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jamesek9 · 11-14-2006, 01:40 PM

does anyone have a drawing or an exact picture of the full make up of the sensor?

i ask because i had a flat tire recently and found a small circuit board in the midst of pieces of rubber and asphalt. i had the tired replaced and checked all 5 tires, made sure they were all 35 psi, reset the system and the light is still on. do i need to do something else?

davecarrr414 · 11-14-2006, 02:29 PM

i think you possibly could of damaged the sensor on the tire that went flat on you. did you drive it on a flat for any period of time? is the spare tire inflated properly?

jamesek9 · 11-14-2006, 03:04 PM

right when the tire went flat i pulled off to the side of the road...i assume the tire was installed and inflated correctly. i think i might have to take it to the dealer.

musubi · 11-14-2006, 03:26 PM

Being that you found the circuit board dislodged from the wheel, I would predict that it got damaged. It's blinking right? If it's blinking, take it back to the dealer. There, you'll have to replace that one sensor. For me it was 300 bucks.
If the light is on and not blinking, use the manual and the little black reset button below the steering wheel to reset it.
hope this helps.

***lotust*** · 11-14-2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by musubi

Being that you found the circuit board dislodged from the wheel, I would predict that it got damaged. \.

forbye · 11-14-2006, 07:14 PM

300 bucks for a tire sensor..the crap theyre putting on our rigs, a piece of black electrical tape over the lite will fix it for ME! good luk with your rigs

musubi · 11-14-2006, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by forbye

300 bucks for a tire sensor..the crap theyre putting on our rigs, a piece of black electrical tape over the lite will fix it for ME! good luk with your rigs

Actually, the tire place that broke it payed for it

. Black electrical tape is going on this weekend. Stupid blinking light...

jamesek9 · 11-15-2006, 01:32 PM

actually my sensor light is steady on not blinking, and i've tried the reset button thing, it doesnt seem to work.

Bigblue · 11-15-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesek9

actually my sensor light is steady on not blinking, and i've tried the reset button thing, it doesnt seem to work.

Mine does the same thing. For the longest time, it blinked all the time. I learned to live with it, but it's alot easier to live with it now, since it is steady and no blinking all the damn time. Not to worried about it.

But yeah, I've suggested the black electrical tape thing before. Alot better than fu%^ing something up when your ripping the dash apart to try and disable it.

musubi · 11-15-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigblue

Alot better than fu%^ing something up when your ripping the dash apart to try and disable it.

knowing me, I would do that