2020 TPMS registration and initialization...easiest way?

So when I had my new tires installed, I had them install the new sensors that I got from Toyota. What is the easiest way to get them registered and set up? If I'm reading correctly, I start the truck, push the button 3 times and it starts slowly flashing, and then drive around? It says recalibration in progress on the display. Maybe I'm not driving enough?

 

I may be wrong but I think you have to drive 10 miles.

 

I checked the manual. It says to drive for 10-30 minutes mostly straight with occasional turns.

 

It says register and then initialize. Is the registration the 3 flashes and then the rest is automatic during the drive?

 

The easiest and cheapest way is cloning the tpms sensor. Autel sensors are way cheaper than Toyota sensors. If you do not have a Autel tpms programmer, any tire shop can clone the sensors for you. This way you do not need to drive around and register your Toyota sensors.

 

I have these Toyota sensors 42607-0C091. So far no luck but I will try it again on my drive to work next week. So I start the truck and leave it in park, push reset button 3 times and it will flash 3 times slowly. After that it will flash steadily for a minute and then stay solid. Is that when I start driving for a while and hope it registers? Right now any time I start the truck it says recalibrating tire pressure.

 

So today I messed with the reset button and after a mile or so the orange light went out. The correct pressure reads on my Pioneer head unit. So I think that the sensors finally registered. My display center shows the dashes so I assume this is where I do the drive cycle for the truck to pick up the baseline pressures?

 

Did you ever figure this out? I’m going from steel to trd wheels on my 2021 tundra and I bought the same sensors you did. I’m hoping everything will go good. Hate to drive around a truck with 150 miles on it with a dash light on.

 

I drove for over an hour after initializing and nothing...

 

I got them to initialize but I still cannot get the pressures to read on the display. They show on my aftermarket head unit though. Pisses me off....I have over 3,000 miles on them already. I called the dealer and they didn't have a clue.

 

So I am going to sound crazy, or me and my buddy's tundras had magical powers. My buddy has an 18 Limited with TRD off-road package. We swapped his 18's and my Platinum 20's in his shop. We wanted to see if we could tell a difference in ride quality between 18 and 20 inch rims (We both agreed absolutely zero difference in ride on stock trucks)

When we swapped rims and tires, all we did was go somewhere on the vehicle settings on radio and reset/reconfigure the TPMS calibration. It picked up the rims on both of our trucks no problem. We drive for about 1,000 miles and swapped back. We did the same TPMS calibration and it picked up our original rims again no problem.

Fast forward a few months later...... He bought some 20" Fuel rims and Nitto tires online. He ordered them with the aftermarket TPMS sensor already installed. He put them on and did the TPMS calibration and it picked them up with zero issues. Been running them for almost a year and they registered fine.

We have 2 Tacomas and 2 Tundras at work and we rotate tires all the time on them and do the relearn and picks up the sensors in the right wheel position.

I have not ever needed or know anybody that has had to have Techstream on their to get the sensors to register......

 

The 2020 and its sensors are completely different than previous years.

 

UPDATE-See link to post below for remedy:
https://www.tundras.com/threads/202...ization-easiest-way.83134/page-2#post-2396051

I recently installed a set of 2021 BBS Forged Pro takeoffs on my 2021 SR5. I purchased the tires and rims together and the original tpms sensors are still in the tires.

I tried several times and failed to get the truck to recognize the sensors on the new wheels using the button inside the cab.

A few weeks ago I attempted to get an appointment to have the tpms sensors programmed at a dealership that isn’t local while I was in that area. I could not get an appointment, but he quoted me $77 to program them to the truck.

When I was dropping the truck off at my local dealership for a free oil change Thursday, I asked them to program the tpms sensors to the truck. First I was told that it would be 1 hour of labor. He then asked the service manager and he said it would be 2-1/2 hours of labor, because they will need to break down the tires to be able to look at the numbers on the sensors themselves. I told them never mind as the cost and the process doesn’t seem right, especially given that a different dealership quoted me at $77.

-Do they actually need to break down the tires to see the tpms numbers? I thought there was a scanning process that is done with the tires still aired up on the rims.

-Is 2-1/2 hours of labor standard just to register the tpms sensors to a different vehicle? I can’t imagine that is right.

 

I don’t want to hijack your thread, so please let me know if you want me to move post# 13 to a new thread.

 

It's fine where it is. The TPMS is a pain in the rear. I still can't get my pressures to show on the dash. I haven't even tried the drive cycle again.

