I found info at https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/tpws-question-for-2018-camry-se.1663413/#post-14109311
Reply #4 from gabpaq88.

I have an OBDII Tool but have very limited time/experience using it and I'd need "other" diagnostic tools as described in the video in the link.

It looks like the shop that installed these wheels didn't do this!

 

Your local tire shop did not program your ECU with the new TPMS IDs. Why didn't you just simply transfer the original TPMS from the orginal wheels? You will have to take the wheels back (along with your car) and have your local tire shop program your ECU with the new TPMS IDs. This might be very expensive as the Toyota dealer will force you to buy Toyota TPMS sensors (PMV-C015) and charge you for the reprogramming ($400 for four TPMS and $200 for installation and programming).

 

Your local tire shop did not program your ECU with the new TPMS IDs. Why didn't you just simply transfer the original TPMS from the original wheels? You will have to take the wheels back (along with your car) and have your local tire shop program your ECU with the new TPMS IDs. This might be very expensive as the Toyota dealer will force you to buy Toyota TPMS sensors (PMV-C015) and charge you for the reprogramming ($400 for four TPMS and $200 for installation and programming).

Thanks for your quick reply! Original TPMS are in a different set of alloy wheels that have studded winter tires on them - where we live is called the "Gateway to Mt Hood," with very steep streets to boot.

The TPMS I bought were suppose to be for "my" car (I spoke with Discount Tire "online", on the phone quite a bit). I took the car back to the Tire Shop this morning and they set the TPMS IDs. Since I watched the video on how to do this (I don't have all of the tools to do it), I somewhat know "the process." The Shop did the process backwards from what I viewed on the video and it took them a long time to get TPMS set.

Thanks for reinforcing what I thought - Toyota dealership is Very Proud of their pricing! lol Here's what I paid: $180 for 4 TPMS sensors; installed 4 winter tires on the alloys that were on the car (which had the stock TPMS) & balanced, install the TPMS on new Alloy Wheels and mount the stock tires (that were on the car) & balance and mount on the car for $120!

I assume that since the TPMS IDs have been set for this car, I can do the TPWS, <Change Wheels> procedure for resetting the light (if it comes on) when I switchover the winter tires?

 

I edited the thread title to include TPMS/TPWS for future search options.

 

I don't have a J-vin camry.

I installed my winter wheels with a new set of sensors. I did not program the new IDs (Techstream would not let me for some reason). I simply followed the relearn procedure in the manual (it did take a whole weekend). TPMS now works fine. If I check in Techstream, it shows the new IDs.

When summer comes, I will put on my summer wheels and simply do the same procedure again. No need to go to the dealer, no need to program anything, no need for a special tool, nothing. Just follow the procedure in the manual.

 

Hey gabpaq88, your experience is what I was expecting on my vehicle. I assume that you had a "shop" install your wheels, TPMS, and tires. I'm assuming that the Shop ID'd your TPMS (as I thought my shop did - but they Didn't).

I'm afraid (since my Shop had difficulty setting the TPMS) they deleted the TPMS ID of my winter tires, which have the Stock TPMS in them and are not installed on the car now. Since I purchased the ATEQ TPMS Quickset Reset Tool, I can make sure everything is ID'd properly so that I can use the TPWS, <Change Wheels> procedure for resetting the warning light if it comes on when I switch wheels. If I can't do it through the vehicles TPWS procedure, I'll have the Tool to reset the light.

 

My tire shop did not do anything regarding my TPMS. I gave the sensors to the mechanic. Told him to put those on in instead of regular valves and that I would take care of the programming myself.
My TPMS was not functional after I left the shop. It doesnt matter if your IDs were wiped. The car will learn the new ones on its own. Not sure why it did not work for you, but I think you simply did not give it enough time to relearn codes.

 

It doesnt matter if your IDs were wiped. The car will learn the new ones on its own. Not sure why it did not work for you, but I think you simply did not give it enough time to relearn codes.

Thanks for your reply. The day after I installed new wheels, tires and TPMS, I've driven at least 600 miles (away from home on a trip) for 9 days (driving every day). I checked tire pressure and "lived-with" having the warning light on, knowing I'd deal with resetting the light after getting home (this last weekend). Not sure how long (miles or time) it takes for a car to "relearn"-on-it's-own, I would think it was plenty of time and drive-time?

 

If I obtain a set of takeoff wheels from another Camry, will I have a hard time setting them up for my car?

 

You didn't post your model, and mine's a '19 Camry LE (Hybrid), which sounds like it's different than other model of Camrys. You might want to start another post and list the "specifics" of your car and components. My guess is: your TPMS haven't been ID'd to your vehicle - one response in this thread was: a car will "learn" the TPMS - but if you read my experience - this never happened.

 

You should be able to, yes. To be fair, the relearn procedure isn't the best. It can take a lot of time (a lot more than the 10-30 mins mentionned in the manual) and there is no feedback from the car. Just a TPMS light that sometimes blinks. You are never too sure what the car is doing. Is it still searching for sensors? Did it give up? Who knows. I had personnaly given up, but it finally found my sensors after a weekend of driving.

And there is always the option to register them with the ATEQ tool.

 

UPDATE: We have had an unusually mild winter this year and they're finally predicting snow - so I just swapped my alloy wheels/tires with my alloy wheels/studded-winter tires. The winter tire set has the original TMPS sensors in the wheels.

