I have been waiting for someone to do a write up with pictures walking you thru this. Thank you!
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No pictures, but
1) remove door still and kick panel from passagers side.
2) just below the glove box, about the center is a screw that need to be removed.
3) pull down black panel, there are just 3 clips holding it.
4) on the black panel there are 2 boxes, the closes one should say something about pressure monitoring, other is 4wd.
5) on TPMS box, disconnect the plug, looking at the pin opening, count 6 pins from the left on the top row. that should be a blue wire (wire does have stripes, don't recall the color).
6) cut the wire, the part of the wire that DOES NOT go into the plug, wire that to a ground. There is a nice screw on the kick panel, it holds a metal plate that holds the plastic in place.
7) if the TPMS light was on, check that's it's off, and re-install the panels.
Pictures in post 1 are a good reference
1) remove door still and kick panel from passagers side.
2) just below the glove box, about the center is a screw that need to be removed.
3) pull down black panel, there are just 3 clips holding it.
4) on the black panel there are 2 boxes, the closes one should say something about pressure monitoring, other is 4wd.
5) on TPMS box, disconnect the plug, looking at the pin opening, count 6 pins from the left on the top row. that should be a blue wire (wire does have stripes, don't recall the color).
6) cut the wire, the part of the wire that DOES NOT go into the plug, wire that to a ground. There is a nice screw on the kick panel, it holds a metal plate that holds the plastic in place.
7) if the TPMS light was on, check that's it's off, and re-install the panels.
Pictures in post 1 are a good reference
I got sick of the light being on so I fixed it today.
This will only work on a 07+ GX as far as I know.
I hate cutting my wiring harnesses, so I always try to figure out a way to not cut them. I pulled the TPMS box out and soldered a wire between the posts that attach the connector to the CCA.
Just pull the box out and pry the black cover off. The CCA slides right out of the blue housing.
Next I pulled a small wire out of a Cat 5E cable I had laying around and stripped both ends.
Then it was a simple job of soldering it between the blue wire post and the green with red stripe post. I verified there was 5V on the Green with Red stripe post first.
No more blinking TPMS light.
This will only work on a 07+ GX as far as I know.
I hate cutting my wiring harnesses, so I always try to figure out a way to not cut them. I pulled the TPMS box out and soldered a wire between the posts that attach the connector to the CCA.
Just pull the box out and pry the black cover off. The CCA slides right out of the blue housing.
Next I pulled a small wire out of a Cat 5E cable I had laying around and stripped both ends.
Then it was a simple job of soldering it between the blue wire post and the green with red stripe post. I verified there was 5V on the Green with Red stripe post first.
No more blinking TPMS light.
Worked like a charm!!
Thank you
Great easy to follow directions with the pics make this a simple fix. I have 275 65r20 rims and tires
Thank you
Great easy to follow directions with the pics make this a simple fix. I have 275 65r20 rims and tires
I need to do this!
My tpms light is weird [or maybe it is normal?]
I can drive for a month or 2 and say 1-2k miles and the light never comes on. But if I drive non stop for 60 miles the light flashes.
My tpms light is weird [or maybe it is normal?]
I can drive for a month or 2 and say 1-2k miles and the light never comes on. But if I drive non stop for 60 miles the light flashes.
I have a slightly different TPMS box and harness on my 2008. So for anyone on with this one, here are the two posts to solder. They still correspond to the Blue and Red/Green wires on the harness. Thanks to @Stinkonamonkey and @burtoncr for helping me out.
Super easy, took 15 minutes and this is the first time I've ever attempted something like this.
Super easy, took 15 minutes and this is the first time I've ever attempted something like this.
Polar Bear
Is it supposed to sound like that?
Mud is the best. This saved me a couple of C notes from chasing bad sensors. Works like a charm!
Just did this on a 2006 and worked like a charm. Thanks a lot!!
Thanks for the great write up. I did the disarm after my replacement TPMS began to fail. Light was on more than off and was always false warning as the tires were NEVER under inflated. Instead of replacing the TPMS units in the wheels a second time I put the $ towards an ARB compressor so if I ever do get a low tire I can air up anywhere.
Great write ups. But why solder on the inside of the harness? Why not just run a jumper wire on the plug?
Also on my 06 4runner all you had to do was just unplug the box and the light went out. It’s was that simple. Anyone try that on the GX?
Also on my 06 4runner all you had to do was just unplug the box and the light went out. It’s was that simple. Anyone try that on the GX?
I didn’t want to splice any wires. Unplugging did not work on my 08.
This is all well and good, but what if a guy wants to FIX the TPMS system so that it stops blinking, and starts working?
I'm about to find out. Just bought my truck recently and techstream says it has 2 dead sensors. Light is on solid, bought some new OEM (p/n: 42607-33012) sensors off eBay. Will try to install/program them with the techstream. If that doesn't work, I'll be soldering the pins together. Just wanted to shoot my best shot by trying to fix the system first...
Took my truck to Discount Tire over the weekend. They had a scanning tool that determined two of my sensors have dead batteries. $65 per sensor and they’ll replace them. That’s not bad if you ask me.
I have 2009 and completed this project last night. Few observations. I have the red box. If you are planning on just jumping the pins the there is no need to take any trim pieces off. Just take the center screw out of the black panel and the two screws reraining the red box. The board slides out very easy. You can use a drop of solder to link the 1st and 2nd post counting from the left together. Then reassemble. To test we deflated two tires down to 6lbs and made sure the light was one . Turned the ignition off and then did the mod and restarted the vehicle and let it run for a few minutes to see if the dash light came on. It did not. Reinflated the tires and out the panels back on. Total time of project was about three hours, about 8 mins to do the mod and 3 hours to share rum with a friend i dint get a chance to see all that often.
This works for 07! TY!
TPMS driving me nuts on my 08, but I have never soldered before. Any recommendations on a simple soldering gun or station I can pick up to give this a try? Or is there a good chance I screw it up and makes things worse?(I’m medium smart on my best day).
Cheers.
Cheers.
If you are not going to solder much just get an inexpensive soldering iron (no trigger) probably about 20.00. The soldering guns are a little more. Go to You Tube and watch a few experts teaching soldering and test your skills on a scarp piece of wire. It does help to have a vice or something to hold your wires. You can simply use a couple alligator clips clamped in the vice to hold the two wires together. Or you can get a soldering station as in Stinkonmokey's 5-17-19 post/pic above. Super easy and you'll probably never go back to crimp on splice connectors.
Amazon 20.00 = HunterBee Hands Free Lighting Work Magnifier Helping Stand Station for Soldering and Repairing Hobby with Adjustable Angle Alligator Clips clamp
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anyone know where this box is located on an LX470? and which wire?