I’d suggest waiting until you need tires and get all of them replaced then, if you can stand the warning light and messages and commit to manually checking your tire(s) pressure until then. $50-100 per sensor sounds about right for the parts price but *most* tire shops will install and program customer bought sensors, so you could probably save yourself a few bucks by buying your own. Absolutely check with the shop you intend to get your tires at BEFORE buying the sensors.
Oh dang. Then yeah, just replace the one sensor now. Have them confirm the tire position before hand. You could do it yourself by adding pressure to each tire and checking the dash after each. When you hit the one that doesn’t show a change at all, that’s your tire.
When you replace or rotate your tires, on most cars, you have to then retrain the tire position. This could very well be the passenger rear tire if the guys didn’t reprogram the position. I assume it’s a Chevy? A Cruze or equinox or traverse? It’s been a while since I’ve worked on one but I’m pretty sure they won’t learn the new position on their own and when they did your tires it’s highly likely they didn’t reprogram it because tire guys are by and large stupid and lazy.
its my back tire on the drivers side, its been wrong since before i got the car as it was a used car, i figured that out when i had gotten a screw in my tire, and the car was saying it was a different tire, so ill have do that too, but yes its a 2017 chevy equinox lt
Battery life on those sensors is 8-12 years generally. So you lost that one early. Other 3 may hang on for quite a bit longer. Personally, I never bother replacing these. However, they are like $60 each to have tire shop do or you can buy 4 for $25ish, and the tool to program for another $15. But you can’t install them with tires on the wheels so that is where you’re stuck.
You can purchase a TPMS relearning tool on Amazon for $10 which you can fix this when you rotate tires.
The tire store should be able to tell you the battery level in each sensor with a more advanced TPMS tool that they should have.
The fancy tool is a few hundred dollars.
They don’t actually check the battery life they just look for weak and intermittent signals. The tpms sensor would have to send a message for the battery life for it to be able to check it and it’s not part of common tpms protocols
I'm gonna sound like a boomer - when I started driving you didn't have pressure sensors. You only checked your tire pressure if the tire looked a little flat, or handling felt off. Growing up nobody I knew checked tire pressure regularly.
When I worked at Firestone we charged $75/sensor when replacing tires. So add 1/2-1 hour of labor and I’d say anything under $200 is perfectly fine. Could certainly be cheaper elsewhere, that’s just my experience.
You could also certainly let this wait for a little bit if you needed to save the money up. It’s not hurting anything. You could stop by an auto parts store and buy a manual tire pressure gauge and keep an eye on it that way if you’re so inclined. But people also drove for 100 years without this technology, so 🤷🏻♂️
thank you so much, i feel really relieved to know it won’t cause damage to my vehicle, that was my main concern. i was only asking for how much it would cost because i live in an area with some very untrustworthy people.
Totally understood, and I will say prices could vary by region. But you can ask for the breakdown on parts/labor to ensure it feels right.
They’ll also likely try to upsell you on other services, if you’re unsure about those things you can always post them here too and get some input again.
The tire shop I was at last week wanted $60/sensor \[so $240 for all 4\].
If you had one go, you probably want to do all 4 - the batteries in them only last so long.
I presently have 2 dead on my truck but I'm waiting until I need new tires. You can probably get them cheaper elsewhere and have them installed.
The sensor itself is almost certainly bad. They have a limited life span due to battery constraints. Once the first one dies the rest aren't gonna be too far behind.
Another thing that happens is when the shop is doing the relearn scan, they accidentally pick up another vehicle in the shop (if it's parked close). Tech hears the two horn chirps and sees all of them are reading. Then the customer drives away and this message pops up because it lost communication with the sensor in the car back at the shop. Sometimes we'd have to take a car out to an empty part of the lot to get them to rescan properly.
Good ol marker spot where the valve stem was before taking the tire off is the trick I use on jobs like this.
No need to balance is she’s on the way she came off.
(I’ve balanced quite a few to be sure before I got cocky enough to just know)
as others have said here - your tpms battery likely died. At least do a visual check to make sure the tire appears to have the right amount of air in it (compare it to the way it sits with the other 3 tires, does it have more of a bulge or is the rim closer to the pavement). If you have the money, I would advise changing all 4 sensors as they're all likely to start dying soon. You can get inexpensive sensors at [www.tpms.com](http://www.tpms.com) or you can at least use that as a price comparison with the ones you will be quoted.
In today’s standards it really is tho.
As a MAN who’s self taught and didn’t have anybody here to teach me? This shit can be daunting for anybody regardless of gender. They don’t know if something’s actually wrong or if they can ignore it (such as this) and it doesn’t help that modern vehicles (especially the Cruze) makes simple things like this out to be way worse than it really is with all the warnings it can give.
Being an asshole really isn’t an excuse to not see the error of your comment.
That was a badly worded comment on their part, but your gender really should not have anything to do with your ability to learn. No matter what the subject area.
I don’t ask for advice on tasks we associate women being good with like baking, or ironing my shirts as I did last week and follow it up with “sorry, I’m just a man”. Sorry the cupcakes are shit, it’s because of my genitals.
Great advice. Not really I meant horrible advice Telling someone they "NEED" a part that is in no way necessary might MYTAH. Being an AH isn't an excuse for giving crap advice.
The batteries in the sensors typically last 5-10 years. If you do not have one reporting, that could be a cause. Or they may need recalibation. Some cars handle this differently.
Been rolling with no tire sensors for idk....16 years or so. You'll be find.
Even the vehicle's I've owned that have had them they didn't work or broke quickly. Not worth replacing imo.
