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Old 09-06-2019, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by tomtom
So you are saying that all GM cars have the same electronics for TPMS ?
Actually, I was saying the opposite. A Chinese-designed American-branded Chinese-assembled American platform engineered by a GM subsidiary in Germany that is now owned by a French manufacturer would have less chance of being the same as anything else when compared to, say, an Enclave (Traverse/Acadia/Outlook) or Sierra (Silverado/Savannah/Express) or etc.

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My idea is to investigate the possibility removing the TPMS check by changing the ECU programm or some settings in the ECU
It would be nice, but I don't know of anyone who would be able to convince GM to do this, especially with the lawyers watching.

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I would think - or at least like to think that many others would prefer to just get rid of the TPMS warning instead of paying for sensors
for older cars its at least 100 bucks and for newer about 200 bucks for 4 sensors
That'* probably the point, an annoying non-deleteable light will get you to . . .
- from the perspective of the safety folks: fix the problem and be safe
- from the perspective of the lawyers: fix the problem not sue GM for making it easy to turn off the warning
- from the perspective of the beancounters: buy the parts to fix the problem
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Originally Posted by carfixer007
It would be much easier to remove the led for the error lamp.
They're all soldered on.
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A solder pencil is cheap.

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Old 09-10-2019, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by carfixer007
A solder pencil is cheap.
that'* true- but in summer I would have to undo everything since the summer tires have TPMS sensors

At the end I guess it is a question about how difficult it is to modify the ECU'* programme - since there does not seem to be any kind of electronic build in switch

Similar to auto start/stop, which can be electronically turned off by reprogramming the ECU
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Seems you have your mind made up. Not sure what you want from us. We cannot program your vehicle through this forum.
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A solder pencil is cheap.
Originally Posted by tomtom
that'* true- but in summer I would have to undo everything since the summer tires have TPMS sensors
We're waaay out there in fantasy land, but I just have to say desoldering then soldering an LED twice a year on the instrument panel display board will eventually damage the board, even if a human can do it. The cluster costs more than a set of four TPMS sensors.

Another alternative: Go to a dealer and see if they will turn TPMS off and on as needed. That will probably be an hour labor each time, so ~$200.00+ per year.

. . . or get a set of TPMS sensors for the winter rims and be done with it.
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Originally Posted by CathedralCub

Another alternative: Go to a dealer and see if they will turn TPMS off and on as needed. That will probably be an hour labor each time, so ~$200.00+ per year.
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Would you know by any chance if that is possible ?

I will check definitely check this out. We have couple of dealers around here.- should have thought of this myself
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Originally Posted by tomtom
Would you know by any chance if that is possible ?
No, I don't know if they can and/or will do this, hence the "see if":

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see if they will turn TPMS off and on as needed
If I were their lawyer, I wouldn't let them without a lot of paperwork.
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I checked,

They told me, it is technicaly not possible
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Originally Posted by tomtom
I checked,

They told me, it is technicaly not possible
Ah, well now we know . . . and we've all learned something.

Thanks for letting us know!


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