[Zeev]

Hi All

I am afraid this is another tpms thread. I am thinking of getting me a set of winter tires with tpms sensors. So, I plan to pick up a set of new sensors and have a tire shop install those on new tires and rims.
There was a detailed write up of a TPMS learning procedure, I can certainly do that. However, that was in regards to tire rotation. Would that procedure work to learn a new set of sensors as well?

Here's the procedure I found : http://www.chevymalibuforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4035&postcount=10

Yury,

The Malibu manual explains how to pair the TPMS sensors and how to rotate them..

 

[Zeev]

Did the matching last night. It was surprisingly easy even with the summer tires still loaded in the car

Yury,

Glad to hear it was simple, how much did everything cost you?

 

[Zeev]

and arm and a leg kidding

tires + wheels came to 1132 + 191.28 for a set of sensors from my dealer, total 1323 before tax.
Mega Wheelz at Queensway and Dixie. No ordering, got it done on the spot (got the last set of tires they had). Nice clean shop, they seemed professional...However they did overinflate the tires quite a bit and didn't match the sensors....But, that's ok, the price was ok and I didn't mind doing the rest


...darn those 2LT 18 inchers are heavy...nearly threw my back off unloading them

BTW, I found that many places would gladly install the sensors....Some even offered to order them from GM.

Yury.

You are right the tires way a ton ;-) I had fun unloading them. As for sensors I could have had them installed for aprox the price you paid but I decided against it for now. Maybe next winter. The Malibu runs fine without the sensors..

Cheers,
Zeev

 

[Zeev]

Zeev,

New member here from Brampton. I put winter tires and steel rims on my LT without sensors. The service tire monitor comes on every time I start the car and the (!) stays on constantly. Is there any way to get rid of that or am I stuck with it until April?!

Thanks
Morty

Morty,

When the car starts without the TPMS it will display a service tire monitor message as you are seeing. It will do this each time the car is turned on and this is by default.

You can have the message go away by simply clicking on the info button on the steering wheel (The one that enables you to go through trip odometer avg fuel consumption etc)

You will need to do this each and every time you start the car, its not as annoying as you think.

Cheers,
Zeev