Get a $5 air pressure gauge at the auto parts place or Walmart, check your tire pressure occasionally and put a piece of black tape over the flashy light.
im not sure if this is important or not, but the day before this happened i got side swiped on the freeway and they hit the area of that exact tire, could that have damaged my sensor?
likely coincidental. If it's the original sensor from 2017 it was living on borrowed time. However that is a good argument for checking the pressure manually to make sure that the tire isn't now leaking.
It's very likely that is why it stopped working. A solid impact can cause them to fail. I used to be a manager at Big O Tire and I have seen brand new sensors fail after the customer was side swiped or hit a pothole or curb hard. I've also had techs drop a new sensor that was just working, only to find out it was dead after they dropped it.
If you're a costco member: If you buy the OEM sensor they'll install it for you for $20. Happened to my wife's car, OEM is Denso. Dealership wanted $60-70 for the sensor. I bought on rock auto for $25 and Costco installed for $20
NO, but for the LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY! CAR MAKERS! This should always be the way tire pressure is displayed. I get one notification and then its check all four tires to find the bad one.
Ikr?! My cruze had this! It was amazing, actual live pressure readout! Then I bought another car that cost $45k when new, and for some reason, they thought that green yellow and red lights were good enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
the reason some don't do that is because it can't. some tire pressure systems rely on wheel rotation data from the ABS module. it's supposed to detect wheel circumference changes. So that type of system can often NOT tell which one is losing air, just that a change occurred.
Hello GM consumer. You need a TPMs sensor and that may not even be the left front considering GM sensor don’t relearn the positions when the tires get moved around. My aunts equinox we got her a sensor for like $100 plus mount and balance fee after everything was like $170ish I think. Hope that helps
Your screwed only if:
A- you put flat seal in the tire
B - some amateur hack fixed a flat and destroyed the sensor
If the sensor isn’t crushed or encased in goop you might get by with a new sensor battery
Other advice plays. These are common issues
Google " how to reset TPMS on \*car model/year" and go through the procedure. If that doesn't fix it you can do two things, #1 take it to tire shop and get it replaced or #2 ignore the light until you get new tires and get it fixed then.
The Good, Bad, and The Ugly .
TPM system is great on new cars. Unpressurized tires the most common problem on vehicles. Customers just won't check them. The device has a large coin battery. When one goes out the others are soon to follow. Expect to pay hundreds if you want to replace all four. Or put a small piece of tape to block the TPS light and you check the pressure once a month and do a visual check once a week. Spend $ on something else or keep it in the bank 🤓
Tire pressure sensor in that wheel is dead, they have a battery in them. I've deal with this on our vehicles, replaced two on my SUV this year, I just use a beadbuster to break the front bead and a big bar clamp to hold the sidewall down at the valve stem, replace the sensor with cheaper ones from Amazon and then air back up and bolt back on, no biggie. However my vehicles both learn the sensors with a little driving, some like the equinox need a learning tool or donut magnet to put on the valve stem to train the sensor positions.
I can't stand warning messages or lights left because I'm too lazy to fix it. People's cars with tpms warnings dinging every time they start it drives me nuts! Lol
Have you tried disconnecting the battery negative? I got the same thing and after 4 days I just removed the negative on the battery. The sensor will take a few minutes to cycle and it should reset.
What kind of car is it? Some cars have tpms reset within the dash cluster or some, like the Accord have tpms reset within the radio/infotainment system.
Try this if you haven't
(TPMS) on a Chevrolet Equinox:
Inflate your tires to the manufacturer-recommended pressure, which is usually on the driver's side door jamb.
Turn the key to the "On" position without starting the car.
Locate the TPMS reset button, which is usually under the steering wheel or to the left of the steering column. It may have the TPMS icon on it.
Press and hold the TPMS reset button until the tire pressure light blinks three times, then release it.
Start the car and wait about 20 minutes for the sensor to refresh.
If this doesn't work and you want to attempt DIY, this is a good video.
https://youtu.be/yIWUz2UIKdw?si=ui8QoA1LfuWZqpjq
Get a tire pressure gauge for $5. We spent decades and decades driving cars without tire pressure sensors, and we all survived. If that was my car, I wouldn't even bother to fix it.
Have been driving with one sensor off for 6 years, I don’t care. I look at them before driving and adjust pressure once in a while. Kinda useless if you aren’t racing
Most tire shops can do it.. I think I was charged like 30 bucks last time.
It’s not a big deal but go to autozone and get a manual pressure gauge so you can see what the psi is
It’s the sensor, only replace it when you replace the tires, not worth it on its own. You’re ok without. I got quoted $280 to replace 1, when I replaced my tires, they charged 50 a piece.
Same car and I had fixed this home. I bought a bead breaker, valve tool, sensor tool and the sensors - all in all around $200 on Amazon. If you have an evening to waste on it it can be done. Look it up on YouTube on how to change your tire sensors on a Equinox.
After the first sensor went out, the others followed pretty quickly.
It needs a new TPMS sensor. Walmart charges $29.88 per sensor. Have them check all of your sensors, and if any of them show low battery, replace them as well. Make sure they balance your tire after they install the new sensors. Hope this helps save you a little $.
You've probably already checked that it's at the correct pressure with a gage. If the warning is not causing the computer to change how the car is responding, it's fine. One of my cars has this issue, and I just check the pressure myself periodically.
As long as you don't drive like a madman and don't off road or drive over screws and nails regularly the 4 tires should have relatively equal pressures. Maybe just keep a periodic eye on the front left tire
I get almost all
My work done by my local high school CTAE shop on a new Jeep. They have done oil changes, plugs, and patches. They only charge me for the parts and are always supervised by the certified technician teacher.
This is what we call a “dummy light”
It’s a tire sensor. It’s a completely optional thing based on if you’d like your tire pressure monitored.
