HELLLPPP....tire pressure monitors

[LesC.]

putting new tires on tomorrow. must the tire pressure sensors be replaced ???

[richl]

no . but if they crack one while dismounting the tire { seen it done many times}.. make sure they buy it for you ...............

[Sewie]

Also, if the rim that was used for the spare is rotated into the four on the ground, you will need to "re-learn" the TPM sensors. The process is in the owner's manual.

[LesC.]

everything went smooth. easy change over. BUT spare tire on the 08 alphas dont have the tire pressure sensor on it.

[Sewie]

Originally Posted by LesC.

BUT spare tire on the 08 alphas dont have the tire pressure sensor on it.

Ahhhhh, yes. This has been discussed elsewhere. Apparently, GM stopped putting the TPM sensors in the spare in '08 as a "cost cutting measure".

[wpage]

Ohh no tpm on spare bastisds!

[richl]

Originally Posted by Sewie

Ahhhhh, yes. This has been discussed elsewhere. Apparently, GM stopped putting the TPM sensors in the spare in '08 as a "cost cutting measure".

the real reason was because NOBODY EVER CHECKS THE AIR IN THERE SPARE TIRE !! and if it had a monitor when it was low it would set off the tire light ..
and getting paid under warranty to find the problem and submit it to get paid gm was loosing there ass on this. so they got rid of it .. because they had to pay warranty work that was a crock because the owner was too stupid to check it

and it paid .7 to diag the low tire light and .2 to inflate all tires to specified pressure ... thats .9 total .. and if a shop charger 100.0 per hour thasts 90 bucks to do that .. nd if the tec makes 20 bucks a flat rate hour thats 18 bucks he just made ... now add all the millions of warranty claims up ....

gets expensive real quick ...........