All my TPMS sensors went out

[PyrPatriot]

Here is the situation. I have a Jeep Gladiator Sport S Max Tow. It came with the alloy wheels and Dueler A/T tires. I traded these wheels and tires with forum member @Jake in early December for his OEM steel wheels and H/T tires. Things have worked well with those. I have also bought another set of OEM wheels with sensors taken off another Gladiator and put M/T tires on them. Everything has been working well. At the end of December, I got the opportunity to buy a takeoff OEM set of wheels and A/T tires from forum member @Jat9058 . I swapped out the wheels with H/T tires on my Gladiator for the wheels with A/T tires the TPMS stopped working shortly after; first the passenger front and driver rear were not reading, then they all went out. To confirm: at this point I had put 4 sets of wheels with TPMS sensors and 4 sets of tires, all from a Jeep Gladiator Sport, all except the very first ones were ones from other Jeeps. Now, I have 3 sets of OEM wheels and OEM TMPS sensors on my Gladiator, none those sets are the wheels and sensors that came with my vehicle, but two have worked for literally thousands of miles. My current set, the ones with the A/T stopped working. This is not going to be covered under warranty according to the dealer and @JeepCares because the serial numbers on the sensors won't match the VIN number of my vehicle in FCA's records.

I have 2 other sets, currently: the M/Ts on Jake's steel wheels and the H/Ts on alloy wheels. I could just use the sensors from my M/T tires since those would get underinflated for off roading anyway and set of the alarms. But, I would hate to go through the hassle of dismounting the M/T or H/T tires on the wheels that were on my Jeep prior to these A/T tires/wheels and re-install them in the A/T tires (which I find I prefer and am keeping the H/T as a spare set). The cost of going to a shop to do this would negate much of the savings I have had in all my wheeling and dealing (hah!)

Anyone able to offer some advice? Jeep dealer can't figure out what's wrong with them just by trying to reprogram/update the system. I haven't tried swapping out the H/T or M/T wheels yet, I'll update this thread once I do. Should be able to do it this weekend

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[Renegade]

There are various parts/part numbers of tpms sensor used in Jeeps, but I'm pretty certain that there are not individual serial numbers associated with them. Any identical part number sensor should work, and your Jeep doesn't know the difference.

 

[PyrPatriot]

There are various parts/part numbers of tpms sensor used in Jeeps, but I'm pretty certain that there are not individual serial numbers associated with them. Any identical part number sensor should work, and your Jeep doesn't know the difference.

According to the Dealer and JeepCares, the ones I currently have are not under warranty because the serial numbers on each sensor won't match up with the ones recorded as being put on at the factory. Sounded weird to me, but as small as they can print stuff now I don't doubt an alphanumeric string can fit on a sticker on the sensor. Besides, they explicitly asked me if those were the wheels/tires that came on the truck, and if I said they were not it would be fraud as I gave false information to induce a financial gain (yes I realize those are not the actual elements but that is the gist of it).

I think that TPMS install is $20/tire around here. For me to get things switched out would be 8 tires, $160. Hence my reluctance with bothering with the whole ordeal. I could just put the H/T wheels/tires back on and keep the A/Ts store, but I prefer the A/Ts. Sigh...

 

[bgenlvtex]

Take the tires and wheels off of it, remove them from the area, start the truck you should not be showing any TPMS readings, turn the engine off, disconnect the battery, wait 30 minutes, reconnect the battery and start the truck.

Turn the truck off and reinstall the wheels, see if they will reconnect.

 

[PyrPatriot]

Take the tires and wheels off of it, remove them from the area, start the truck you should not be showing any TPMS readings, turn the engine off, disconnect the battery, wait 30 minutes, reconnect the battery and start the truck.

Turn the truck off and reinstall the wheels, see if they will reconnect.

You mean put the truck on jack stands and take all 4 wheels off? I may do something along those lines, put back on another set of wheels/tires, drive around, then try installing these again. Thanks!

 

[bgenlvtex]

You mean put the truck on jack stands and take all 4 wheels off? I may do something along those lines, put back on another set of wheels/tires, drive around, then try installing these again. Thanks!

I mean you want to clean the memory of existing rfid codes.

Then start all over, and don't store 3 sets of sensors in range of the receiver

 

[Sorbs]

Anyone able to offer some advice? Jeep dealer can't figure out what's wrong with them just by trying to reprogram/update the system. I haven't tried swapping out the H/T or M/T wheels yet, I'll update this thread once I do. Should be able to do it this weekend

Might head on over to --> https://www.discounttire.com/learn/tpms-rebuild-kits and see if they can rebuild the set for ya.