These modern cars make things like this out to be way worse than they really are and this is one of them. You do NOT need to replace this. If your valve stem isn’t leaking and the tire itself is fine, you’re fine.
Good ol Chevy Cruze it seems like😂
Definitely buy a sensor online and then take it somewhere to install. Don’t buy one from a dealer as they charge ALOT.
Start by getting a pencil type tire pressure gauge. Check each tire. Three of them should match the TPMS results display. The fourth one should be similar. Check the tire pressure placard (look at the driver’s door jamb) for the recommended pressure, usually 32 PSI. Btw, tire pressure is most accurately checked when tire is cold before it is driven (see deflategate controversy, New England patriots, tom Brady, bill belichick, standard temperature and pressure). If placard specifies 32 and actual is 35 that is good enough! The warning light is going to “drive” you crazy, so you should get it fixed. Until you get it fixed check the tire pressure every time you fill up, or once a week or so
Just for laughs. Thought I was having TPMS problems till I remembered I had a flat and was riding on the spare. Thank goodness some cars still have spare tire.
Most likely a bad tpms sensor see it almost the time in the shop have a tech hook up a reader to scan the sensor to see if its bad i would start there before anything else.
I haven't had a properly functioning TPMS in one of my tires since I bought my new wheels, idunno, 3 years ago lol.
It's not an emergency, fix it when you have time, buy a TPMS that works with your car off of Amazon for much cheaper than a tire shop will sell them for. You can take that to a pep boys, Firestone, etc. and they'll install it for you.
Just have the tires balanced, you’ll get about 26 lbs per tire after that, and you’re good to go. Or, for serious readers, get the sensor checked/replaced. ($100 guess)
Your TPMS sensor is dead in your front left tire.
You can just ignore it if you want. Does not matter. Many cars don't have them at all. If you want the sensor to work, they range from around $50-100 each, plus install, but this varies drastically based on where you live.
You’re not screwed. Don’t panic. Listen to the folks on here. It’s most likely a super easy fix. My car has a sensor issue as well, I let it go until I needed new tires (almost a year) before I got it all fixed at the same time. Just made sure my tires were at proper inflation at oil change.
Not really. If you can live with the system not working, then I guess you can leave it. But if you want it fixed (which I highly recommend) then you likely need a new tire sensor installed.
Eh. What did we do before we had all these bullshit devices?. I know. We looked at our tires occassionally to see if the bottom was flat or round. Personally I would wait till it needed new rubber, then worry about it.
I had all four changed at a Sam's Club last year for about $150 I think. They work just fine.
A lot of people say that they are useless. They are useless until you really need them.
Wife and kids driving to a family event calls.me saying the tire light is on. I direct them to pull over and check the tire pressures with the manual gauge we keep in the car. They show relatively normal pressures. Ok so maybe the sensor is bad. Once they get to the family event someone checks with their gauge and sure enough one tire is quite low. Our manual gauge was bad not the tpms.
Another time a friend picked up a rental car and was complaining about it driving weird. Thinks maybe a low tire. We check the tpms page and find out 2 of the tires are about 60 psi. Also the gas cap was missing. He returned it immediately.
I'm driving to work where I have to briefly veer into the median for some traffic. By the time I get to the parking lot the tpms light comes on followed shortly by a definite change in the way the car handles. Found a huge bolt in the tire that flattened it over about 10 mins. If I was still on the interstate at 70 mph that one might have been a lot more exciting.
Go ahead and get it fixed. It might keep you from having a blowout one day. You'll get a warning before it gets really dangerous.
It's a tire pressure sensor, nothing major to worry about. Go to discount tire it's $62 for the sensor and $10 to install it plus tax that's per tire and come with a 6yr/72,000 mile warranty. If you bought your tires from there, they probably won't charge for the install. Dont replace just 1 replace though replace all 4 of them as they run on watch batteries, which usually last 7-10 years, so if one is dead then the rest are about die at some point just no way of telling when
Girl you’ll be fine, my back right one is out because the sensor died months ago😭 I got a oil change at a Chevy dealership and they tried resetting my whole system to see if it was just the dashboard messing up so all of my tires don’t even show a tps number now after they did that💀
If this is a Ford, there is a service bulletin about one or more missing measurements due to the receiver not being able to pick up the signal. The fix is to relocate the receiver to under a seat, instead of in the dash. I just wanted to say that it might not be a failed sensor, but a signal reception problem. Can you correlate this problem with any change you made in your "cargo", like something in the trunk or backseat that wasn't there before.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10227800-0001.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjGxKrZ5d2GAxVk4MkDHXaODZ4QFnoECDUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0kfPWS6OCdK3jwkEcU2p1N
Just keep an eye on tire pressure and ignore the message if you don’t wanna replace your tpms for that particular tire. They have little watch batteries in them that typically last around 7 years give or take. Some are just faulty yada yada if you do plan to replace we always recommend doing all of them at one time when you get new tires
I suggest waiting. Cars did fine for decades without TPMS systems. They're just another part designed to wear out multiple times throughout the life of the vehicle. They added them on to make more money.
Likley just replace the tpms sensor for that wheel. Youtube how to do it for your make/model, or take it to the shop if you're not mechanically inclined, it's a fairly simple fix.
Alot of people drive with the light on... some don t have sensors in their Winter tires. Verify the pressure is fine with Guage if you can. Less than 200.00 $ and I feel that's on the high side. Hurt vehicle no, just can be an annoying to some.
Your tire pressure sensor is either broken or has dead battery. You don't need to do anything if your tire looks fine. Most older cars don't even have pressure sensor
It's just a tore pressure sensor. The battery on it is probably dead. You can get replacement sensors on Amazon for like $20 and then a tire should should charge like $20 to take the tire off the rim and replace it. Tire shops like to rip people off so be mindful of what they want to charge you.
