Swaped rims to black steelies & blizzaks for the winter 2 days ago. I have yet to have the TPMS light some on. When i got the wheel/tire pkg from tirerack.com they said it did NOT support the TPMS,. So now my question is do i have a late 06 badged as an 07? maybe the system is not working correctly/?

i have not check the new rims to double check that there are no sensors in there, but for the cost i got them for.. i highly doubt it..

Is it normal for the light NOT to come on? 150miles or so later?

 

Not normal. They should have been on the stock rims. They won't call an 06 an 07, check your registration. It should have been inside the tire where the valve stem was.

 

it is an 07.
Might stop at the dealer tomorow to check the system. Not that i really mind NOT seeing the light come on , during the winter tire change.

 

car makers actually start calling their cars 2007 as early as May or June . example, if you look at the door sticker and see "8/06" it could be called an 07 model. so come june/july/aug of 07, it might be labeled as an 2008....

check your door sticker and check your underhood label for verification

 

I think the point was that they wouldn't call an 06 model and 07. not that one would be an 07 in 2006. The fact of relabeling an 06 as an 07 would be misleading.

 

It is very possible that the dealership did not properly activate your TPMS during pre-delivery service. To see what I mean, see http://tijil.org/Scion_TSBs/pd03806.pdf

Tomaas

 

not true. if anything is left over from the 06 model year at the manufacturing plant when they start turning out 07 vehicles, then it is very likely for an 06 to be badged as an 07. its usually not likely, but it has happened on many occasions with many different manufacturers. take for example when the new OBD II system first started appearing in vehicles, there were quite a few GM vehicles that ended up with OBD I systems matched with OBD II system connectors. you should see the confused looks on people's faces when they try to connect OBD II scan tools to that system. thats just one example, ive seen many others from working in the automotive industry.

 

thanks thomas, i might bring it in and make them do that.. but i really enjoy NOT seeing that light with these tires, so i may wait till the 1st oil change

 

Look in the glove box, is there a reset button for the tire pressure sensors?

 

(Both old and new systems have the reset button...)

Tomas

 

being in the automotive field....i stand by what i said

 

OK, guys, the absolute simplest way to determine the model year of ANY vehicle is to look at it's VIN.

On all newer vehicles sold in the US, the tenth digit of the VIN indicates the model year. (Required by federal law.)

If your VIN says "6" in the tenth position it is a 2006, if it says "7" it is a 2007.



May I go to bed now?

Tomas

 

480 miles later with the steelies.. the friggin light came on.. weird. i was just sitting at the drive through at DD, and it started blinking.. so i guess it works.. took damn long enough.
USELESS system IMO

 

well.. that settles it..

 

Uh, settles what? Either system could have done that. :D

Tomas

 

Just check your valve stems. If they're rubber, you do not have the sensors at all. If they're metal, you have the sensors but they may or may not have been activated. If they are metal but you don't believe they have been activated, just take it to the dealership. Tire shops use a type of scan tool that activates the sensors.

 

well.... each sensor has a specific serial number that has already been pre-programmed into the ecu to match for that certain car.

there is no way to know what that serial number is unless you take the sensor out and actually look at it.

during the PDI process, you're supposed to reset the pressure sensor system... not much really an "activation".. moreso... hmm.. "wake up"? if that makes any sense...

 

I have an 07 and i was wondering if it would hurt my car to ride around with new wheels on it without the sensors? Also if there was anything i could do to make the light go away other than black tape over it lol

 

it would be bad... but not life-threatening..

why don't you just put the sensors in the new wheels??

 

how would it be bad? Cause i don't want to take them out of the stock wheels cause i wanna use the stock wheels during winter and new wheels during summer and i don't even know if the sensors will fit the wheels that i want.