Advice needed for programming tpms

[Mustang702000]

Good afternoon all, and happy April Fool day. It has snowed here heavily several times today, so far no stickee.
When I recently bought new tires for my 2017 I also got new Schrader tpms sensors
Tire shop did all the voodoo they could find to no avail.
Friend and I tried the letting air out til horn sounds, and got 2 toots of the horn and everything turned off.
I did get it to sound horn once but before I got to rf screen went to default.
OK, not to be deterred by such things, I bought the fomoco programmer from americanmuscle.
Tried that voodoo, before I could get to it with the remote horn sounds 2x and shuts off.
At this point, I realized my limitations and succumbed to alcohol, and called it quits.
WC Fields had the best outlook on such things- If at first you don't succeed, try again , then quit!
There's no use in being a dang fool about it!!
What thinkest y'all?
Best regards, Dave and Frosty

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[NightmareMoon]

How are you putting it into training mode? Are you flipping switches or tapping brakes?

The brakes method should work, flipping switches didn't work for me despite the dash claiming it was in the mode.

 

[Mustang702000]

With sensor handheld--press brake pedal and release
press start button 5 times
press brake pedal 1time
leave start on
press start button 6 times,horn sounds, watch screen Train lf
leave on
aim tool at lf valve stem til horn sounds,then go on around car.

without tool-
press start
press hazard swithch 6 times
horn sounds
screen shows train lf
let air out of tire til horn sounds,then go around car.

This Ive tried both ways,with cell phone off and 20feet away.
I do have a 2003 sienna parked behind the stang.
?Thanks for your reply. Dave

 

[shogun32]

I also got new Schrader tpms sensors

actual legit Ford parts or knock off junk?

 

[Crowd Hunter]

I admire that you're not giving up. I bought 4 of these, slapped them on the car, and didn't have to do a thing. Amazon.com: Motorcraft TPMS35 Tpms Sensor Kit, 1 Pack : Automotive

 

[Mustang702000]

actual legit Ford parts or knock off junk?

The hand held tool is motorcraft. The sensors are schrader. Thanks

 

[PoCoBob]

Try this

Press and release brake pedal (ignition off)
Turn ignition on-off-on-off-on, Stop on the third on
Press and release brake pedal
Turn ignition off
Turn ignition on-off-on-off-on,
Horn should honk and training mode should display on dash
Train left front, right front, right rear and left rear.

This has worked on every Ford vehicle I've owned including the current 2019 GT.

Make sure you leave a second between turning the ignition on and off. Pressing it too quickly might not let the ignition actually turn on.

 

[shogun32]

we still haven't ascertained if OP has the correct TPMS sensors. Otherwise it's forevermore futile. Where did he buy? What was the SKU/link?

 

[Charlemagne]

I admire that you're not giving up. I bought 4 of these, slapped them on the car, and didn't have to do a thing.

This. I bought original Ford TPMS sensors and the car automatically paired with them after driving a few miles.

 

[Zrussian13]

I bought the programmer from AM and it wouldn't sync up my new wheels no matter how many times I tried. My tpms were all ford though so ten minutes of driving on the new wheels and they synced up on their own.

 

[Rick#7]

OP, have you tried driving the car since doing the training routine?

When I was driving on a spare once, of course the tpms alert was on the display, and showed 0 psi where the spare was mounted. Once I got my tire fixed and the original wheel back on the car, I had to drive it several minutes before the display changed and showed the correct psi.

Your sensors may actually be programmed and working, but won't register on the dash display until you drive it.

 

[NightmareMoon]

With sensor handheld--press brake pedal and release
press start button 5 times
press brake pedal 1time
leave start on
press start button 6 times,horn sounds, watch screen Train lf
leave on
aim tool at lf valve stem til horn sounds,then go on around car.

without tool-
press start
press hazard swithch 6 times
horn sounds
screen shows train lf
let air out of tire til horn sounds,then go around car.

This Ive tried both ways,with cell phone off and 20feet away.
I do have a 2003 sienna parked behind the stang.
?Thanks for your reply. Dave

The first method is what works for me w/ the tool.

 

[Mustang702000]

Thanks all. Do you suppose if I bought the motorcraft sensors and had my tire shop install them,that the system would boot up while driving?
Thanks for all your help. If it ever warms up here on the mountain I will keep aggravating this project.
Best regards, Dave
Also, where be good place to get the correct sensors,and about how much?

 

[Mustang702000]

OP, have you tried driving the car since doing the training routine?

When I was driving on a spare once, of course the tpms alert was on the display, and showed 0 psi where the spare was mounted. Once I got my tire fixed and the original wheel back on the car, I had to drive it several minutes before the display changed and showed the correct psi.

Your sensors may actually be programmed and working, but won't register on the dash display until you drive it.

Thanks, I have driven car about 100 miles since tires/sensors

 

[PoCoBob]

Questions for those of you who say the sensor automatically synced up. If one tire goes low on pressure does the dash information have the correct tire being low?

The reason I'm asking is from what I've read about these things is each sensor has a unique identity and without doing the training procedure the car has no idea which sensor is at which corner of the car. So you'll get a warning of low pressure but it would probably not be the tire you're being warned about.

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