tyre pressure sensors

Hi Everyone

I've got a 407 with pressure sensors on the tyres. I had a tyre replaced
recently at a tyre dealer , and now the dashboard display comes up after a
few minutes running saying 'the tyre pressure(s) are not monitored. '

Talking to a parts dept they tell me the new sensor is £56 + vat to buy and
I presume there will be a fitting charge. So I'm looking at a £100 bill I
expect.

Anyone else had experience of this? Any advice?

 

Simple question, is the sensor plugged in? Presumably there is a wire
running to the axle and then some sort of capacative or inductive
coupling to the sensor in the wheel [1]. So did thetyre fitter
inadvertantly disconnect the wire. It would only take a few minutes to
pop the wheel off and check.

[1] The only tyre sensor I have any knowledge of is on the Airbus A330
and that was in 1989

 

The sensor was ripped off by an incompetent tyre fitter when they
changed the tyre.

You have four choices:

1/ Ignore the warning.
2/ Have the dealer reprogram the car so the warning isn't given.
3/ Get the tyre fitters company to pay for a new sensor to be fitted.
4/ Pay for it yourself.


As I bought my Citroen (same system as Peugeot I believe) second hand
with tyre sensors ripped off by an incompetent tyre fitter I opted for
2.

 

Simple question, is the sensor plugged in? Presumably there is a wire
running to the axle and then some sort of capacative or inductive
coupling to the sensor in the wheel [1]. So did thetyre fitter
inadvertantly disconnect the wire. It would only take a few minutes to
pop the wheel off and check.

It's a little plastic black box about the size of a swan vestas match box
inside the tyre connected to the valve.

Presume it's a little wireless transmitter.

When the tyre was fitted the company did warn that it was possible the
sensor would be damaged so I can't argue with them. As they had`fitted 2
tyres ok a month before I thought they would do the same..

 

Just spoken to a Peugeot dealer

Diagnostic fee then parts purchase and fitting and reprogramming fee. About
£180 - £200 they reckon. More than the tyre cost!

Methinks I'll ignore the messages for a while.

 

was run over by a Dutch artic!
The nearside rear wheel had to be replaced and
ever since I got the same message.
Time passed. I learned to ignore the warning.
I was suddenly taken ill and was in hospital for
some time. When I came out I was unable to
drive for 2 months.
When I finally got into the car the battery was
flat so I recharged it, which meant
disconnecting it.
In the handbook it says if you disconnect the
battery you have to wait a few moments after
first switching on to reset the computer. Since
then the message has gone away! I still get the
tyre pressure check telling me "pression ok" so
maybe it's just a case of rebooting the computer?

Bob

 

Intriguing, I'll give it a whirl.

I wouldn't put it past a dealer to charge £80 to diagnose you need a reboot
and then £50 to reprogram by disconnecting and rebooting it!

 

Ok, that's interesting. I wonder where it gets its power from?

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Malc

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