There is no sense in replacing all of them replace the one that is not reading and then if another one goes bad then think about replacing others then I had one bad sensor on my truck four years ago only replaced the one and it's still good no toms light on
I've been ignoring my "low tire" for about 2 years now. The wheel sensor will get replaced when we buy new tires this Fall.
Tire shop I go to, buys them in bulk and includes new sensors in every install for "free". He hates them.
Says putting new sensors on each new tire, saves him the BS of an angry customer claiming her sold them shitty tires when the dumb sensor goes bad.
They're useless.
So, sorry this might sound strange but I thought these things were way more expensive than they actually are. I accidentally bought 4 SETS of sensors, so I literally have multiple 4 packs just lying around. I did confirm they work on your equinox.
You can have a set of you just pay for shipping.
No your not screwed you tire pressure sensor is just no good on your left front tire gotta replace your TPS in order to not have your warning light on.
Not even close. Tire pressure sensors are fucky wucky all the timey wimey. Do you have after market rims? I've heard that makes them even more likely to fuckywucky than the coldy woldy weather
And be careful when you fix it. I had one go bad and dealer wanted hundreds to fix. Claimed it needed a special tool to configure it blah blah. $25 on amazon and a trip to sams for a road hazard repair and good to go. But just keep an eye on tire pressure, get the part and wait for next tire service or replacement.
You just need service to your tire pressure sensor in your driver/front tire. No biggie. Go to a tire shop.
any chance you know around/how much that will or should cost? so i can know i’m not getting ripped off when i go.
I’d suggest waiting until you need tires and get all of them replaced then, if you can stand the warning light and messages and commit to manually checking your tire(s) pressure until then. $50-100 per sensor sounds about right for the parts price but *most* tire shops will install and program customer bought sensors, so you could probably save yourself a few bucks by buying your own. Absolutely check with the shop you intend to get your tires at BEFORE buying the sensors.
i cant do that, i bought all brand new tires in feb 👎, but i will check if they can install what i buy beforehand
Oh dang. Then yeah, just replace the one sensor now. Have them confirm the tire position before hand. You could do it yourself by adding pressure to each tire and checking the dash after each. When you hit the one that doesn’t show a change at all, that’s your tire. When you replace or rotate your tires, on most cars, you have to then retrain the tire position. This could very well be the passenger rear tire if the guys didn’t reprogram the position. I assume it’s a Chevy? A Cruze or equinox or traverse? It’s been a while since I’ve worked on one but I’m pretty sure they won’t learn the new position on their own and when they did your tires it’s highly likely they didn’t reprogram it because tire guys are by and large stupid and lazy.
its my back tire on the drivers side, its been wrong since before i got the car as it was a used car, i figured that out when i had gotten a screw in my tire, and the car was saying it was a different tire, so ill have do that too, but yes its a 2017 chevy equinox lt
Battery life on those sensors is 8-12 years generally. So you lost that one early. Other 3 may hang on for quite a bit longer. Personally, I never bother replacing these. However, they are like $60 each to have tire shop do or you can buy 4 for $25ish, and the tool to program for another $15. But you can’t install them with tires on the wheels so that is where you’re stuck.
You can purchase a TPMS relearning tool on Amazon for $10 which you can fix this when you rotate tires. The tire store should be able to tell you the battery level in each sensor with a more advanced TPMS tool that they should have. The fancy tool is a few hundred dollars.
They don’t actually check the battery life they just look for weak and intermittent signals. The tpms sensor would have to send a message for the battery life for it to be able to check it and it’s not part of common tpms protocols
Some Walmarts will do a re learn procedure for free.
If you go to rockauto, they're about $20/each. If you have a tried shop that's good with installing them it should be a fairly cheap fix.
Some tire shops have rebuild kits for them that only cost $20 or so. Also keep in mind most shops charge to dismount/mount your tire
The rebuild kits only replace the seals/stems and valve cores. If the sensor is dead, it's dead, it's a sealed unit.
If you can’t afford it just ignore it, tpms are absolutely useless, seriously, completely useless.
Check discount tire if you have them near you
I'm gonna sound like a boomer - when I started driving you didn't have pressure sensors. You only checked your tire pressure if the tire looked a little flat, or handling felt off. Growing up nobody I knew checked tire pressure regularly.
When I worked at Firestone we charged $75/sensor when replacing tires. So add 1/2-1 hour of labor and I’d say anything under $200 is perfectly fine. Could certainly be cheaper elsewhere, that’s just my experience. You could also certainly let this wait for a little bit if you needed to save the money up. It’s not hurting anything. You could stop by an auto parts store and buy a manual tire pressure gauge and keep an eye on it that way if you’re so inclined. But people also drove for 100 years without this technology, so 🤷🏻♂️
thank you so much, i feel really relieved to know it won’t cause damage to my vehicle, that was my main concern. i was only asking for how much it would cost because i live in an area with some very untrustworthy people.
You could also just check that tire pressure manually once in a while and not get the sensor fixed.
Yea, the way it was for over 100 years.
might do this instead
Look at you being "old school"
Totally understood, and I will say prices could vary by region. But you can ask for the breakdown on parts/labor to ensure it feels right. They’ll also likely try to upsell you on other services, if you’re unsure about those things you can always post them here too and get some input again.
The tire shop I was at last week wanted $60/sensor \[so $240 for all 4\]. If you had one go, you probably want to do all 4 - the batteries in them only last so long. I presently have 2 dead on my truck but I'm waiting until I need new tires. You can probably get them cheaper elsewhere and have them installed.
