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    Duck tire sensor

    Again and again i have clients who poured in particular with the ZR1 have trouble with the tire sensors.
    I myself had last week, twice lucky.
    265Kmh came with about an error message, front left air pressure.
    This leads to extremely dangerous Einriff, where you need the whole width of the road!

    Now my question:
    Did any one idea or is there even to de-activate the HP tuner a way this system?

    Many many thanks for your help
    Cölestin

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    Have you checked with a local dealership? It would seem they have to do this all the time with the aftermarket wheels everybody puts on their cars nowdays. Probably not with HPT though. Only writes onto PCM's. Pretty sure tire monitor has it's own seperate module, or at least is controlled by the BCM, not PCM.

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    We are Corvette Dealer
    It is known to me where the problem is.
    * The new sensors* can also make a mistake.
    I just want to turn the sensors on the racetrack.
    I check with my meter prefer manually.

    I have also requested technical support from GM.
    Also from there is no solution

    Cölestin

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    My local dealer has hardware that calibrates those sensors when they go whacky. Could you just have the tire pressure set at zero, but then "re-calibrate" the system to see that as 35psi? That way you could just leave the sensors in your glove box for the system to communicate with them.

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    Thanks for the info
    It possible that you give me the phone number of your acquaintances dealer.
    Then you could call him my Parts specialist, he speaks very good English.

    Thank you for your help
    Cölestin

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    Quote Originally Posted by PopUpBlocker View Post
    My local dealer has hardware that calibrates those sensors when they go whacky. Could you just have the tire pressure set at zero, but then "re-calibrate" the system to see that as 35psi? That way you could just leave the sensors in your glove box for the system to communicate with them.
    That won't work. I tried it on my car with a bad sensor. The sensors stop transmitting if they are not in motion. I hate tPMS.
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    O.K. then. Could you do like I said, but leave the sensors (transmitter guts) on the wheels so they stay moving, with it calibrated to see THAT as correct psi? Seems a huge pain to go through and with the aftermarket wheel market nowdays, a quick fix must be out there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TimC View Post
    That won't work. I tried it on my car with a bad sensor. The sensors stop transmitting if they are not in motion. I hate tPMS.
    This is not true. The sensors do not need movement to transmit data.

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    The common way in the truck scene is to put the sensors in a wheel barrow or some other small tire, fill to 40 psi and stick it behind the seat.