Blinking Tire Pressure Light - Page 4 - Toyota 4Runner Forum

Nightshade19 · 12-13-2021, 03:31 PM

mine has been blinking and if there is a sensor in the spare and it signals when there's no longer communication - that could be the issue.

304runner · 01-06-2022, 01:20 PM

My TPMS light was blinking so I took the advice of one of the members here. I let the air out of the front left tire and the light went on steady , I reinflated that tire and now the light is still on steady. Did the same procedure on remaining tires and I now have the light on steady. Any ideas ???

Urbanite · 01-06-2022, 01:38 PM

I had the same problem and was told the batteries on those TPMS valves were probably kaput. To replace those valves you could be paying a minimum of $300. So, I decided to totally disable that feature and avoid the headache. It hasn't been an issue since.

Hi-desertT4R · 01-06-2022, 11:10 PM

My TPMS would blink after commuting to work. I typically drive my Scion or carpool but occasionally drive my 4Runner. Round trip is about 140 miles. I disabled the TPMS after about a year of that annoying blinking light. I routinely check my tire pressure anyways.

panamapat · 09-20-2022, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Drunner97

If you don't want to replace all 5 sensors, air down each tire one by one. If the light goes solid, air it back up and move to the next tire. When the light keeps blinking even though you're aired down, that's the busted sensor. Asshats at discount tire tried to tell me all 5 were bad, told them to piss off because it was only 1 sensor. They changed that one out, reset the computer, and I was on my way.

That is a fantastic way to diagnose which sensor is the culprit that needs to be replaced. I just went thru all 4 tires and spare and found that front passenger sensor is bad. Ordered a replacement on Amazon and Discount Tire will install for $15.

Thanks for excellent posting on how to figure out which sensor or sensors need replacing.

CaddyCruise · 09-22-2022, 03:19 PM

I had the same issue. I was tired of the TPMS and manually check my tire pressure regularly so I opted for the TPMS bypass. Very easy and only took 30 mins or so.

bobbychow305 · 12-09-2022, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by panamapat

That is a fantastic way to diagnose which sensor is the culprit that needs to be replaced. I just went thru all 4 tires and spare and found that front passenger sensor is bad. Ordered a replacement on Amazon and Discount Tire will install for $15.

Thanks for excellent posting on how to figure out which sensor or sensors need replacing.

How do you determine which tpms it's bad?

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rwh963 · 12-09-2022, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by CaddyCruise

I had the same issue. I was tired of the TPMS and manually check my tire pressure regularly so I opted for the TPMS bypass. Very easy and only took 30 mins or so.

TPMS bypass?

twa318 · 12-09-2022, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rwh963

TPMS bypass?

Write-up: How to Disable (Bypass) the TPMS

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Simply unplug the connector under the glove box, jumper the black/white and pink/black wire pins with a small paper clip, put a piece of electric tape over it and leave it unplugged, simple as that.

Takes all of 3 minutes and the light is gone forever, easily reversible if you decide to return to the TPSM at some point in the future.

IRONLUNG · 02-08-2023, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Hi-desertT4R

My TPMS would blink after commuting to work. I typically drive my Scion or carpool but occasionally drive my 4Runner. Round trip is about 140 miles. I disabled the TPMS after about a year of that annoying blinking light. I routinely check my tire pressure anyways.

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I was in an hour long traffic jam/commute and mine started blinking too! Did the sensor pic up someone elses low tire pressure?🙃 I'm pretty sure all my sensors have dead batteries, being when I last had the tires replaced, costco said I needed them replaced. Declined it.....

Hi-desertT4R · 02-08-2023, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by IRONLUNG

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I was in an hour long traffic jam/commute and mine started blinking too! Did the sensor pic up someone elses low tire pressure?🙃 I'm pretty sure all my sensors have dead batteries, being when I last had the tires replaced, costco said I needed them replaced. Declined it.....

Very unlikely. I work and live pretty rural. It would start blinking while on the highway in the middle of nowhere.

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