 

[PyrPatriot]

I mean you want to clean the memory of existing rfid codes.

Then start all over, and don't store 3 sets of sensors in range of the receiver

So to clear the codes I need to take the wheels off (and have the truck outside of the range of any of the tires) disconnect the battery, wait half an hour, then reconnect battery and reinstall wheels/tires?

What is the range for the sensors?

Why not have other sensors in range of the receiver? I ask because nothing was done with this set that wasn't done with the others. I transported wheels/tires with the sensors on them before. I kept the spare set in my garage while the truck was in the driveway. The current sensors failed immediatly after putting them on the truck.

 

[PyrPatriot]

Might head on over to --> https://www.discounttire.com/learn/tpms-rebuild-kits and see if they can rebuild the set for ya.

Assuming the sensors are broken. Member who sold them to me said they worked fine. And they DID work for like half a minute after mounting lol

 

[arosen1997]

Assuming the sensors are broken. Member who sold them to me said they worked fine. And they DID work for like half a minute after mounting lol

Try disconnecting the battery for ~15 minutes then reconnect it and go for a drive, maybe that'll clear up a snag in the system causing it to lose connection. Just a thought.

 

[bgenlvtex]

So to clear the codes I need to take the wheels off (and have the truck outside of the range of any of the tires) disconnect the battery, wait half an hour, then reconnect battery and reinstall wheels/tires?

What is the range for the sensors?

Why not have other sensors in range of the receiver? I ask because nothing was done with this set that wasn't done with the others. I transported wheels/tires with the sensors on them before. I kept the spare set in my garage while the truck was in the driveway. The current sensors failed immediatly after putting them on the truck.

Follow the direction I have already written, in that sequence specifically and as I have already written them. You want to start from a blank slate with no stored sensor ID stored.

Why not have any other sensors in range? Because you want it to recognize the sensors in the wheels on the truck, not the ones that are off of the truck.

What is the range? I can't say specifically, But for the sake of fixing your problem eliminate the possibility of the sensors that are off of the truck transmitting to the truck and move them out of the area while you try to get the receiver to recognize the right ones.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Here's what happened with me and sensors.
I didn't have the shop space today and wanted the "new" tires on ASAP. I had the new MOPAR sensors I bought from forum sponsor Benny.
The Rubicon tires/wheels were in the back of my truck already from the trim from Omaha with 'em.
Made perfect sense to drive to a shop that did me a favor and treated me well when checking out some tires and wheels they had (and it was snowing bad here)
So I took my truck, wheels/tires and sensors to the tire shop. They installed the TPMS sensors, filled and balanced the tires, put them on my truck, put the original Overland wheels/tires fully intact, inflated with sensors and all in the back of the truck.
Pulled out of the shop and checked the pressure on the cluster display - it was obviously registering the wheels on the truck because they had the tires plenty full - more than what my stock Overland tires were, so I knew it was reading the newly installed Rubicon wheels. (unless my Overland tires took on air!)
It was that quick - the Overland tires/wheels/sensors were in the truck bed and fully armed. Pressure in those was 38, same as when I picked up the truck last November.
Tire pressure now reads 42. (too much, I know but that's another topic I'll deal with)
Somehow the truck registered the new sensors in the correct wheels and ignored the ones in the truck bed.

 

[PyrPatriot]

Here's what happened with me and sensors.
I didn't have the shop space today and wanted the "new" tires on ASAP. I had the new MOPAR sensors I bought from forum sponsor Benny.
The Rubicon tires/wheels were in the back of my truck already from the trim from Omaha with 'em.
Made perfect sense to drive to a shop that did me a favor and treated me well when checking out some tires and wheels they had (and it was snowing bad here)
So I took my truck, wheels/tires and sensors to the tire shop. They installed the TPMS sensors, filled and balanced the tires, put them on my truck, put the original Overland wheels/tires fully intact, inflated with sensors and all in the back of the truck.
Pulled out of the shop and checked the pressure on the cluster display - it was obviously registering the wheels on the truck because they had the tires plenty full - more than what my stock Overland tires were, so I knew it was reading the newly installed Rubicon wheels. (unless my Overland tires took on air!)
It was that quick - the Overland tires/wheels/sensors were in the truck bed and fully armed. Pressure in those was 38, same as when I picked up the truck last November.
Tire pressure now reads 42. (too much, I know but that's another topic I'll deal with)
Somehow the truck registered the new sensors in the correct wheels and ignored the ones in the truck bed.

And the correct registration of the mounted wheels while ignoring the spare wheels in the bed has happened 4 times now. This 5th time with this latest set is where it failed. Cant wait to swap out wheels this weekend and see

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