2009 TPMS sensor problem

[Steve 65]

Have a 2009 Ram 1500. Came with 17 inch wheels. i upgraded to 20 inch dodge wheels.. Had all 4 sensors replaced at this time. After 50 miles or so the light came on, dealer said one sensor was bad, replaced it and did same thing two days later..tire shop says all sensors are fine and they rechecked the pressure and all was fine. what else might the problem be. Is there a way to just deactivate the light...Please help

 

[jwheeler]

No way to deactivate the light. It is a safety feature. Did you have sensors replaced at the dealer with factory ones? New aftermarket sensors from a tire shop? Or just swapped from the 17 inch wheels to the 20's?


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[smiley]

Possible they replaced with the wrong frequency??

 

[ColdCase]

Have a 2009 Ram 1500. Came with 17 inch wheels. i upgraded to 20 inch dodge wheels.. Had all 4 sensors replaced at this time. After 50 miles or so the light came on, dealer said one sensor was bad, replaced it and did same thing two days later..tire shop says all sensors are fine and they rechecked the pressure and all was fine. what else might the problem be. Is there a way to just deactivate the light...Please help

Where did you get the sensors. the tire shop? I had this happen to me on a 2009 once. The tire shop put the wrong frequency sensors in, but that should have shown up as four bad sensors in the dealer's DTC set (if they used it). Tire shop kept insisting the sensors were the right ones and operating properly. I twisted their arm to check the frequency with their portable sensor scanner and then showed them the spec on the truck. Sure enough they were the wrong frequency. In 2009 time frame MOPAR was transitioning from one frequency to another.

Ask the tire shop what frequency the sensors are operating at. I forget what a 2009 truck is expecting. Some third party sensors and the truck TPMS don't play well together. In the long run its less of a hassle to use OEM sensors.

Do you still have the old wheels?