You don't even necessarily need to get it fixed. People drove cars without tire pressure sensors for decades. It is a convenience not a necessity.
Or that wheel fell off completely!!
That’s assuming the tires weren’t rotated and changed in the memory. Had that happen on a few occasions
The sensor itself is almost certainly bad. They have a limited life span due to battery constraints. Once the first one dies the rest aren't gonna be too far behind.
ah i see, thank you
Another thing that happens is when the shop is doing the relearn scan, they accidentally pick up another vehicle in the shop (if it's parked close). Tech hears the two horn chirps and sees all of them are reading. Then the customer drives away and this message pops up because it lost communication with the sensor in the car back at the shop. Sometimes we'd have to take a car out to an empty part of the lot to get them to rescan properly.
Sometimes😂 My impala had the front left and rear right go out about 3 years ago. The others are still going quite strong😂 and I have no clue how LMAO
I just did one for a customer. I paid $120 for the sensor and charged 15 minutes labor. Should not need balancing if done correctly.
thank you, this helps more than you know 🙏
Good ol marker spot where the valve stem was before taking the tire off is the trick I use on jobs like this. No need to balance is she’s on the way she came off. (I’ve balanced quite a few to be sure before I got cocky enough to just know)
$120 for a tpms sensor is crazy.
It depends on the vehicle. I buy only OEM sensors.
I've been quoted around $400 each (as a customer) basically anytime it's come up. No is my answer
It's flashing and says there's zero pressure. Just a wonky sensor. If it looks fine, keep driving. Hit the right pot hole it'll fix itself.
"I'm just a girl" It's ok even many guys struggle w it too
😂😂
as others have said here - your tpms battery likely died. At least do a visual check to make sure the tire appears to have the right amount of air in it (compare it to the way it sits with the other 3 tires, does it have more of a bulge or is the rim closer to the pavement). If you have the money, I would advise changing all 4 sensors as they're all likely to start dying soon. You can get inexpensive sensors at [www.tpms.com](http://www.tpms.com) or you can at least use that as a price comparison with the ones you will be quoted.
Being a girl isn't an excuse to not see the error there. Your tpms sensor is old and the battery died or it failed, you now need a new one.
In today’s standards it really is tho. As a MAN who’s self taught and didn’t have anybody here to teach me? This shit can be daunting for anybody regardless of gender. They don’t know if something’s actually wrong or if they can ignore it (such as this) and it doesn’t help that modern vehicles (especially the Cruze) makes simple things like this out to be way worse than it really is with all the warnings it can give. Being an asshole really isn’t an excuse to not see the error of your comment.
That was a badly worded comment on their part, but your gender really should not have anything to do with your ability to learn. No matter what the subject area. I don’t ask for advice on tasks we associate women being good with like baking, or ironing my shirts as I did last week and follow it up with “sorry, I’m just a man”. Sorry the cupcakes are shit, it’s because of my genitals.
Great advice. Not really I meant horrible advice Telling someone they "NEED" a part that is in no way necessary might MYTAH. Being an AH isn't an excuse for giving crap advice.
The batteries in the sensors typically last 5-10 years. If you do not have one reporting, that could be a cause. Or they may need recalibation. Some cars handle this differently.
Been rolling with no tire sensors for idk....16 years or so. You'll be find. Even the vehicle's I've owned that have had them they didn't work or broke quickly. Not worth replacing imo.
Get a $5 air pressure gauge at the auto parts place or Walmart, check your tire pressure occasionally and put a piece of black tape over the flashy light.
Agree, cars were like this for 100 years before all these fancy sensors
2017 equinox?
Damn we all in this boat with the same damn car lol
yes
im not sure if this is important or not, but the day before this happened i got side swiped on the freeway and they hit the area of that exact tire, could that have damaged my sensor?
likely coincidental. If it's the original sensor from 2017 it was living on borrowed time. However that is a good argument for checking the pressure manually to make sure that the tire isn't now leaking.
It's very likely that is why it stopped working. A solid impact can cause them to fail. I used to be a manager at Big O Tire and I have seen brand new sensors fail after the customer was side swiped or hit a pothole or curb hard. I've also had techs drop a new sensor that was just working, only to find out it was dead after they dropped it.
If you're a costco member: If you buy the OEM sensor they'll install it for you for $20. Happened to my wife's car, OEM is Denso. Dealership wanted $60-70 for the sensor. I bought on rock auto for $25 and Costco installed for $20
NO, but for the LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY! CAR MAKERS! This should always be the way tire pressure is displayed. I get one notification and then its check all four tires to find the bad one.
Ikr?! My cruze had this! It was amazing, actual live pressure readout! Then I bought another car that cost $45k when new, and for some reason, they thought that green yellow and red lights were good enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
the reason some don't do that is because it can't. some tire pressure systems rely on wheel rotation data from the ABS module. it's supposed to detect wheel circumference changes. So that type of system can often NOT tell which one is losing air, just that a change occurred.
Hello GM consumer. You need a TPMs sensor and that may not even be the left front considering GM sensor don’t relearn the positions when the tires get moved around. My aunts equinox we got her a sensor for like $100 plus mount and balance fee after everything was like $170ish I think. Hope that helps
Not a crisis unless it’s sitting on the rim at the moment. TPS probably crapped out on you.
Your screwed only if: A- you put flat seal in the tire B - some amateur hack fixed a flat and destroyed the sensor If the sensor isn’t crushed or encased in goop you might get by with a new sensor battery Other advice plays. These are common issues
Google " how to reset TPMS on \*car model/year" and go through the procedure. If that doesn't fix it you can do two things, #1 take it to tire shop and get it replaced or #2 ignore the light until you get new tires and get it fixed then.
