TPMS alternative

[glospolbiker]

Hi all,

Has anyone removed the genuine BMW TPMS sensors from their bikes and installed another make?

I have problems at the moment where there has not been any "battery low" alerts however, sometimes both sensors are not being displayed (error something like electronic interference) and other times the front sensor works but the rear is showing - - (dashes). Obviously when both are showing -- -- (dashes) the yellow alert triangle illuminates.

It would be a bonus to keep the TPMS and have another manufacturer costing less than the £103.00 per unit over this side of the pond!!!

Thanks in anticipation,

 

[20774]

There was a recent thread on the OEM TPMS...you might want to read through it and see if there's any input that answers your question:

http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?84048-Can-TPMS-be-retrofitted

And welcome to the forum!!

 

[glospolbiker]

Thank you
As I have the TPMS from factory, I have to fit something similar as opposed to a complete new system, the TPMS warnings cannot be switched off, so if I fitted a new system, the yellow warning triangle would always be illuminated :-(
But thanks for your reply

 

[PGlaves]

Well, isn't technology marvelous!

 

[froggy]

Speaking of tech, did I here right that on the cam heads instead of using a duel element bulb (1157), they decided to let the computer dim the bulb at a high rate to make it dim until you hit the brakes at which point dimming is disengaged. Man, talk about a design waiting for problems. Please tell me I'm wrong.
On a happier note I purchased the Phobo tire pressure system and love it. I had heard about BMWs system and did not want any part of it.

 

[Rinty]

Well, isn't technology marvelous!

We've got TPMS on one of our cars, and JMO, but I can do without it. It's already malfunctioned.

 

[81twins]

Thank you
As I have the TPMS from factory, I have to fit something similar as opposed to a complete new system, the TPMS warnings cannot be switched off, so if I fitted a new system, the yellow warning triangle would always be illuminated :-(
But thanks for your reply

I have sent you a pm.

 

[lkchris]

Speaking of tech, did I here right that on the cam heads instead of using a duel element bulb (1157), they decided to let the computer dim the bulb at a high rate to make it dim until you hit the brakes at which point dimming is disengaged. Man, talk about a design waiting for problems. Please tell me I'm wrong.
On a happier note I purchased the Phobo tire pressure system and love it. I had heard about BMWs system and did not want any part of it.

You're wrong.

 

[lkchris]

We've got TPMS on one of our cars, and JMO, but I can do without it. It's already malfunctioned.

My Mercedes is 9 years old and I've had no TPMS problems. I'm replacing the original sensors proactively at the upcoming tire replacement. I replaced the original starting and auxiliary batteries proactively as well in January.

BMW TPMS saved me when it gave me a red flashing triangle warning indicating low tire pressure as I was coming into a small Indiana town. Up until then there were no handling issues or any other indication there was a problem. We were moving briskly. Big screw.

 

[jeffkruger]

When my TPMS sensors went out it was very erratic. The yellow triangle would light up and I would check and see that either the front or rear wasn't giving a reading. Then it would work again, sometimes for quite a while, and then one or both would stop and the triangle would illuminate. I thought about doing the battery replacement trick I'd seen online but decided to just have them replaced when I was stopped at a dealer during a trip for new tires.

I was unsure how much I would like the TPMS system since I've almost always been able to detect a tire getting low pretty quickly. I have to say that when on rough tarmac or unpaved surfaces when the bike may feel a bit funny due to terrain it's convenient as heck to be able to pull up the pressure on the display and make sure all is well. I do the same thing after hitting a pothole or something similar.

 

[Rinty]

My Mercedes is 9 years old and I've had no TPMS problems....

And we haven't either, but in the original owner's service records I noticed that a battery had been replaced. So we'll just do the proactive maintenance, as you suggest.

 

[Dann]

And we haven't either, but in the original owner's service records I noticed that a battery had been replaced. So we'll just do the proactive maintenance, as you suggest.

Are you sure it's the TPMS ?

AFAIK the batteries on the OEM TPMS cannot be changed. The wheel sensors need to be replaced.

Could it be that it was the alarm system battery that was replaced?

 

[Rinty]

Are you sure it's the TPMS ?

Dann: this was on my wife's Audi TT. Don't have TPMS on my bike, but it does have servo assisted brakes...

 

[Dann]

Dann: this was on my wife's Audi TT. Don't have TPMS on my bike, but it does have servo assisted brakes...

oops... I must have skipped a post.... sorry