Service TPMS Warning Light

Same thing happened on my 2008 a few weeks ago. I'll know more in a few weeks when I have time to get them changed.

 

same thing happened to me as well. Read extensively on this a few weeks back, appears many are able to get OEM sensors from ebay or amazon for much less and they work without SD3....sensors appear to be diff types from post 2007 and pre 2007 cars

 

The batteries in the sensors typically last 4-5 years. Best to replace them all at this point.

 

My 08 sensors went belly up this year as well. As mentioned, replace them all at the same time. Aftermarket are much cheaper than OEM. You do not need an SD3. The car will reset automatically and pick up the new signals.since it's an 08.

 

Sensors are bad. Replace all four. If your car is a 2008, they should be plug and play. Install new sensors and test drive the car. It should recognize and calibrate the system automatically. The ECU will be set to look for the pressures that were for the tires originally installed on the car. If you look at your owners manual, you can see that Michelin, Pirelli and Bridgestone all have different recommended pressures. The ECU can be set with an SD3 for the different types of tires/pressures. But they are so close, that is doesn't really matter. Typically the Bridgestone pressure are higher than the other two. It might set a warning sooner if your car had Bridgestones on it.

 

If you want to do this yourself, which basically means ordering the sensors, connecting a usb device to your laptop and clicking a few mouse presses you can save yourself a lot of $ and get your local tire dealer to fit them.

You can find these sensors as unprogrammed 'blanks' and then re-program them to your car using freely provided software. The sensors cost only about $25 each or thereabouts doing it DIY. and the device to program it is inexpensive too at around $50, although you do need your own laptop or pc running Windows to us it.

Search for Autel MaxTPMS Pad (for the programmer) and MX Sensor for the individual sensors. For the us cars you need to order black sensors (which are 315MHz) and for European cars the 433MHz sensors (which are orange). Look at aliexpress and you can find sellers offering these prices and deliveries within 5 days to the USA. Great thing about this approach is;

1) you don't get ripped off!
2) you can get them fitted by your local tire dealer for typically less than $10 a wheel (dont forget to get them balanced after fitting too)
30 You can use the same sensors to fit on pretty much any other car (majority of cars which require TPMS sensors) so very useful bit of inepensive kit to keep in your garage...

E.g.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Autel-MaxiTPMS-PAD-Plus-4pcs-Autel-MX-Sensor-433MHz-15MHZ-Programmable-TPMS-Sensor-Free-DHL/32533951196.html

 

Are the batteries replaceable? If so, what are the replacements?

I've never checked to see if you could do that instead of replacing the sensors.

 

You're right about the split year.

OEM and aftermarket TPMS sensors can be installed by any local tire shop without special equipment. They synchronize to the car automatically.

We did have trouble with aftermarket sensors on the late 2007-2009 models. Ended up going with OEM. Have had success using aftermarket sensors with Discount Tire's help on pre-2007 F430s.

I would recommend going forward with all 4, unless you're prepared to visit the tire shop again as the others begin to fail. If you're going to go ahead and replace all 4 tires, it makes sense to do them at the same time and avoid paying labor twice (IMHO).

If you don't want to do that, most tire shops have TPMS scanners that can narrow down which sensor is failing specifically.

Luckily, TPMS issues rarely amount to much more than sensors failing

Good luck!
-Meagan

 

If you use the Autel kit I described it doesn't matter about years because you can just 'clone' a working sensor....

 

They are encased in resin and soldered in. Some people have done it but its so much messing around its simply not worth it for $25 which is the cost of a blank sensor..

 

I have a 2007 and these sensors I purchased on Amazon worked perfectly

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q8L89JO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I suggest you switch off the master switch for 5 minutes and then turn it on again. Most of the times that will solve the issue

 

i remember seeing a video like this on youtube but it's a lot of work.u have to cut the sensor open and pop another battery in and glue it back lol

 

hi! do u know the production month of your 2007? does ur car have a calibration button?

 

USA cars are 433mhz will auto reset no tools needed

 

Are you sure? Doesn't sound right to me...

TPMS signals are transmitted on 433MHz band in Europe, and at 315MHz in most other parts of the world including USA.

 

FYI, this was the case for me.

 

Yes. I have 6 Ferrari's and my own tire machine and balancer. I've been swapping these on my cars myself recently. See the photo I posted of the factory sensor. They are 433mhz and all my cars are USA cars

 

Oct 2007 Build date
No calibration button
Had the big TPMS error flashing, replaced all 4 and within a minute of starting the car the warnings all went away.

 

Jut replaced all min yesterday after a month of mystery why onlt 3 were working. with AFTERMARKET . Dealer found 08 is a split year so I replaced with the Masertai ones at ealer and worked perfect

WORTH THE MONEY!!!!!!

 

I had one go bad many years ago. I bought an aftermarket replacement as suggested here somewhere. My local tire guy replaced but it didn't automatically reset. Mine is a Nov 07 build. I took it to dealer. $500 later they replaced it and calibrated it. Fast forward to 3 months ago. One went bad so my independent guy replaced them all and calibrated. $900!!!!

$175 each x 4 then $200 to calibrate. Guess he didn't get the memo about the lesser priced ones.

This will come in handy for next time. I could care less about them and wouldn't replace but you get that god awful non-stop failure warning.