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I just replaced the rear wheel and tire on my 2013 GL1800.
The new rear wheel came with a new TPMS Sensor. Since installing the new wheel, and trying to get the sensors to reset, my TPMS light comes on and stays on. The Verification test ride points to the FRONT sensor being the problem child.
(I bought the rear wheel and tire online, but had the tire mounted and balanced by the dealership. I swapped the wheel, reset the TPMS system (using a ATEQ VT-15), and performed the verification myself.)
There are two possible explanations:
1. There's something about resetting the TPMS system I don't know (is there a secret handshake not specified in the Service Manual?) or
2. It's just a coincidence that the front sensor battery is at the end of its life.
I could ignore the TPMS light and trust my FOBO2 sensors and app, but since the front tire may as well be replaced to be in sync with the rear (15,000 miles on them before replacing the rear), and the bike has to go to the dealership to have the new front tire installed anyway, I shall ask you Gold Wing owners whether, as a matter of course, it makes sense to replace sensors with the tires.
I have no idea how long the batteries in the TPMS sensors are supposed to last. The bike is now 7 years old, so I'm thinking they're nearly done. One dealership told me he's seen them last 10 or more years, however.
My thinking is, with new tires, I probably have three to four years of riding before the tires need to be replaced again. If the batteries weren't close to dead already, they would probably not make it to the next tire change. At that point, the tires would have to come off to replace the sensors and the tires would need to be changed not long after that. Yes, sensors are expensive, but so is that extra visit to the dealership to deal with them separately from the tires.
This time around, I figure I'll get the benefit of some information from the dealership when the new front tire and sensor are installed. Are they running the same reset procedure laid out in the Service Manual? If so, and the TPMS light goes off - and stays off, I'll know that scenario 2 above played out. If not, I'll have learned something about that undisclosed "secret handshake" in scenario 1 above, in which case, going forward, the dealership is my only option for resetting the TPMS system when new sensors are installed.
I value the experience, opinions and advice of the sages and gurus at this site. Please feel free to comment.
The new rear wheel came with a new TPMS Sensor. Since installing the new wheel, and trying to get the sensors to reset, my TPMS light comes on and stays on. The Verification test ride points to the FRONT sensor being the problem child.
(I bought the rear wheel and tire online, but had the tire mounted and balanced by the dealership. I swapped the wheel, reset the TPMS system (using a ATEQ VT-15), and performed the verification myself.)
There are two possible explanations:
1. There's something about resetting the TPMS system I don't know (is there a secret handshake not specified in the Service Manual?) or
2. It's just a coincidence that the front sensor battery is at the end of its life.
I could ignore the TPMS light and trust my FOBO2 sensors and app, but since the front tire may as well be replaced to be in sync with the rear (15,000 miles on them before replacing the rear), and the bike has to go to the dealership to have the new front tire installed anyway, I shall ask you Gold Wing owners whether, as a matter of course, it makes sense to replace sensors with the tires.
I have no idea how long the batteries in the TPMS sensors are supposed to last. The bike is now 7 years old, so I'm thinking they're nearly done. One dealership told me he's seen them last 10 or more years, however.
My thinking is, with new tires, I probably have three to four years of riding before the tires need to be replaced again. If the batteries weren't close to dead already, they would probably not make it to the next tire change. At that point, the tires would have to come off to replace the sensors and the tires would need to be changed not long after that. Yes, sensors are expensive, but so is that extra visit to the dealership to deal with them separately from the tires.
This time around, I figure I'll get the benefit of some information from the dealership when the new front tire and sensor are installed. Are they running the same reset procedure laid out in the Service Manual? If so, and the TPMS light goes off - and stays off, I'll know that scenario 2 above played out. If not, I'll have learned something about that undisclosed "secret handshake" in scenario 1 above, in which case, going forward, the dealership is my only option for resetting the TPMS system when new sensors are installed.
I value the experience, opinions and advice of the sages and gurus at this site. Please feel free to comment.