HELLLPPP....tire pressure monitors

[richl]

no . but if they crack one while dismounting the tire { seen it done many times}.. make sure they buy it for you ...............

[Sewie]

Also, if the rim that was used for the spare is rotated into the four on the ground, you will need to "re-learn" the TPM sensors. The process is in the owner's manual.

[LesC.]

everything went smooth. easy change over. BUT spare tire on the 08 alphas dont have the tire pressure sensor on it.

[Sewie]

Originally Posted by LesC.

BUT spare tire on the 08 alphas dont have the tire pressure sensor on it.

Ahhhhh, yes. This has been discussed elsewhere. Apparently, GM stopped putting the TPM sensors in the spare in '08 as a "cost cutting measure".

[wpage]

Ohh no tpm on spare bastisds!

[richl]

Originally Posted by Sewie

Ahhhhh, yes. This has been discussed elsewhere. Apparently, GM stopped putting the TPM sensors in the spare in '08 as a "cost cutting measure".

the real reason was because NOBODY EVER CHECKS THE AIR IN THERE SPARE TIRE !! and if it had a monitor when it was low it would set off the tire light ..
and getting paid under warranty to find the problem and submit it to get paid gm was loosing there ass on this. so they got rid of it .. because they had to pay warranty work that was a crock because the owner was too stupid to check it

and it paid .7 to diag the low tire light and .2 to inflate all tires to specified pressure ... thats .9 total .. and if a shop charger 100.0 per hour thasts 90 bucks to do that .. nd if the tec makes 20 bucks a flat rate hour thats 18 bucks he just made ... now add all the millions of warranty claims up ....

gets expensive real quick ...........

[Sewie]

Originally Posted by richl

the real reason was because NOBODY EVER CHECKS THE AIR IN THERE SPARE TIRE !! and if it had a monitor when it was low it would set off the tire light ..

The system doesn't check the spare tire. Only the four on the ground. The only warranty claims would be for people who rotate in the spare and have the dealer reprogram the system. Probably won't lessen those types of warranty claims since you'll still have people rotate in the spare not knowing they don't have a sensor and then wondering why they can't get rid of the SERV TPM light.

The federal law does not mandate the spare be monitored, so its just another one of those nickel and dime things. Like the tray in the center console and some other stuff I can't remember right now.

[3Hummer]

the spares dont have a tire pressure monitor at all on it, i mean when you think about ti how long would you ever have a spare on for anyway?

and sewi dont mention that tray i never got one and im really upset about that