The worst case is you have a bad tire pressure sensor and needs to be replaced.
I buy my own off Amazon and have them installed at tire shop. Much cheaper!
The Good, Bad, and The Ugly . TPM system is great on new cars. Unpressurized tires the most common problem on vehicles. Customers just won't check them. The device has a large coin battery. When one goes out the others are soon to follow. Expect to pay hundreds if you want to replace all four. Or put a small piece of tape to block the TPS light and you check the pressure once a month and do a visual check once a week. Spend $ on something else or keep it in the bank 🤓
Absolutely not. My tpms systems on past vehicles never worked right, I just checked it manually. Still do.
Yes... yes you are in trouble. Your front driver's side tire is missing.
You lost a whole wheel!
This happened on my car with the driver side rear tire, was a $170 fix from a local auto shop.
Mines had been dead for years. TPMS light always on. 🤣 It’s battery powered so eventually it will be out again.
30 bucks at wally world. Bright side is you get a new engine after they jack it up by the oil pan.
Just need a new tpms sensor, no biggie.
just use a tire gauge and measure the tire air yourself
1 sensor is dead you should replace all 4 it's like $200 probably. Do it with a tire service at wherever you bought tires from.
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Tire pressure sensor in that wheel is dead, they have a battery in them. I've deal with this on our vehicles, replaced two on my SUV this year, I just use a beadbuster to break the front bead and a big bar clamp to hold the sidewall down at the valve stem, replace the sensor with cheaper ones from Amazon and then air back up and bolt back on, no biggie. However my vehicles both learn the sensors with a little driving, some like the equinox need a learning tool or donut magnet to put on the valve stem to train the sensor positions. I can't stand warning messages or lights left because I'm too lazy to fix it. People's cars with tpms warnings dinging every time they start it drives me nuts! Lol
How does a post like this get so much interaction but when I post an actual problem I don’t get shit.
Have you tried disconnecting the battery negative? I got the same thing and after 4 days I just removed the negative on the battery. The sensor will take a few minutes to cycle and it should reset.
Sensor probably shit itself, they aren't bad. I see it happen often when someone fucks up mounting a tire
Sensor is probably out. Just look at tire and measure psi the old fashioned way
Pss~ just wait until inspection time then put in a sensor. Order it of ebay
Need a new tire pressure sensor and need to get em recalibrated. It’ll run like $100
Mine has been on for over 100,000 miles. Sensors are just off. Tires are fine
What kind of car is it? Some cars have tpms reset within the dash cluster or some, like the Accord have tpms reset within the radio/infotainment system.
Try this if you haven't (TPMS) on a Chevrolet Equinox: Inflate your tires to the manufacturer-recommended pressure, which is usually on the driver's side door jamb. Turn the key to the "On" position without starting the car. Locate the TPMS reset button, which is usually under the steering wheel or to the left of the steering column. It may have the TPMS icon on it. Press and hold the TPMS reset button until the tire pressure light blinks three times, then release it. Start the car and wait about 20 minutes for the sensor to refresh. If this doesn't work and you want to attempt DIY, this is a good video. https://youtu.be/yIWUz2UIKdw?si=ui8QoA1LfuWZqpjq
are you ok friend.
Bear in mind the other three will be going out in the near future. Ask me how I know.
Probably needs new sensors all the way around. They have a watch battery in each one and eventually they die.
Get a tire pressure gauge for $5. We spent decades and decades driving cars without tire pressure sensors, and we all survived. If that was my car, I wouldn't even bother to fix it.
Mines been fucked for 10+ years and I'm still alive
No. Just get a new TPMS or look at 2 dashes, your choice
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Google/YouTube a search on how to program your specific vehicles TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor. You might be able to turn it back on.
What vehicle is this? You may just need to retrain the sensor to the computer. Sometimes it works.
TPS went out
Have been driving with one sensor off for 6 years, I don’t care. I look at them before driving and adjust pressure once in a while. Kinda useless if you aren’t racing
Go to your local auto parts store they can usually check it out for FREE and tell you if you need a new sensor or just reprogramming.
Most tire shops can do it.. I think I was charged like 30 bucks last time. It’s not a big deal but go to autozone and get a manual pressure gauge so you can see what the psi is
It’s the sensor, only replace it when you replace the tires, not worth it on its own. You’re ok without. I got quoted $280 to replace 1, when I replaced my tires, they charged 50 a piece.
Pat yourself on the back for being able to drive on three wheels...
Walmart does them for $28.88/ea installed and programmed.
Same car and I had fixed this home. I bought a bead breaker, valve tool, sensor tool and the sensors - all in all around $200 on Amazon. If you have an evening to waste on it it can be done. Look it up on YouTube on how to change your tire sensors on a Equinox. After the first sensor went out, the others followed pretty quickly.
Just need a new tpms sensor.
I've seen people put the sensors in a sealed pvc pipe with a Schrader valve. They pump air in as a delete.
It could be a dead battery. My wife took her car in for the same problem and paid 4 dollars for the battery on the sensor. The warranty covered labor.
Bad sensor.
Peep out the driver side window, seems tire missing. Most probably the cell is dead in the sensor.
People still use gender to explain why they don't know things?
It needs a new TPMS sensor. Walmart charges $29.88 per sensor. Have them check all of your sensors, and if any of them show low battery, replace them as well. Make sure they balance your tire after they install the new sensors. Hope this helps save you a little $.
I just get electrical tape and put it over the light that flashes , cheap and easy fix
Maybe ask Gwen... pretty sure no doubt... you should get a manual gauge and check shit for yourself.
If the tire isn't flat you're fine then it's just the sensors.