Now I really need to plead ignorance on this whole TPMS/TPWS issue. I always thought, and people commented in this post, that "a car" would sense and ID any/new TPMS sensors. Since the alloy wheels/tires I just removed had new TMPS sensors, the Tire Shop had to ID each sensor/tire then plug their tool into my ECU to assign the IDs. I bought this ATEQ Quickset Tool to store my Summer and Winter Tires TPMS/IDs. I read, from my ECU, the Summer Tire ID's and stored them on my computer (in the software that was provided).

I was really afraid when I put my Winter Tires on (since I didn't have the IDs for the TPMS sensors) that I'd have to have them ID'd for the vehicle again - even though they were the original TPMS sensors. I used the <Change Wheels> feature on my car's system. I asked my Tire Store guy and he said since the sensors had already been on the car, the car will remember them. Long story - but I installed my Winter Tires and no Warning Light came on!!!!! I plugged in the ATEQ Tool and read my Winter Tire TPMS IDs and loaded them into the software.

The TPMS IDs for the Winter Tires ARE IDENTICAL to the Summer Tire IDs!!!!! I feel like I wasted good money for this ATEQ Quickset Tool, for no good reason. Is there anyone that can tell what this tool is good for - rotating tires (seems like mine will sense change in rotating tire/TPMS-IDs)?!?

Thanks

 

The TPMS IDs for the Winter Tires ARE IDENTICAL to the Summer Tire IDs!!!!! I feel like I wasted good money for this ATEQ Quickset Tool, for no good reason. Is there anyone that can tell what this tool is good for - rotating tires (seems like my will sense change in rotating tire/TPMS-IDs)?!?

Did you clone the TPMS IDs based on your original TPMS sensors? I don't think this was the case for you. There is no way the two sets of sensors have idenitical IDs unless the new ones are cloned. IMHO, I don't think the new TPMS IDs were programmed onto your ECU (How can you program new IDs onto the ECU when you do not know the IDs). I drove my 2019 RAV4 without the TPMS sensors but did not get the warning until a few weeks later after drving an extended distance. If you drive relatively short distances and your Camry is parked in the vicinity of the wheels with the original TPMS then you may not encounter TPMS warning light issue. I use my ATEQ Quickse to actively change the TPMS IDs.

 

The Craziness continues! 4 days after I made Post #28 above, The Tire Pressure Light started blinking when I'd start the car then would stay on!!

I had the 10k mile service done at the dealer's the day after I installed these winter tires/wheels - TPMS light was not on. I figured since the light came on after I had the car serviced (and it's under warranty) the Toyota dealer would fix it. Boy was I wrong. Since I have have tires and wheels (and installation/re-installation of TPMS sensors) done by a Tire Shop, they will not warranty work that was not performed by the dealer!!! Even though the wheels on the vehicle have the original/stock TPMS sensors, they were "removed and reinstalled" by the Tire Shop, not a Toyota Dealership Shop, they said the Tire Shop could've damaged the sensors when they installed them.

I took the vehicle back to the Tire Shop and they configured the TPMS sensors to the ECU. They had a difficult time doing this - it took them over half an hour. When I got home, I logged the new TPMS IDs with my ATEQ Quickset and stored it on my desktop.

 

I figured since the light came on after I had the car serviced (and it's under warranty) the Toyota dealer would fix it. Boy was I wrong. Since I have have tires and wheels (and installation/re-installation of TPMS sensors) done by a Tire Shop, they will not warranty work that was not performed by the dealer!!! Even though the wheels on the vehicle have the original/stock TPMS sensors, they were "removed and reinstalled" by the Tire Shop, not a Toyota Dealership Shop, they said the Tire Shop could've damaged the sensors when they installed them.

I wonder how many dealers would fix this problem for free or under warranty. 1 out of 1000 or 1 out of 10,000? I hope your TPMS problem is solved.

 

I hate to open up an old thread, but I’m having some TPMS issues (2018 Camry LE). I ordered a set of wheels/tires from Fitment Industries. I fully expected to have issues with the sensors, but to my surprise I never got a TPMS warning light when installing the new wheels/tires.

After approximately 300 miles of driving I got a warning light, probably flashed for a minute then went solid (also does this when starting the car now). The car will not allow me to do any reset from the ‘vehicle settings’ menu on the dash info screen.

I’m thinking a sensor has gone bad now since everything seemed to work for about 300 miles. I set all the pressures to 35 psi before installation, still at 35 psi. So I’m guessing my only option is to have the dealer, or tire shop, try to find out which sensor is bad using their scan tool. Of course Fitment sent me no registration numbers for any of the sensors. If not a bad sensor then maybe the sensors need to be re-registered with the ECU?

Any ideas on where to go from here would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

Contact fitment. I would take it to discount tire before the dealership if you have them in your area, especially if you have purchased from them in the past. I get all my stuff through them for a reason.

 

On my 2018, the system can deal with 2 sets of 4 tires, so that is why there is a swap option in the menus. My dealer did say the tech had to learn how to do it as I happened to be one of the first ones they did.

An alternative, especially for those who can only program 1 set of tires is a get TPMS sensors which can be setup to 'clone' the existing IDs from your main set of tires.