TPMS Recommendation

[Kevin D Pem]

Might be an answer here.

Display to read TPMS data from factory-style sensors?

Hey all, I drive a '15 Nissan Frontier SV, which has TPMS that provides only the most basic warning-light notification to the driver. This is enough to realize there's a small leak in a tire but does not display what the tire pressures actually are anywhere. When I recently replaced the...

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[Joe Dutchstar]

On the way down to the Keys the outer tire on each side duals TPMS sensor stopped broadcasting or the Spartan computer stopped receiving a signal!!??

here is one side failed, shortly later the other outside tire failed

 

[team bradfield]

Mine also randomly lose communication with the system, they take turns and its always the rears so I don't loose any sleep over it, I thump the tires every stop and check the pressures a couple times a week, my past fifth wheel I installed a repeater , I'm thinking of looking into one for the bus

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

Anyone have a pic of TPMS chassis antenna location . I am considering trying to relocate the antenna to the outside of the chassis rail to allow for better signal.

 

[AbdRahim]

My coach is shorter than yours, but I have it velcroed high on the back wall of the battery compartment. It is covered ziplock plastic, sealed with gorilla tape. It is working well.

 

[Blueblaze]

We had an EEZtire system on our Phoenix Cruiser, for our toad. It came with six sensors and I bought another four flow-through sensors. We had that rig for 10 years, and by the time we sold it, 2 of the 10 sensors I started with were still working. It did save me from a catastrophe one time, when the aux brake locked up for some unknown reason, without giving any indication in the cockpit. The TPMS heat-alarmed on the tires, saving me a brake job and probably a wreck. So I can recommend using TPMS, but not necessarily EEZtire, although I have no idea if any of the competitor's sensors are any better. It's really a rinky-dink way to do this, considering every car made since the 80's has sensors built into the wheels. You'd think someone by now would have figured out a way to monitor the sensor that's already there.

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

This may have been covered earlier but can you tie the tow sensors into a Spartan chassis TPMS? I'd like to maintain factory FORD sensors in the tow to allow the in car TPMS to work.

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

Apparently on the Valor Gen 3 it is possible to display multiple tows. I'll read the user manual to determine procedures.

 

[team bradfield]

thanks Joe

 

[AbdRahim]

You'd think someone by now would have figured out a way to monitor the sensor that's already there.

They have them on the high end MH’s, I beleive. As for cars, I have had false alarms on almost every rental car in the last several years. Granted they were not high end cars, but I think I prefer the self installed ones. TST 507. I had one sensor die after 8 years. Simply replaced it. I keep a few spare sensors on hand. Other five sensors still working fine.

Btw, I prefer flow-thoughs,

 

[CydBla]

I have TST 507. The sensor of an interior dually has a crooked stem, got damaged checking air and replacing batteries. I'm switching to flow through sensor on that tire. Maintaining similar tire pressures in all 6 greatly improved handling

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

Well we will see how this works. Don’t have high hopes but will try.

Select TPMS then OK for 5-10 secs you get this program screen. Luckily I have a diagnostic tool to get the TPMS codes from the Ford.
We’ll see…

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

I programmed the Ford TPMS sensors into the DutchStar unit. Easy enough however the sensors did not register correctly in the Dash unit AND the Ford is no longer seeing the TPMS sensors
As usual I just created more work for myself to get back to zero.

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

I programmed the Ford TPMS sensors into the DutchStar unit. Easy enough however the sensors did not register correctly in the Dash unit AND the Ford is no longer seeing the TPMS sensors
As usual I just created more work for myself to get back to zero.

Sounds like something I would do.
A new favorite phrase of mine, “simple is not easy, simple is hard”.
I would like to keep things simple. In this example would like to have ALL TPMS sensors on a single unit in the coach. But this is not easy. So I have resigned myself to having the coach TPMS on the Bendix built-in unit and the trailer on a separate TST507 unit.
It is easy, but not simplified into a single unit.

To be simple and have all TPMS showing on the Bendix unit would require buying Bendix sensors, having the 4 tires on the trailer unmounted/remounted, installing a repeater at the back end of the coach and then programming that into the head unit in the coach - not easy.

I am going with easy solution on this one, not the simplified solution.