Long story...
2010 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4
Replaced my rubber on the factory rims. Original factory TPMS sensors.
Drove for a day or so and the left rear sensor as shown in the EVIC went offline (dashes).
Ordered a set of sensors off ebay - factory sensors in Canada are criminal.
Replaced the left rear sensor.
During the ride home, with the OEM sensor in my pocket, the right front wheel in the EVIC was flashing "0" with low pressure warning. Found that odd, but thought nothing of it. Put the old OEM sensor in my toolbox and drove for the rest of the week - still no reading on the left rear. Front right appeared to correct itself.
Compared numbers from the OEM sensor to the rest of the ebay-purchased sensors and saw no difference - they appear to be identical - even the part number on the edge.
Took it back to the tire shop and they were able to read the left rear sensor with their scan tool, but said that aftermarket sensors sometimes don't work right with our computers.
Bought a new OEM sensor from the Dealer and had it installed today. Still having trouble walking upright after the reaming....
While driving to work, again, the right front wheel in the EVIC was flashing "0" and the left rear was still dashes.
Beginning to think that the ebay sensors work fine, but the EVIC and TPMS system has no clue what position the tires are in and I changed out a perfectly fine sensor.
I thought these trucks relearned position on the fly??
If a Dodge/Chrysler Tech could school me with what to do, I would appreciate it.
Is it possible there is a bad antenna somewhere, or would that set a different code?
Not sure what I should be doing, but I'm almost certain the TPMS system is not relearning the wheel position and am clueless as to why. This would also help me figure out exactly what wheel the bad sensor is in. Suppose I should have had the tire shop read each wheel - may have been the smart thing to do!
Thanks in advance.
2010 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4
Replaced my rubber on the factory rims. Original factory TPMS sensors.
Drove for a day or so and the left rear sensor as shown in the EVIC went offline (dashes).
Ordered a set of sensors off ebay - factory sensors in Canada are criminal.
Replaced the left rear sensor.
During the ride home, with the OEM sensor in my pocket, the right front wheel in the EVIC was flashing "0" with low pressure warning. Found that odd, but thought nothing of it. Put the old OEM sensor in my toolbox and drove for the rest of the week - still no reading on the left rear. Front right appeared to correct itself.
Compared numbers from the OEM sensor to the rest of the ebay-purchased sensors and saw no difference - they appear to be identical - even the part number on the edge.
Took it back to the tire shop and they were able to read the left rear sensor with their scan tool, but said that aftermarket sensors sometimes don't work right with our computers.
Bought a new OEM sensor from the Dealer and had it installed today. Still having trouble walking upright after the reaming....
While driving to work, again, the right front wheel in the EVIC was flashing "0" and the left rear was still dashes.
Beginning to think that the ebay sensors work fine, but the EVIC and TPMS system has no clue what position the tires are in and I changed out a perfectly fine sensor.
I thought these trucks relearned position on the fly??
If a Dodge/Chrysler Tech could school me with what to do, I would appreciate it.
Is it possible there is a bad antenna somewhere, or would that set a different code?
Not sure what I should be doing, but I'm almost certain the TPMS system is not relearning the wheel position and am clueless as to why. This would also help me figure out exactly what wheel the bad sensor is in. Suppose I should have had the tire shop read each wheel - may have been the smart thing to do!
Thanks in advance.