Repair advice: TPMS Needs Service

[apacheguy]

A couple days ago I started getting TPMS needs service. It was intermittent at first, but the error is now permanently displayed as soon as I press the brake to turn the car on. It's not practical for me to wait for an appointment with the SvC since it will probably be several weeks for the first available appt. and also I'm road tripping after Xmas. I've tried rebooting and I've also performed a TPMS reset.

Is there anything I can do to clear the error message? Disable the TPMS all together, perhaps?

Where can I locate the TPMS receiver module on a classic Model S?

 

[Super_Popular]

I think Tesla can reset this over the air, I had this issue with my first Tesla.

 

[Footbag]

I had a TPMS module fail, and thus that same error message. We don't have a local SvC around here, but Tesla overnighted me the replacement part... any tire shop can do the install (just make sure you trust them).

 

[ggr]

A couple days ago I started getting TPMS needs service. It was intermittent at first, but the error is now permanently displayed as soon as I press the brake to turn the car on. It's not practical for me to wait for an appointment with the SvC since it will probably be several weeks for the first available appt. and also I'm road tripping after Xmas. I've tried rebooting and I've also performed a TPMS reset.

Is there anything I can do to clear the error message? Disable the TPMS all together, perhaps?

Where can I locate the TPMS receiver module on a classic Model S?

It's most likely that the battery(s) in the sensor in one wheel has died. It's probably best to just replace all the batteries. Any tire shop should be able to do this.

 

[artsci]

The steps below should fix it, at least temporarily. But likely the error will keep reappearing until the system is upgraded.

Model S touchscreen, touchControls > Settings > Service & Reset >Tire Pressure Monitor > Reset Sensors.

 

[apacheguy]

I reset the TPMS a second time through the controls screen and that's seemed to keep it happy for today at least. Most likely just a faulty sensor, so I'll have service take a look when it's convenient.

Generally, I think it's great that alerts appear when issues arise. I really dislike fault suppression. However, in this case it would have been nice to have a "Dismiss message" option that would conceal it for a set amount of time.

 

[loganss]

@apacheguy: How many miles do you have on the original TPMS sensors? Mine started failing around 50k miles.

I asked to get the TPMS disabled at the SvC but they couldn't since there is some sort of silly federal regulation staying all cars need that system now.

Are you going to upgrade to the new TPMS sensors and antenna? I declined

 

[apacheguy]

Well, they replaced the sensors about 6 months ago with the Baolongs. I don't think I'll be upgrading to the newer system as it requires two receivers and a wiring harness installation.

 

[youlikeadajuice]

Does anyone know if a generic tire shop can determine which wheel has the bad TPMS sensor, or will they have to replace all 4? This is for a classic model s that doesn't display the individual air pressure for each tire...I have aftermarket wheels and tires so I don't think Tesla will work on them.