trains1937

Turned 87 on Monday, April 29th. On March 1st treated a group of 12 family and friends to lunch in celebration of my wife’s 90th.

The 350Z has 137,050 miles on it. I use it mostly for short trips around town. No major problems with the car. The tire pressure light had to be recalibrated and two weeks later was on again. I’ll have my mechanic check it when I go for my next oil change in a few weeks. It’s too bad Nissan never put a reset button in the car.

My health has been good. My wife has been experiencing memory problems so I am becoming more involved with managing things at home. Looking forward to 88 and hopefully will be taking friends out for lunch two years after that when I turn 90.

Be back next year.

icer5160

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Hey Bob,

Glad to hear you and the Z are doing great. TPMS issues almost guaranteed to be the sensor batteries. I recommend replacing all of them to be done with it for another 10+ years. Resetting & programming these can be a pain without a specialized tool, so good thing you have a mechanic to help. I love tools, so I purchased an Autel TS501 just to reprogram my own sensors on my family fleet. I'm sure the tireshop guys will be disappointed when I tell them not to bother with reprogramming (I think they charge $20 per tire!).

Sorry to hear about your wife's memory problems. I have witnessed memory decline 1st hand in my family, it's very difficult/tragic in the later stages. I have heard change in diet and vitamins can help.
Cheers!
-Icer

Heel Til I Die

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Happy belated birthday, Bob!

You are correct, there is no TPMS reset button, but there is a procedure without buying a specialized tool to register/reset them. Well, unless you consider a short length of wire and a paperclip or some other small piece of metal a "tool."

It involves inflating the tires to different PSI (about 3 PSI difference in each one) and grounding the connector under the passenger dash.

More here: https://my350z.com/forum/brakes-and-...ring-tpms.html

See you next year!

RENFRO

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This is awesome, thank you for letting us know how you're doing! I wish you both good health and fun drives in your Z.

trains1937

I think replacement is a good idea. If I get 10 years from them I’ll report here when I turn 97. Thanks for the thoughts on the memory problems. I just take it one day at a time and hope for the best.

icer5160

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Heel is 100% correct!

But mucking about with the manual reset/relearn method involves some trial and error, as well as taking apart the passenger side lower dash, followed by inflating/deflating tires, and road testing. I've gone through the process 3-4 times already. It's not fun and takes a lot of time (at least 30min with experience, 1hr+ if it's your 1st time). Using a proper tool like the Autel TS501 takes 5min or less.

That being said, none of that will get you anywhere if the batteries are dead or dying. Since you have to break the tire bead to replace the sensors, might as well just have a tire shop reprogram them. Best case scenario you get new tires + new sensors done at the same time.
Cheers!
-Icer

MelissaPeterss

You are correct, there is no TPMS reset button, but there is a procedure without buying a specialized tool to register/reset them. Well, unless you consider a short length of wire and a paperclip or some other small piece of metal a "tool."

Heel Til I Die

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Is there an echo in here?

Or is it ?