One cold start up day with the Z caused the Front Right sensor to go ---- (not due to low air pressure) I checked the tire and the pressure was at 35. After it started to warm up about around 40-45 I thought the sensor would read back to normal and that didn't happen.

I talked to a buddy down at sears, and he told me to bring it in he'll check the sensors and refresh the system and reprogram them for free. I said that's fine.

He tried reading the sensors with his tool. And he told me none of them are responding. I showed him on the dial that the FL / RR / RL were saying 35 and the FR was saying ---- he then reset the sensors drove it around, fronts jumped on but rear didnt. he reset them again now all of them say ----. Told me to take the car out 20mph for 20minutes

Then i did and all the sensors are still ----, should I drive more or finally take it to stealership which is charing me $100 just to test the sensors.

 

my rear tpms don't work I just check my tires manually. I just got used to the light on the dash being on and I don't worry about it really.

 

Op this is currently happening to me on my Z, with one of my rear tires. I took it to a Nissan dealership here in Dallas and they reset all of them for free. And wouldn't you know it the tpms light went off and all 4 tires were reading their pressure. Now.... A week after that the sensor failed again and now it's like it was the first time the problem occurred. I called the Nissan dealership and they said they when the batteries are low/completely depleted they will cause this issue. I'm going back to the dealership this Wednesday to see if replacing it fixes the issue. All this is being done at no cost to me so it's worth a shot.

 

A small piece of black tape will cure that problem nicely.

 

At Tucker, I already tried contacting the dealer about diagnosing it for free and resetting the tpms sensors, they said $100 dollars... I'm going to keep driving and hopefully the sensors will read I'm not sure why all of them would just stop working after a reset..

Worst comes to worst I'll sucker it up and just take it down.

Also tucker let me know if theat actually fixes the problem. Thanks.

 

OP what year is your Z? TPMS sensors run on a battery and they die after awhile; some sooner than others which will cause the light to be on. Your buddy at Sears should be able to check the battery life on them with the diagnoses tool they have.

Good luck

 

that's what I just said...

 

06 gt, the sensors were unresponsive to his diagnose machine. he couldn't check anything. should i just replace the FR, the one that wasn't working and then go from there?

 

basically the tpms sensors run off a watch battery I have a 2007 z and I have replaced all my sensors. what you can do is if yall have any discount tire company or Americas tire company by you the will do the diagnose for free and reset them if possible and if not they don't charge an arm and leg like the stealership. the sensors usually run about $60 a piece and they don't charge to install just the price of the sensor and tax. hope this helps
if anyone wants to come see me my name is Ryan I work at the discount tire on Bryant irving road in Fort Worth

 

o and if you only replace one of the sensors at a time it will make the others not register basically the new signal over powers the others so if you decide to do one at a time then depending on the signal strength of the other sensors it might kick back on within a few days. so its best to do all of them and be done with it

 

Im still wondering why they won't read after the reset.. Im going to wait a couple of more days before i decide what im going to do.

 

They should read psi after less than 1 mile, or else something's wrong. I'm told the batteries last about 10 years on average. Mine have either been replaced or they're holding out past 10 years.

 

I just had this happen to me. Both my rear sensors went out within a 2 week span. Turns out the battery is low and in -35* weather I guess the voltage dipped too low and they couldn't be read by the car. Not worth getting them reprogrammed because it will just happen again.

Shop I went to was able to show me the machine reading the sensors and it said "Low Volt" for both bad sensors. You can always buy new ones...not worth it IMO

 

^ it always seems like it's not worth it until that little amber light gets really annoying just always on staring you in the face lol.

 

haha I know what you mean. I've survived 2 summers of driving with the light on (don't have sensors in my summer wheels) at times, especially night time, it can be annoying...but I've really gotten used to it being there!

 

@ OP, I agree with TuckerE36..I've had my 08 touring TPS light come on a few times since I bought it and every time I took it back to my dealer they reset it at no cost to me.

I think the problem here is you have to establish a relationship with your dealer. I get my oil changes there (@ $24.95) and I give them my business. Tucker probably has developed a relationship with his dealer also which is why they do not charge him..

Last year some one tried to break into my car and unlocked the locking rod in the drivers door. I took it into my dealer and they put the rod back on for free. Did not charge me anything (anyone else would have been charged "he said" $75.00).

I agree with most here in that they are "stealorships" but some times if you are nice and give them your business you get it back in "other ways"..

Between myself and my wife we have several cars different models/makes but we "usually" go to the nissan dealership to get work done on our cars. I can't count the nuber of times that they have saved us money doing just little things like the two examples given above...

Just my 2 cents...(no I'm not running for office)..

 

I didn't read all the posts before answering OP; my bad Tucker. I'm not 100% on this, but TPMS sensor batteries aren't made to last 10 years. They usually last around 4-5 years is what I've noticed from working in a shop. If I were to replace them, I would just do them all at the same time. If one is already bad the others are probably on their way out as well.

 

No worries, I was just giving you a hard time lol

And to respond to Dealsgap, I have established a relationship with my dealership. It seems that once you past that point, of establishing a relationship that is, dealerships, rather the one specific person you have contact with at the dealership, are more willing to pull strings and go out of their way for customers.

I think I also lucked out in that the person I go to has a appreciation for Z's as well.

OP, I'll post my results tomorrow after I return from the dealership, I'll also mention your issue and ask for his opinion on a fix.

 

Thank you very much Tucker I appercaite it.

 

At @Dealsgap, i typically do all maintenance repairs myself rather than going to the dealer. I can see your point though on how beneficial it can be establishing a relationship with your local dealer.

But anyways. Just to recap. I have 3 Sensors that were working perfectly. Reading almost right on start up or 1 mile out driving. And one sensor that was never working.

Friend tried to reset & reprogram he could only manage to reset since no sensor was responding to his tool.

Now i'm guessing that the Z's tpms sensors won't read if they aren't programmed to / calibrated properly. Fair assumption?