I imagine your Silverado came with the Driver Information Center- can you disable it from there? Otherwise, check with the dealership? Just my 2 cents...

 

You probably can but I'm trying to find out how. Theres nothing that just says tpms on or off.

 

I do not think you can, and the dealer certainly will not do it for you. The way I understand it, they are required by law on any 2008 or newer vehicle, that weighs less than 10,000 GVW. Expect to see lots of error messages and if you have OnStar, you will get many more. It may be worth putting the TPMS in.

 

Sheesh, sounds like a pain... I can't stand those nanny systems!!!

 

The easiest way is to have your tire center swap out the tire valves with some that don't have the Tire Pressure Monitor Sensor (TPMS)
modules. You might want to save those - they are worth a bundle... about $68 each

 

If he has valves without sensors (RFID), I would think the computer/DIC will still be looking for them, and thus, still give error messages. Right?

 

Hmmm. Not sure what it would do. Could be even MORE annoying! That got me thinking - when you replace tires, should you also replace the BATTERIES in the Tire Pressure Monitor Sensor (TPMS) modules?

Cha Ching!!!

 

Ahahahahahaha!

If you figure out a way to disable tpms you'll be a rich SOB.

Gotta live with the light pal.

 

Put a piece of electrical tape over the light.

 

haha I already sold the stock wheels and tires for $980, so saving the tpms sensors is out of the question. As far as the whole 08 and newer by law stuff I should be good because mine's an 07? I'll probably just have to live with the silly light being on all the time. Would the tpms even work with my new tires being at 65 psi?

 

65psi?? That's a bit high, isn't it?

By the way, awesome looking truck!

 

haha I already sold the stock wheels and tires for $980, so saving the tpms sensors is out of the question. As far as the whole 08 and newer by law stuff I should be good because mine's an 07? I'll probably just have to live with the silly light being on all the time. Would the tpms even work with my new tires being at 65 psi?

I think we now understand the problem. Since your new wheels don't have the TPMS, every time the truck scans for a reading - you get the low tire pressure warning.

 

Thanks. Yes it is high but the tire's are 35x12.50 and that's what the tire states on the side, Max Cold PSI 65. I've known that the new wheels don't have the sensors, I am trying to find out if anyone knows how I can disable the tpms system so it does not throw a light on my dash.

 

The Max pressure is just that. The pressure before you blow the tires off the rim. That high pressure will cause the the tire to wear extremely fast in the center tread and add to poor/rough handling. Normal is approximately 35+or -. But, your tires and your money.

 

Thanks for the clarification of the question, jdauph04.
At this point I think you'll have to live with the light. I have not researched it, but I would not be surprised if you could buy the TPMS for the higher PSI wheel, and then change the settings using a programmer. Big semi's use TPMS, and they run 100 PSI tires--it must be available.

 

I still think you should give your dealership a call... Talk to your Service Manager, not a service tech.

How can the officials enforce a law like that? I bet 7 out of 10 Chevs out there have a Tire Pressure warning alert on there dash right now. I do.
Sorry officer... It just, just came on.

 

I'm pretty sure there are ways to shut all of those monitoring systems off, but trying to get anyone to tell you how to do it is amazingly difficult. If I were a service tech, I would write a book on the subject and then freakin' retire - I'm sure it would be a best seller.

 

The only way to eliminate the TPMS error warning is via TechII. Unfortunately, many dealers will tell you they cannot since it is technically illegal. TPMS sensors are now required on all (new) vehicles and disabling them would be like disabling any other required safety feature.

That being said, if you know someone you might be able to get hooked up.

Google this subject. You can read all day on almost every forum about it. Pretty sure it goes back to the Firestone/Ford Explorer fiasco a few years back but who knows.

 

Thanks for all the input guys. I bought a SCT tuner the other day but it will only let me check or erase engine light codes not tpms. The good thing is I can calibrate the speedo an odo with the bigger tires and firm up my shift points and hopefully gain a few mpg's along with a few horsepower. I'll let you know if it's worth it once I get my custom tunes from More power tuning loaded up.

 

This topic sucks so bad, because you have such an awesome truck, and now you can't drive it around comfortably because it's giving you a tire pressure error. That blows.
My 2 cents are this:
Most computer sensors read a certain amount of resistance, and they have a certain tolerance before it throws a light. There must be a way that you can find the resistance of a stock tire pressure and then translate that to your problem. What I mean is, build a sort of tire pressure simulator. All it is, is a resistor that provides false information to the computer, making the computer think it's reading correct. Kind of like an O2 simulator.
Dude, there has to be a way.

 

Krazy Stupid idea or simple genius? You decide!

Take an old tire rim, drill 3 more valve stem holes. Insert all 4 of your TPMS valves in the rim and blow up tire to 35 PSI. Of course, these TPMS modules must be "enabled" in your truck's computer system. Throw the wheel in the bed of your truck.

Done!

 

Well this evening I went right to the dealership and spoke to the Service Manager. He said "no way to disable the TPMS"
He said it's a permanent part of the vehicles characteristics and can not be removed. I also inquired about my growing fuel consumption per 100 km. But that's a whole other topic and thread.

 

If the service mgr says it cannot be disabled, then the spare with 4 nipples is sounding like a better idea all the time.

In2Trux - open another topic - I'd like to hear what is going on with your fuel consumption.

 

And no one wanted to believe me.........

It's a light guys. It's not throwing a code or anything to be even remotely concerned about. So what if you have to drive around with a light shaped like an ass on your dash?!

Maybe the guy sellin relays for HIDs can invent somethin ingenious to disable it, lol.

 

It's either the simulator idea that I recommended or the electrical tape over the light. If a simulator can be developed for an after cat O2 sensor, then it sure as shit can be developed for a tire pressure sensor.

 

And again I say...the TPMS is (at least perceived to be) a safety feature. Disabling or modifying it will make you "guilty until proven innocent" in court. Let's say you get in an accident, and someone blames a low or blown tire. Then it comes out that you modified the system that could have notified you of an "impending disaster". Next thing ya know you are watching yourself on 20/20 from a jail cell somewhere.
Tread lightly down this path, boys...
For all the thought that is going into bypassing the system (and don't get me wrong, 4 valves in one tire is damn creative), maybe the effort should go into making a TMPS that works at higher tire pressures?