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ChopsZ · 02-24-2017, 09:36 PM

As some of you may know, I bought a set of Nismo wheels for my Z a short while back. I think they were off of a 2012 or early 2013, and of course, Nissan decided to change up stuff in the ECU on later 2013 through 2017 cars, so those older pressure sensors would no longer communicate with the newer ECU's.

So for the past few months, I've been driving around with that TPMS light on on the dash. Kind of annoying at first, but then I kind of just ignored it.

Well, just a few weeks ago, I finally finished up my exhaust and finished doing the rest of the EcuTek tuning on my car. Ever since I started the tuning, I noticed that the TPMS light is no longer on.

Since Sebastian at Specialty Z is the one I've been doing the tuning with, I asked him if his tunes had anything to do with that light going out, and he said that the tunes had absolutely nothing to do with it.

So my question is... With all of the multiple ECU resets and flashes that were done, is it possible that because the ECU doesn't see those sensors it simply shut off the TPMS feature by itself, or has it somehow started communicating with the sensors, causing the light to go off?

I guess I could do the easy test and just let a bunch of air out of one of the tires and see if the light comes on. LOL

At any rate, I'm happy that the darn light if off.

02-24-2017, 09:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
ChopsZ Track Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Florida Age: 49 Posts: 965 Drives: 2016 370Z GM 6MT Rep Power: 2301	TPMS Question... As some of you may know, I bought a set of Nismo wheels for my Z a short while back. I think they were off of a 2012 or early 2013, and of course, Nissan decided to change up stuff in the ECU on later 2013 through 2017 cars, so those older pressure sensors would no longer communicate with the newer ECU's. So for the past few months, I've been driving around with that TPMS light on on the dash. Kind of annoying at first, but then I kind of just ignored it. Well, just a few weeks ago, I finally finished up my exhaust and finished doing the rest of the EcuTek tuning on my car. Ever since I started the tuning, I noticed that the TPMS light is no longer on. Since Sebastian at Specialty Z is the one I've been doing the tuning with, I asked him if his tunes had anything to do with that light going out, and he said that the tunes had absolutely nothing to do with it. So my question is... With all of the multiple ECU resets and flashes that were done, is it possible that because the ECU doesn't see those sensors it simply shut off the TPMS feature by itself, or has it somehow started communicating with the sensors, causing the light to go off? I guess I could do the easy test and just let a bunch of air out of one of the tires and see if the light comes on. LOL At any rate, I'm happy that the darn light if off. __________________ She's For Sale! PERFORMANCE: Aero Workz \| Akebono \| BC Racing \| EcuTek \| HKS \| MaxBore \| Motordyne \| Nismo \| RJM \| SPL \| StopTech \| Z1 AUDIO: Arc Audio \| Bazooka \| Helix \| Pioneer \| Stereo Integrity