rockfangd Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 does anyone know if the TPMS sensors on a 2001 deville can be programmed without a scantool? the LF was bad and replaced but not programmed, Anyone have any info on this. Thanks GM FAN FOREVER Nice, clean, luxury= fine automobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHE Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Yes - I use a powerful horseshoe magnet to set mine when I rotate my tires. I believe you hold the lock and unlock buttons on the key fob and the horn will chirp. Hold the magnet next to the valve stem on the LF tire, the horn will chirp. Move to the RF tire, then the RR tire and end with the LR tire. Kevin '93 Fleetwood Brougham '05 Deville '04 Deville 2013 Silverado Z71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 AND you must get a horn chirp at each wheel. Two at the last (LR) wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimD Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Use a large magnet. If this procedure fails, try a magnet with greater flux density. 1) Ignition ON. 2) Press LOCK + UN-LOCK key fob buttons simultaneously until the horn chirps. 3) Starting with LF wheel, hold the magnet in contact with the valve stem until the horn chirps. Then RF, then RR, then LR. After LR, the horn will chirp twice to indicate the relearn was successful. There is a timer running that allows 1 minute between wheels and 5 minutes total elapsed time. Jim Drive your car. Use your cell phone. CHOOSE ONE ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted December 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 thank you very much. nice to know it is a common GM procedure. the newer GMsprogram through the IPC but has the same steps GM FAN FOREVER Nice, clean, luxury= fine automobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTOken Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Dumb question coming.... How do you know if you need to reprogram the TPMS? Will there be an error message on the DIC? I just had new tires installed and assume all is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Dumb question coming.... How do you know if you need to reprogram the TPMS? Will there be an error message on the DIC? I just had new tires installed and assume all is well. All is well..."IF" they put the same wheels back in the same spot or "IF" they reset the TPMS when they were done putting the wheels back on the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 It must have been optional equipment in 2001. Not all will have TPMS. My 2001 does not. TPMS was a Federal Mandate for all new vehicles in 2008...after the Ford Explorer/ Firestone tire fiasco. Logan Diagnostic LLC www.airbagcrash.com www.logandieselusa.com www.ledfix.com www.ledfix.com/yukontaillightrepair.html www.ledfix.com/ledreplacements.html www.ledfix.com/j42385toolrental.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTOken Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Dumb question coming.... How do you know if you need to reprogram the TPMS? Will there be an error message on the DIC? I just had new tires installed and assume all is well. All is well..."IF" they put the same wheels back in the same spot or "IF" they reset the TPMS when they were done putting the wheels back on the car. I don't know about either. I'm not getting any errors and I can check the pressures on the DIC just fine. I do know they installed some sort of " TPMS replacement/repair kit" because I discussed it with them prior to tire replacement. It looks easy enough to reprogram so maybe I will do that just to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 I can't imagine a tire shop not knowing when or how to reset them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted December 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 programmed them today and it worked like a charm. all is fine wth no messages. Now for those questioning removing tires and reinstalling them. Rach sensor is programmed to the corner of the car it is on. therefore if you rotate the tires front to rear your rear tires would now be reading as fronts and vice versa. Example switch the left and right fronts. now the left reads as right and the right reads as left. Soo if your dash says you have a low leftt front tire it is actually the right front. Hope that made sense. That is why even rotating the tires or dismounting all 4 without marking them it should be reprogrammed. honestly it was a piece of cake. took me 2 minutes with a strong magnet (it may not ned a strong magnet to work but thats what I had) So thanks again GM FAN FOREVER Nice, clean, luxury= fine automobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK11 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 My 2001 DTS has TPMS. I think it was standard on the DTS in 2001. Think All the sending units were replaced over the years. The biggest problem with the older units is the sensativity in cold weather. Have to raise PSI up to about 35 to prevent Low message. We do not have that problem with our 2008 STS. Also if memory serves me correctly I think the 2001 DTS had a TSB that required some type or reprograming of the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 havent heard of the tsb. I set the devilles to 35 anyway so all works out GM FAN FOREVER Nice, clean, luxury= fine automobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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