TPS not reading

It’s pretty cold out ( 30 degrees ) I went to check on 5he tire pressure and it’s not reading anything. All ———- dashes,why? I never had that issue before. It’s a 2018 tundra

 

Probably just have to give it a few minutes for it to show your pressures. This happened to me a couple weeks ago. Drive around a bit and it came back

 

Yea drive around....

 

TPMS sensors have batteries that last 5 - 10 years.
They are replaceable but its a DIY messy thing. Is it worth doing ?
I think the 2018 would be similar to attached link of a 2005.
I always check pressures myself anyway because I vary PSI depending on what I am doing with my truck, the load or what I am towing.

 

I did drive it around. Nothing. I’m bringing my tundra in for service on Tuesday. And will ask them. Today I’m going out with it. Hav3 to get a battery for my Honda plus other things. I hope i5 comes on and shows the pressure. I will post later when I get back. I’m keeping my fingers crossed

 

Perform a manual tire pressure check, add air as required, reset TPMS system, drive around and system should display correct pressure within 20 minutes.

 

How do you reset the TPS system? Actually it started to read the pressure then when I went to check it again. It wasn’t reading. —- but then it came on. So it’s going on then just shows —- what’s going on? When it did read,all 5he tires except one was 31 psi and one was 30 psi

 

There's a small button that you hold down. It's located by your right knee just below the Tow Haul button

 

https://youtu.be/1dljnYQWAKM?si=_uuZZH4aCZzcWUDn

 

I have to check that out, I never noticed a small button there.
I will give an update soon. Thanks

 

Exactly why I jump the TPMS out and do it old school. I will never look at another tire pressure light coming on again in any of my vehicles.

 

What do you mean by "jump the TPMS out"?

 

He simply means defeat the system by jumping around it. There is a junction in the passenger kick panel which powers this system.

Light was on when I bought my 2008 Tundra a year ago. Error was the receiver -- in the headliner above rear slider window.

Toyota replacement is $1000. Wrecking yard fix was $5 from a Sienna -- above the driver's sunshade. Some swap/assembly was required as the mounting brackets do not match.

The entire idea of TPMS is a bad one, IMHO. But, I learned a bunch when resolving this issue.

 

You need to use it reset when you get new tires and when you rotate your tires if you want to get the reading on the correct tire to correlate with what shows on the screen.

 

Damn.
Owned the truck since new going on 7 years.
Never took notice of the TPMS, although I remember low PSI warnings a couple times from airing down.
Did not even know this button existed. Had to really look.
Thank u

 

I just found the reset button. I didn’t see it but I felt it. Never knew it was there
Buy let me explain how it works, all it does is reset the pressure to light the dashboard tire gauge. So if you get new tires and all the press in the tires are 35 psi ,then you reset the activation for it to show by holding the button in and after it blinks 3 times it’s set to a new pressure reading. How do I know that? The car care nut on YouTube explained it. All it does is reset the pressure to activate the warning light. It does not fix the three dashes that I see. I like

old school stuff. The newer cars and trucks have to much technology. All the crap is go8ng to break Oh wow my seated seats are not working. Break out you wallet. Oh wait my heater and ac not working. Breakout your wallet oh wait my electric seat is not working, mt button start is not work8ng. Give me the old stuff. Simple and cheap

 

Dude. You like old school. So old school doesn’t have heated seats. So on your “new school” truck with heated seats, if your heated seats go out, you’re not forced to get your wallet out. Just don’t fix it and now you have old school again.

Go buy a 1975 Chevy and be happy again. Instead of grumpy complaining about future luxury issues that you decided to buy.

 

Jaypown you’re getting very nasty. Relax Bro. Take a step back. This is only my opinion. What I mean5 by old school is no bells and whistles.If my truck came with these features then I want them to work. But if I can build my truck the way I want it. It wouldn’t have tps system heated seat etc,do you get where I’m coming from.
My perf3ct truck will be. Power steering,power breaks power windows and a big V8 engine. I don’t even want. A.C and trucks should not have rugs on the floor only rubber mats
And the two best trucks I had 1985 dodge ram charger and a 1994Chevy step side basic as can be. Both had Manuel trans no airbags no ABS brakes. But you can’t drive those trucks. That’s when they were called trucks. Now they are called SUVs

 

Not getting in that mess

but as to why they kept displaying — and not psi even after driving, for the Toyota’s to learn the tpms and read the pressure sometimes you have to get it going on a longer drive (20-30 min) for it to do the tpms test

or you have a sensor that’s bad or going bad

 

@Steplift20 Nothing I said was nasty. You're entitled to your opinion. Unfortunately, you're part of an extremely small customer base that wants a truck that is no longer made. Technology and consumer habits have changed since those 80's and 90' trucks were made. Good luck with your TPMS. Try disconnecting your negative battery terminal for a while and see if it resets.

 

Thanks jaypown sorry if I came across in a negative way, I apologize. Now go get you shoe box. lol. I hope you know where that saying came from. I know I’m in the minority but I dont like all the bells and whistles that these cars have. Yeah I’m old school. I know.
Joseph Womack you right,that’s what they told me at the dealership. Thanks for the reply’s

 

You're not alone:
I'm restoring a 1970 Chevy Nova SS that had and will retain manual steering although the disc brakes have a luxury - vacuum boost that's about all the LT-1 engine can spare.
Power systems quickly eat up the precious few horses available.
Toyota knows it: Through 1994 the 22RE essentially used solid lifters - OH cam lobes rode directly on the rocker pads.
Old-school is Way-cool.

 

Incidentally...
How long since you got new rubber and were the TPMS sensors replaced?
With intermittent reception, it's possible the batteries in your valve stems are giving up the ghost.

 

Lionpilgimg. I’m with you. Less features are better especially for a 1970 Nova S.S Great car to rebuild. It might take a while but the end results will be awesome. But power steering is safer and a good feature to have. Maybe later