stem, e.g. INSIDE the rim. This is one reason
not all senders fit all rims, due to funny cross-section shapes that
may interfere with flush fit. Externally, the valve stem shouldn't
look all that different except for some identifier so you can tell
[and then tell the TPMS] which tire is which.
.
It's the cheap mechanical "pressure minder caps" that would look
different, and they are prone to leakage since they hold the Schrader
tit in a little.
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_H*