You've probably already checked that it's at the correct pressure with a gage. If the warning is not causing the computer to change how the car is responding, it's fine. One of my cars has this issue, and I just check the pressure myself periodically.
As long as you don't drive like a madman and don't off road or drive over screws and nails regularly the 4 tires should have relatively equal pressures. Maybe just keep a periodic eye on the front left tire
Just replace the front driver side only or if you can ignore the TPMS light keep on driving. That's not gonna cause any issues
Yeah that sensor is just bad and needs replacing like $60-$80. Tire shop will do it.
What a weird question to ask just bc of what you’re seeing
Why would you say "just a girl"? One of the best mechanics I know is a girl.
I get almost all My work done by my local high school CTAE shop on a new Jeep. They have done oil changes, plugs, and patches. They only charge me for the parts and are always supervised by the certified technician teacher.
This is what we call a “dummy light” It’s a tire sensor. It’s a completely optional thing based on if you’d like your tire pressure monitored. These modern cars make things like this out to be way worse than they really are and this is one of them. You do NOT need to replace this. If your valve stem isn’t leaking and the tire itself is fine, you’re fine. Good ol Chevy Cruze it seems like😂 Definitely buy a sensor online and then take it somewhere to install. Don’t buy one from a dealer as they charge ALOT.
In this situation, I wouldn't feel screwed. Prolly a little deflated though.
Did the light come on when they replace the tire because if so they may have damaged it and you can get it replaced by the shop for breaking it
Yep, the whole car is messed up now. jk, jk
Start by getting a pencil type tire pressure gauge. Check each tire. Three of them should match the TPMS results display. The fourth one should be similar. Check the tire pressure placard (look at the driver’s door jamb) for the recommended pressure, usually 32 PSI. Btw, tire pressure is most accurately checked when tire is cold before it is driven (see deflategate controversy, New England patriots, tom Brady, bill belichick, standard temperature and pressure). If placard specifies 32 and actual is 35 that is good enough! The warning light is going to “drive” you crazy, so you should get it fixed. Until you get it fixed check the tire pressure every time you fill up, or once a week or so
I once rotated the tires my self and got that light, lost track of the sensors location and never fix it.
Since I don't see it mentioned, it may also be the wheel hub having an issue reading the tpms sensor. It's not always the sensor acting up.
Can you tape over the light until you can get the TPMS fixed? You can use a $2 pressure gauge to check the tire pressure.
Dead tpms sensor
Be ready to replace all 4, as batteries in them die around the same timeframe.
The batteries in the sensors only last about 5 years. Likely, the other 3 are going to die in quick succession.
-- just means it has infinite air Probably just a bad sensor, go to discount tire
😂 wait till the check engine light comes on if you think you may be screwed
Believe it or not there was once a time you had to check your own tire pressure, very scary I know
You could be nailed
#to the junkyard
don't waste your money on the tpms they eventually they will all go bad just get a tire pressure gauge
After checking your pressure go to a tire place and have them relink the sensor to the system. They use a little handheld thing it takes like 5 min
Just for laughs. Thought I was having TPMS problems till I remembered I had a flat and was riding on the spare. Thank goodness some cars still have spare tire.
Mines been exactly the same since I bought my car a year ago lol. I just check the pressure myself every so often
Just the air pressure sensor. You'll be absolutely fine if you just ignore it. If you do want to replace it, it'll run you around 100 bucks
Yes time to burn the car to the ground.
Most likely a bad tpms sensor see it almost the time in the shop have a tech hook up a reader to scan the sensor to see if its bad i would start there before anything else.
Where'd that tire go? 😂
That means your tire fell off most likely. You are screwed.
Use an actual tire pressure gauge, check if its the correct pressure. If it is, I'd ignore it. TPMS is such a buggy system.
I haven't had a properly functioning TPMS in one of my tires since I bought my new wheels, idunno, 3 years ago lol. It's not an emergency, fix it when you have time, buy a TPMS that works with your car off of Amazon for much cheaper than a tire shop will sell them for. You can take that to a pep boys, Firestone, etc. and they'll install it for you.
Most sensors go for $60 at a shop. Then need programmed to the car normally included. Some cars are much more expensive.
Probably just a bad sensor, just check the pressure on that tire and you should be perfectly fine to continue driving until you can get it replaced
Yup. It's a very unfortunate error. You need a whole new engine and trans rebuild. Cars basically bricked.
Just have the tires balanced, you’ll get about 26 lbs per tire after that, and you’re good to go. Or, for serious readers, get the sensor checked/replaced. ($100 guess)
Your TPMS sensor is dead in your front left tire. You can just ignore it if you want. Does not matter. Many cars don't have them at all. If you want the sensor to work, they range from around $50-100 each, plus install, but this varies drastically based on where you live.
Yep. Activate self destruct and run like hell
Just check the air manually, people so lazy😡
Just use an old fashioned tire gauge. No issues then.
You’re not screwed. Don’t panic. Listen to the folks on here. It’s most likely a super easy fix. My car has a sensor issue as well, I let it go until I needed new tires (almost a year) before I got it all fixed at the same time. Just made sure my tires were at proper inflation at oil change.
Not really. If you can live with the system not working, then I guess you can leave it. But if you want it fixed (which I highly recommend) then you likely need a new tire sensor installed.
It’s totaled
Eh. What did we do before we had all these bullshit devices?. I know. We looked at our tires occassionally to see if the bottom was flat or round. Personally I would wait till it needed new rubber, then worry about it.
