Here's my source

http://www.tireindustry.org/training.asp

That's where I was trained. So I'm pretty sure know what i'm talking about. And I have seen it done. And just to remind everyone that if you decide to disable the tpms system. 1.It's is illegal in the case that you get in an accident or cause one the lawyers are going to be looking for you. 2. You can fail your "State Inspection". So you decide what you want to do your car.

Others have come forward and said they tried this and it works. That what myself and others were looking for.

Also your interpretation of the law is a little off. Yes it's illegal for you as a automotive perfosseional to disable the TPMS system. It is not however illegal for me as an individual to disable TPMS, as long as my state doesn't require it.
http://www.tirereview.com/Article/59...conundrum.aspx


No offense but this is exactly the sort of thing that makes me not automatically trust professionals, regardless of their experience or credentials. I've been told the wrong thing by "experts" far to many times. So don't be offend when we ask you to site your source, or have acutally tried it yourself.

Also, everyone must check to see who has the bigger e-**** :lol:

/trolling

Pretty sure the TPMS trick of using the spare will not be illegal. If I am not mistaken...

The law where a shop can not disable things like that is due to liability. For instance if Person A goes to a shop gets it disabled and then has an accident where low pressure was the result, the shop who disabled the TPMS is potentially liable. Why? Because, you can take a large number of young drivers and hand them a pressure gauge and they would have no clue what to do with it.

As for the rotation thing...

If I am not mistaken... it shoudl use the Toyota system which is a pressure sensor. Meaning that it will not depend on rotation.

Easy way to test this...

Get in car. Turn it on. Light is off.

Let some air out of a tire. See if light comes on. If it comes on without the tire rotating... then it's a pressure sensor.

If the light does not come on... well... it needs rotation.

Fill air back into said tire.

See my post above...I've already tested and confirmed that rotation is not required for our sensors.

just to give a quick update on my op.
been driving the car for at least 500 miles with no tpms light with the sensors are in the spare tire. i was able to use a lexus( same as toyota and scion) tech stream scan tool to look at the sensors.
i have attach the following pics. i have a BRZ the tech stream recognize it as a FRS....

any way to disable the TPMS light via button press combinations?

I have a BRZ with aftermarket wheels on it. I took my tpms sensors from my OEM wheels and installed them on my new wheels.

The stupid ass shop didn't want to admit that they broke the stem from one of the sensors. So now from my front right passenger wheel I hear a "clanking" noise coming from the sensor bouncing around... However, I do not have my light going off as it is still reading the data/air pressure.

Now, I recently had a track day I used the same wheels. I spun out way too many times, someone suggested to lower air pressure in rear tires. I dropped the air pressure in the rear tires to 26. TPMS light was immediately on at start up as I didn't even move my car. I ran the track a couple times and the TPMS light was still on. I went to fill air in my rear tires again before the track day was over for my commute home. Once it was filled back to normal pressure and I turned the car on TPMS light was off. I honestly think that these sensors do NOT require rotation coming from my personal experience.

But if there is ANY way to turn this off, that would be great. Otherwise I'm going to have to spend money to buy 4 new TPMS sensors, have them installed, and then have the dealership flash the new IDs for the ECU just because the damn tire shop broke the valve stem from the sensor :(

Correct, these sensor doesn't require rotation.

I put the sensors in my spare tires, tape it down and reseal the rear tires.

no TPMS light problem. Just have to check tire pressure once a while or pay attention every time you drive the car to make sure there are no leaks.

Mark.
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