 

Yeah it’s a nice feature, but I’m starting to think it isn’t worth the hassle. I’m about to just get ahold of the person that bought my original wheels and pay to swap our sensors.

 

After fighting with mine for way too long during tire rotations after getting a 5th full size wheel and tire, I just bought one of these from Amazon. Move wheels around then when you're done you scan the TPMS sensors wirelessly then plug it into the OBD port and it updates the TPMS computer. Not cheap but I would have more hair now if I bought one sooner

$219 Autel MaxiTPMS TS501 PRO TPMS Programming Tool, Same as TS508, 2025 TPMS Relearn Tool Newer of TS501 TS408S, Activate Relearn 99% Sensors, Program Autel MX-Sensors [315/433MHz], TPMS Reset/Diagnosis

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LRJ7UD2?ie=UTF8

 

I will pay for that machine before I pay the dealership 2-1/2 hours of labor to tell me they still can’t get the sensors to read.

The local Firestone tried to scan for the tpms with a similar machine and could not get a reading though, so I’m not sure I will have a different result with the machine.

 

Did they say why they couldn't get a reading? Was it one sensor or all sensors? Only thing I could think of is a bad TPMS sensor as that happened to me once. Luckily dealer replaced it under warranty as it had a dead battery.

 

He did not know why they weren’t reading and he checked all tires with the same result.

 

Yeah that's really weird. That Autel I linked to has read everything I've tested it on but haven't tested a 2020+ Tundra yet. It still baffles me why some manufacturers make the TPMS learning process so complex (other than to get $$ from you).

 

The only thing I can think of is that the person I bought the wheels from was not truthful about the sensors being in the tires. I figured the tire shop would have told me if there were none installed, but I can’t be sure.

 

Usually you can tell by the valve stem ... if it's metal then they are TPMS sensors more than likely. Now if they work or not or are even the correct ones is a different story. Although lack of TPMS sensors is the most plausible explanation for the tire shop not being able to read them but they should have been able to tell.

 

The stems feel like rubber coated metal. The person I bought them from said that he had the dealership install the new tires when he bought the truck. Given what I know now about the cost of swapping sensors and all, I would guess that he did not bother to pay for them to be taken out before he sold the wheels.

 

I flipped rotates my tires from inside to outside because I had more wear on the outside and could get another 15-20k miles if I did. So my buddy flipped and balances the tires but snapped one of the sensors. He bought one from the dealership and installed it on my truck after taking a picture of the numbers. I called my service manager about the initializing the new sensor and he said it was a pain, and he would actually run the truck to a big tire shop (Town Fair Tire here in the Northeast) and said they have delt with every sensor situation imaginable for something like this. Anyway he said they get it done easier than his guys ever could, but having the number that is on the sensor makes it an easy job for them.
I have been too lazy to go down to the tire shop, but after reading this, I am actually very curious if this is true.

 

I'd say that no TPMS sensors are installed in those wheels then and he kept the sensors. Shouldn't cost much to have the sensors swapped into new wheels when they are mounting the tires. Most people reuse their TPMS sensors when they get new wheels.

I think the dealership only cares about the sensor serial number since they enter it into TechStream rather than doing the learning procedure. Tire places will just use a tool to read the sensor info and then program the TPMS computer. Town Fair or Sullivan Tire should be able to do this in a few minutes. Also if you're near Billerica I'd be happy to do it for you.

 

The 20 and 21 use different sensors.

 

I'm about 4 hours from you so a little far, but thanks for the offer!

 

I have a 21 TRD Pro with BBS forged wheels. My valve stems look the same. I don't know if those stems are part of the sensor, or the sensor is inside the tire, attached to the wheel/stem on the inside. My TPMS sensors register pressure for all 4 wheels. Funny thing is, on my way home from purchasing my truck, the TPMS warning light came on. I looked at my valve stems and questioned whether sensors existed. I was always used to seeing the sensors with an aluminum collar nut. These are different though. I took it back to the dealership the next day and they remapped the sensors. It took them a while though. I watched them as the tried at least 2 methods.

I also want to swap my wheel/tires out for an aftermarket set but maintain use of my factory wheels if needed, so the TPMS sensor question came to mind. I ended up ordering a sensor from Lewis Toyota online parts, spec'd my year/model of truck, added my VIN to the order. The sensor I ordered ended up looking like what I am used to seeing, having a collar nut.

So I have 1 OEM sensor in hand, but not certain it will work.

EDIT: I posted a picture here 2307

 

Hopefully the sensors are in there then.

Did the dealership have to break the tires down to get the numbers off of the sensors themselves or did they do it with the tires still aired up on the rims?