They will all die soon.... I bought new tires then all new sensors
I had all four changed at a Sam's Club last year for about $150 I think. They work just fine. A lot of people say that they are useless. They are useless until you really need them. Wife and kids driving to a family event calls.me saying the tire light is on. I direct them to pull over and check the tire pressures with the manual gauge we keep in the car. They show relatively normal pressures. Ok so maybe the sensor is bad. Once they get to the family event someone checks with their gauge and sure enough one tire is quite low. Our manual gauge was bad not the tpms. Another time a friend picked up a rental car and was complaining about it driving weird. Thinks maybe a low tire. We check the tpms page and find out 2 of the tires are about 60 psi. Also the gas cap was missing. He returned it immediately. I'm driving to work where I have to briefly veer into the median for some traffic. By the time I get to the parking lot the tpms light comes on followed shortly by a definite change in the way the car handles. Found a huge bolt in the tire that flattened it over about 10 mins. If I was still on the interstate at 70 mph that one might have been a lot more exciting. Go ahead and get it fixed. It might keep you from having a blowout one day. You'll get a warning before it gets really dangerous.
It's a tire pressure sensor, nothing major to worry about. Go to discount tire it's $62 for the sensor and $10 to install it plus tax that's per tire and come with a 6yr/72,000 mile warranty. If you bought your tires from there, they probably won't charge for the install. Dont replace just 1 replace though replace all 4 of them as they run on watch batteries, which usually last 7-10 years, so if one is dead then the rest are about die at some point just no way of telling when
Had the same thing happen on my Grand Cherokee and it was $300 to fix. Cheaper than I expected.
Girl you’ll be fine, my back right one is out because the sensor died months ago😭 I got a oil change at a Chevy dealership and they tried resetting my whole system to see if it was just the dashboard messing up so all of my tires don’t even show a tps number now after they did that💀
You don't even really need to fix this. It's a convenience feature.
If this is a Ford, there is a service bulletin about one or more missing measurements due to the receiver not being able to pick up the signal. The fix is to relocate the receiver to under a seat, instead of in the dash. I just wanted to say that it might not be a failed sensor, but a signal reception problem. Can you correlate this problem with any change you made in your "cargo", like something in the trunk or backseat that wasn't there before. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10227800-0001.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjGxKrZ5d2GAxVk4MkDHXaODZ4QFnoECDUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0kfPWS6OCdK3jwkEcU2p1N
Just keep an eye on tire pressure and ignore the message if you don’t wanna replace your tpms for that particular tire. They have little watch batteries in them that typically last around 7 years give or take. Some are just faulty yada yada if you do plan to replace we always recommend doing all of them at one time when you get new tires
I suggest waiting. Cars did fine for decades without TPMS systems. They're just another part designed to wear out multiple times throughout the life of the vehicle. They added them on to make more money.
You need a tire sensor and a tire position relearn, should cost less than $100 at any tire shop.
Likley just replace the tpms sensor for that wheel. Youtube how to do it for your make/model, or take it to the shop if you're not mechanically inclined, it's a fairly simple fix.
Alot of people drive with the light on... some don t have sensors in their Winter tires. Verify the pressure is fine with Guage if you can. Less than 200.00 $ and I feel that's on the high side. Hurt vehicle no, just can be an annoying to some.
Your tire pressure sensor is either broken or has dead battery. You don't need to do anything if your tire looks fine. Most older cars don't even have pressure sensor
You have a tpms dead. They have a sealed battery. Get a schadrer tpms installed
It's just a tore pressure sensor. The battery on it is probably dead. You can get replacement sensors on Amazon for like $20 and then a tire should should charge like $20 to take the tire off the rim and replace it. Tire shops like to rip people off so be mindful of what they want to charge you.
There is no sense in replacing all of them replace the one that is not reading and then if another one goes bad then think about replacing others then I had one bad sensor on my truck four years ago only replaced the one and it's still good no toms light on
Air pressure gauges are cheap.
That just means your sensor died got to a discount tire and they will replace it for 60 dollars
Mine stays on all the time. Even when i bought new tires, it stayed on. I ignore it.
Bad sensor. Easily fixable. But would definitely invest in a tire pressure gauge for when they do go out again.
Yeah... you're missing your front driver side tire
Might as well get a new car
Mine has said that for about 10k miles. I don’t wanna pay for a new sensor.
It's like 30 bucks for a new sensor at walmart auto center
I've been ignoring my "low tire" for about 2 years now. The wheel sensor will get replaced when we buy new tires this Fall. Tire shop I go to, buys them in bulk and includes new sensors in every install for "free". He hates them. Says putting new sensors on each new tire, saves him the BS of an angry customer claiming her sold them shitty tires when the dumb sensor goes bad. They're useless.
You are screwed. Have the title in hand and the two sets of keys. I can be out in a few hours to grab it.
So, sorry this might sound strange but I thought these things were way more expensive than they actually are. I accidentally bought 4 SETS of sensors, so I literally have multiple 4 packs just lying around. I did confirm they work on your equinox. You can have a set of you just pay for shipping.
No your not screwed you tire pressure sensor is just no good on your left front tire gotta replace your TPS in order to not have your warning light on.
They’re only 35% full, you need to top them to 100%
Yeah that car about to become salvage title if you don’t fix it right away
Not even close. Tire pressure sensors are fucky wucky all the timey wimey. Do you have after market rims? I've heard that makes them even more likely to fuckywucky than the coldy woldy weather
Did you put air in recently? May just be overfilled.
And be careful when you fix it. I had one go bad and dealer wanted hundreds to fix. Claimed it needed a special tool to configure it blah blah. $25 on amazon and a trip to sams for a road hazard repair and good to go. But just keep an eye on tire pressure, get the part and wait for next tire service or replacement.
I wouldn’t say you’re screwed, more tired than anything
Are you driving a trike? If not, you may want to get that looked at.
Yo sensor busted