Aston Martin Virage / DB9.2 TPMS
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I’ve got an issue with the Beru TPMS system for late model Db9.2 and Virage, 2013 and newer. My tpms fault light is on all the time. Tire pressure indicates all are inflated perfectly and the indicated pressures changes as I increase / decrease air. I replaced the main battery, disconnected tpms controller and reconnected but nothing seems to extinguish the fault code. I don’t think the tpms sensor batteries are bad since they are all communicating tire pressure correctly. It might be a bad tpms controller but not sure. Anyone had this problem? Solutions?
Phil57DBS said:
Good prices yes but my early experience with these is not great.They are not OEM Beru items but copies which is fine as long as they work perfectly. When they were fitted a couple of weeks ago the car didn't "read" them straight away and had to be persuaded to do so by plugging it into the AMDS. About an hour into the first journey it pinged a TPMS warning light and one of them was reading 78 psi when the tyre was in reality at about 35 psi. It returned to a correct reading spontaneously after about 15 minutes of driving. This intermittent pressure misreading fault accompanied by a TPMS warning light continued throughout the next journey the following day. One then stopped reading altogether. At this point my car went in for its warranty paintwork and I haven't got it back yet.
So at this stage I cannot recommend these cheap TPMS sensors. Maybe with a few weeks of driving they will "settle down" but I doubt it and suspect I will end up binning them and getting some OEM ones instead. Anyone found an even half reasonably priced source of these?
Before you go for any replacement, please take into account that many replacements do not meet Aston Martin speed index. Typically their top speed is 240km/h (150Mph), while Aston's requirement is 350km/h (219Mph). I found only Beru RD011 (discontinued) or RDE048 as a direct replacement rated at 350km/h.
Thanks for all the responses. I after reading and more research I decided to replace with OEM sensors which are a Huf part. Evidently Huf bought out beru. The make 2 different units, 1 being a universal replacement and the other OEM. You can find them on
https://www.tpms.com/2013_Aston_Martin_DB9_TPMS_s/...
https://www.tpms.com/2013_Aston_Martin_DB9_TPMS_s/...
I've become quite an expert on those, check out those threads I contributed to:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Thank you. I read all the topics, including your, after I posted. Lots of really good info. After discussing with my mechanic, he suggested going with oem to avoid further issues. This is not to say the aftermarket products are bad, but some people had issues and, though the cost is a bit more, I’ll stay with oem.
1f1aml said:
Thank you. I read all the topics, including your, after I posted. Lots of really good info. After discussing with my mechanic, he suggested going with oem to avoid further issues. This is not to say the aftermarket products are bad, but some people had issues and, though the cost is a bit more, I’ll stay with oem.
Sure, let us know how it goes, it's always useful for future reference.To continue my adventure:
I had all 4 tpms sensors replaced. The system worked fine for a few days. Than I got the same fault. It continued for a few days than it corrected itself. Drove the car for about a week. Now the problem is back. I hooked up a scanner and all systems passed. Tried letting the car sit over night, same problem. However, sometimes it reads all tires, and sometimes it reads 1 or 2 tires with the fault code on the others. I am suspecting a antenna problem(s). Does anyone know where the antennas are located? I’m getting to a point where I might sell it and get a Honda , lol - not really.
I had all 4 tpms sensors replaced. The system worked fine for a few days. Than I got the same fault. It continued for a few days than it corrected itself. Drove the car for about a week. Now the problem is back. I hooked up a scanner and all systems passed. Tried letting the car sit over night, same problem. However, sometimes it reads all tires, and sometimes it reads 1 or 2 tires with the fault code on the others. I am suspecting a antenna problem(s). Does anyone know where the antennas are located? I’m getting to a point where I might sell it and get a Honda , lol - not really.
1f1aml said:
To continue my adventure:
I had all 4 tpms sensors replaced. The system worked fine for a few days. Than I got the same fault. It continued for a few days than it corrected itself. Drove the car for about a week. Now the problem is back. I hooked up a scanner and all systems passed. Tried letting the car sit over night, same problem. However, sometimes it reads all tires, and sometimes it reads 1 or 2 tires with the fault code on the others. I am suspecting a antenna problem(s). Does anyone know where the antennas are located? I’m getting to a point where I might sell it and get a Honda , lol - not really.
Can't help you with this, but I can tell you the sensors are quite influenced by cold temperature. A couple weeks ago, car stayed out overnight in Switzerland, it went below 0 and in the morning I got a Tyre System Fault message, the system could not pick 2 out the 4 sensors. Once temperature got back up, all was good again.I had all 4 tpms sensors replaced. The system worked fine for a few days. Than I got the same fault. It continued for a few days than it corrected itself. Drove the car for about a week. Now the problem is back. I hooked up a scanner and all systems passed. Tried letting the car sit over night, same problem. However, sometimes it reads all tires, and sometimes it reads 1 or 2 tires with the fault code on the others. I am suspecting a antenna problem(s). Does anyone know where the antennas are located? I’m getting to a point where I might sell it and get a Honda , lol - not really.
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