× 1-800-946-2642 Home My Account Social / Forum Articles Contact My Cart
Shop Now
Select Your Car Type Sale Items Clearance Items New Items
   Forum Width:     Forum Type: 

 Posted: Jul 20, 2021 08:38AM
 Edited:  Jul 20, 2021 08:39AM
Total posts: 4423
Last post: Oct 4, 2023
Member since:May 6, 2002
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0
WorkBench Posts: 0
US
Aha!  Another thing to keep in mind!  Thanks, Ken!

**Dr. jinG**

"I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand." ~ Eric Butterworth
"The true charter of liberty is independence, maintained by force." ~Voltaire

 Posted: Jul 20, 2021 03:36AM
Total posts: 2271
Last post: May 23, 2023
Member since:Dec 29, 2004
Cars in Garage: 1
Photos: 9
WorkBench Posts: 0
Keep in mind, the tpms transmitters in the wheels have batteries with a life of around 7 to 10 years. Once the batteries wear out, the entire tpms transmitter needs to be replaced, the batteries themselves are not replaceable.

 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 02:32PM
Total posts: 9528
Last post: Mar 27, 2024
Member since:Aug 14, 2002
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0
WorkBench Posts: 0
CA
Quote:
Originally Posted by ve9aa
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenatminimania
In the United States, TPMS is mandatory for all vehicles produced after September 2007.
ahhhhhhhhhhh, well, there you go.  I'm in Canada.  Our TPMS in the frozen wastelands is an ABS wheel revolutions counter not a wheel insert device.

Disregard my post fellas.  Canada always has to be different....sigh
We bought (from a dealer) a used a 2010 Jeep Liberty that has TPMS (sounds like some sort of disease...). One of the wheel sensors was not reporting properly and they eventually replaced the sensor, the signal pick-up and some sort of central module. Apparently the law here in Ontario is that if it has the system it must work.

.

"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 01:39PM
Total posts: 4423
Last post: Oct 4, 2023
Member since:May 6, 2002
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0
WorkBench Posts: 0
US
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenatminimania
In the United States, TPMS is mandatory for all vehicles produced after September 2007.
Thanks for the added info, Ken!  I'm going to go ahead and mount the wheels on the car, take it to a local Tire of the Americas, and see if they can re-balance and set the TPMS.  Cheers!

And ve9aa, stay frosty, my friend.   ??

**Dr. jinG**

"I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand." ~ Eric Butterworth
"The true charter of liberty is independence, maintained by force." ~Voltaire

 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 10:22AM
 Edited:  Jul 19, 2021 10:23AM
Total posts: 8590
Last post: Mar 25, 2024
Member since:Sep 30, 2002
Cars in Garage: 4
Photos: 40
WorkBench Posts: 2
CA
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenatminimania
In the United States, TPMS is mandatory for all vehicles produced after September 2007.
ahhhhhhhhhhh, well, there you go.  I'm in Canada.  Our TPMS in the frozen wastelands is an ABS wheel revolutions counter not a wheel insert device.

Disregard my post fellas.  Canada always has to be different....sigh

  ~ 30 minutes in a Mini is more therapeutic than 3 sessions @ the shrink. ~

  Mike  Cool  NB, Canada   

 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 07:47AM
Total posts: 2271
Last post: May 23, 2023
Member since:Dec 29, 2004
Cars in Garage: 1
Photos: 9
WorkBench Posts: 0
In the United States, TPMS is mandatory for all vehicles produced after September 2007.

 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 06:44AM
Total posts: 4423
Last post: Oct 4, 2023
Member since:May 6, 2002
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0
WorkBench Posts: 0
US
Great information!  Thank you, ve9aa!

And great to see you're still on the forum!

**Dr. jinG**

"I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand." ~ Eric Butterworth
"The true charter of liberty is independence, maintained by force." ~Voltaire

 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 02:37AM
Total posts: 8590
Last post: Mar 25, 2024
Member since:Sep 30, 2002
Cars in Garage: 4
Photos: 40
WorkBench Posts: 2
CA
Dr. jiNg ! A blast from the past.
My stock 2009 & 2012 R56 "Justa Mini's" do not have TPMS as stock.
I don't recall now; been too long; but that may have been an option or maybe it came as standard on Cooper S's and JCW MINIs?

The car (our cars anyways) monitors/uses the ABS and 'counts' wheel rotations and will give you a low tire warning (won't tell you WHICH tire however) if one is low.

HTH

  ~ 30 minutes in a Mini is more therapeutic than 3 sessions @ the shrink. ~

  Mike  Cool  NB, Canada   

 Posted: Jul 18, 2021 04:42PM
Total posts: 4423
Last post: Oct 4, 2023
Member since:May 6, 2002
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0
WorkBench Posts: 0
US
Thanks for the response, JohninCM!  I appreciate it! 

Glad to know I don't need to break them all down to remove/replace the TPMS!  Maybe we'll just mount the new ones, and roll it down to a shop to have the tires re-balanced and the TPMSes programmed to the car.  I'll call around.

Cheers!

**Dr. jinG**

"I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand." ~ Eric Butterworth
"The true charter of liberty is independence, maintained by force." ~Voltaire

 Posted: Jul 18, 2021 03:54PM
Total posts: 1847
Last post: Jan 1, 2024
Member since:Feb 24, 2002
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 1
WorkBench Posts: 0
US
Do the "near-new tires and rims" still have the TPMS mounted inside (did the seller transfer them out for their new set of wheels and tires)? If the sensors are in place then any decent tire shop should be able to reprogram them to your MINI. If you are unsure if they are installed, your tire shop should be able to detect them before breaking down the tire.

If the new to you wheels and tires do not have TMPS sensors a replacement set can be purchased (factory or aftermarket) if you don't want to swap over the originals. If taking this route it's probably best to purchase the TPMS from the shop you will use to program them.

Generally the tire does not need to be completely dismounted to gain access to the TPMS, just break the bead at the valve stem and reach inside to remove.     

 Posted: Jul 17, 2021 01:18PM
Total posts: 4423
Last post: Oct 4, 2023
Member since:May 6, 2002
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0
WorkBench Posts: 0
US
We just purchased a 2008 MINI Cooper hatchback for my 16 year old son.  The car had been stored outside, and the tires are absolutely shot (huge cracks into the body of the tire).  We picked up a set of near-new tires and rims, and were told by the fellow selling them that I'd need to swap the sensors (I'm assuming TPSes) from the old rims to the new ones, or we'd get a dash error.  Knowing that you can buy sensors new, there must be a way to pair our new wheel sensors to the car, and avoid the breaking down of 8 rims to cobble four together.  Does anyone know how to do this?  I couldn't find anything online.

**Dr. jinG**

"I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand." ~ Eric Butterworth
"The true charter of liberty is independence, maintained by force." ~Voltaire