FAQ - Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

[the 8k rev]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

re-read the 1st post in this thread. the user manual is wrong. you CAN disable vsa. I do it on a weekly basis at the drag strip

YOUR car "may" do it, everyone else's CANNOT. you are the only one claiming this works...i'd like to see a vid if you don't mind

otherwise, HONDA>you

[Phalanx]

Originally Posted by the 8k rev

YOUR car "may" do it, everyone else's CANNOT. you are the only one claiming this works...i'd like to see a vid if you don't mind

otherwise, HONDA>you

How bout this... since I have tested this, on more than just my 08 Si, and it has had the same result with each... you go try it and prove me wrong.

Until then Me > You

[the 8k rev]

if you got a vid somewhere, then i'm wrong, no prob with that...but unfortunately MY si and countless others cannot deactivate it...

[Phalanx]

Originally Posted by the 8k rev

if you got a vid somewhere, then i'm wrong, no prob with that...but unfortunately MY si and countless others cannot deactivate it...

have you actually tried? what exactly have you done as far as testing?

As mentioned... I have witnessed this on at least 3 other 08+ Si's with the same result.

the only video i have is this, which you can tell i do a burnout after getting the tires wet. you cannot see the 'TPMS' light because of the angle that the camera was at, but i was using drag radials that do NOT have TPMS sensors in them. Note at about 20sec in the video where i start to do my burnout and you can clearly tell that VSA is not engaging

edit: correction... i had my 18" summer wheels on in that video. not my drag radials... but those dont have TPMS sensors either.

[tuner student]

[the 8k rev]

how convenient that we can't see the TPMS light...ha! just kiddin...now yes, i can peel out a little bit with the VSA on, but no full on burn out of course. the only thing i can think of why you can peel out longer than me and others is b/c you are supercharged and can overcome the VSA better...

thanks for the vid btw!

[Phalanx]

Originally Posted by the 8k rev

how convenient that we can't see the TPMS light...ha! just kiddin...now yes, i can peel out a little bit with the VSA on, but no full on burn out of course. the only thing i can think of why you can peel out longer than me and others is b/c you are supercharged and can overcome the VSA better...

thanks for the vid btw!

i wasnt supercharged until last week... that video is from september. if i was running nid-high 14s supercharged i might kill myself, lol

also, when VSA is attempting to intervene, the light blinks and it also (if i remember correctly) makes a beeping sound

[tuner student]

don't you hear a beeping in your vid. could be wrong but thought i heard a beeping. not saying your wrong chris just since ya mentioned it

[Phalanx]

Originally Posted by tuner student

don't you hear a beeping in your vid. could be wrong but thought i heard a beeping. not saying your wrong chris just since ya mentioned it

youre right... the beeping is in my vid, and its from the e-brake being up while I burn out. Good catch.

[orbhot]

Someone at Honda should be smacked for this system. WTF do people who drive up North and need snow tires for a few months do? Some other vehicle brands have an auto learning type of TPMS that checks for signals from other sensors on the same freq, thereby allowing owners to swap back and forth between wheels.

[orbhot]

Originally Posted by kozakid

I can't see paying $170 per sensor anytime I have a similar problem.

You can get sensors for $35 a piece from tirerack or less elsewhere. It is mentioned in this thread and other threads.

[OrdnanceMarine]

Originally Posted by orbhot

You can get sensors for $35 a piece from tirerack or less elsewhere. It is mentioned in this thread and other threads.

It's not the cost of the sensors that bothers me the most, it's the fact that I'd need to go drop a $100 bill and drive 220 miles roundtrip to a Honda dealer to reprogram the system to read the new sensors.

I'd also love to be able to read temperature and pressure from my sensors but Honda installed such a bare bones TPMS that we really can't do much.

[koledaev]

Wazzzzzzzzuuupp

[koledaev]

Ok guys back on the TPMS. I have an 08 civic ex. Damn this tire pressure monitoring system. Here my story, Ill try to make it short. Bought a new civic, Put these cool looking caps on the valve stems. Wanted to rotate tires. Realized these caps fused themselves to them valve stems. Tried to get one of them off. Broke the stem including the sensor. TPMS goes on and stays on. Accidentally broke one of the other pressure monitors also. Got a local tire guy to get off the other caps two caps without harming the pressure monitors/ stems. And had this same guys replace the two monitors I had busted. So now Im thinking now all he has to do is reset the system and that dang TPMS lite will go off.
Then I find out that he cant do it. Call the Honda dealership, and they say it will cost 100-150 per tire to recalibrate the system. Here's the thing 5 dollar caps just screwed me. Already wasted 80 bucks on two new monitors and the result is that damn lite is still on. Does anybody know how to shut off this system. Cause Honestly I don't need it. If not does doesn't anybody know the cheapest way to get that lite to shut without affecting anything else on the car? If not should it only be only a 100 dollars if I tell the dealer which two tires I replaced the monitors on? Thank you to anyone who has the patience to read this.

[Phalanx]

$100-150 per tire!? Thats insane... it does NOT take them that much time. But sadly, your only options are to drive with the 'TPMS' light on, get the stealership to reprogram the new ones ... or you could be the guinea pig and tear apart your dash to remove the bulb from the gauge cluster.

[OrdnanceMarine]

Shop around. Any honest dealership service manager shouldn't be able to charge more than 1 hour labor to reprogram the sensors and still sleep at night.

[09SiDan]

good info

[suhkim1]

I found this tpms reset tool online its call QuickSet by ATEQ

Revolution Supply Co. - ATEQ TPM Quicket Device

It is a PC based tool. Simply follow the 5 easy steps below.
1. Load the software on your PC by following the on screan instructions
2. Input in your sensors ESN's into the software.
3. Connect the On Board Diagnostic (OBD) adapter to your computer with the USB cable.
4. Load the ESN's into the OBD adapter.
5. Connect the OBD adapter to the ODB plug under your dash and with the press on one
button your ESN's will be loaded into your cars ECU.
what do u guys think?

[Phalanx]

somehow i dont think it would work... but you could give it a try and let us know

if so, itd be great news, i think

[suhkim1]

One of accord owner tried and it works.
I hope we r useing same TPMS.
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