I had 4 new tires installed at my local Discount Tire. The vehicle entered the shop with the TPMS light on due to one tire having a valve steam leak and another tire having a small puncture, which required me to use the full size spare (equipped with TPMS). I need 4 new tires anyways so I didn't bother to fill the tires to the manufacturer's specs. Soon after I dropped the car off, they called me to say that could not remove the 4 TPMS sensors due to rust (7 years and 100k miles in Ohio salty winters) and I needed $240 worth of new sensors installed. I told them to soak them with penetrating oil and call me back in 15 minutes. They did that and were able to get 2 off. They had to grind off the other 2 and I had to purchase 2 new sensors they sell (lifetime warranty). When I picked the vehicle up after the install was completed, the TPMS light was still on and I told the guy behind the counter about it. He said it takes some time of driving for the vehicle to reset itself.
It has been a week and over 200 miles of driving and the light is still on.
Could it be that Discount Tire did something during the install to the new sensors? Or do you think they old ones are the issue? Is there a way I can DIY reset the TPMS light?
It has been a week and over 200 miles of driving and the light is still on.
Could it be that Discount Tire did something during the install to the new sensors? Or do you think they old ones are the issue? Is there a way I can DIY reset the TPMS light?