TPMS - 2007 V8 Vantage

[David Ramsbotham]

Happy New Year Everyone,

I have just disconnected my TPMS module ( under glovebox ) on my car because the pressure warning symbol was showing in the cluster despite all the tyres being OK. My understanding is that this can happen when a battery in the valve sensor dies. Before disconnecting the module I was expecting to see a light flashing to show me which valve was faulty but instead all the lights were flashing!
I know this is pretty irrelevant now that I have disconnected the system but just wondered if all the lights flashing could be symptomatic of some other fault or was normal for a battery failure?

Cheers, David.

[rickyf1]

When you start the car all lights flash until you have driven approx 1/4 mile and the sensors all "check in" - if you start the car and leave it stationary ticking over for 10 mins or so the dash will light up "check tyres" - you will then have to drive 1/4 mile for the light to go out. This happened to me while programming the sat nav in my drive with the engine running - I then disconnected the system as you did for a few months before deciding to get it working again for a trip to Italy. After a bit of trial and error I worked out what was going on and all sorted!

[David Ramsbotham]

Thanks Ricky, so I should reconnect and drive as normal and the lights will go out?
Cheers, David

[rickyf1]

Thats the plan!