Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensors
Almost every current vehicle and many older vehicles come equipped from the factory with a government-mandated Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). These systems come in many different configurations, but they all serve the same purpose: monitoring the air pressure in your tires.
When purchasing new wheels or a wheel-and-tire package, you will need to decide how you want to handle your TPMS sensors.
Your TPMS options
- Run without the sensors. You can choose not to reinstall the sensors and run your vehicle with the system disabled. The TPMS system will no longer function, and the dash light will stay on at all times. Some other vehicle systems may also be affected by disabling TPMS. We do not recommend this option, as these systems were installed for safety purposes.
- Transfer your OEM sensors. If you are buying a wheel-and-tire package, we can still mount and balance it for you. Once it arrives, you can take it to a tire dealer to have the sensors removed from your stock wheels and installed in the new ones. As long as the installer does not remove or move the wheel weights, and marks the tire and wheel before disassembly, the balance should remain acceptable because TPMS sensors do not weigh very much.
Important: Not all OEM TPMS sensors can be removed from the original wheel without damaging them. - Purchase new sensors. You can purchase new sensors from us, and we will install them when we mount the tires. Some vehicles have a self-learning or wake-up program that can reprogram the new sensors. Other vehicles need to be taken to a dealer or a garage with a compatible programmer. Check your owner's manual to determine whether you can complete the relearn process yourself.
If you purchase new sensors from us with a wheel-and-tire package, we will install them at no charge. Sensors are sold each, so you need to purchase the same number of sensors as wheels.