04 KJ Tire Pressure Sensor

[Burevestnik503]

My 04 KJ Renegade has had a tire pressure sensor warning light on ever since I bought it a year ago, indicating that the right rear tire pressure sensor is malfunctioning. Until last week, I bought a new tire pressure sensor and installed it on the right rear wheel. However, after driving about 50 kilometers, the warning light is still on, indicating that the right rear tire pressure sensor is not working.

This leads me to two guesses: either, for some reason, the new tire pressure sensor I bought is incompatible with this car (KJs are rare in our country, and their parts are not easy to find, so I actually bought a Grand Cherokee WJ tire pressure sensor); or, because the previous owner may have changed the tires and mixed up the four wheel positions, the actual problem isn't with the "current" right rear wheel. I'm hesitating whether I should buy sensors for the other three wheels and replace them all. Or, is there a better solution?

 

[sota]

choices:
1) put a piece of tape over the light
2) pull the cluster, pull the bulb
3) rotate the tire and see if the warning follows the tire. then you'll know if it's an on-wheel or on-chassis problem.
3) get the PIN code for the vehicle, have someone with a good enough tool turn OFF the TPMS system.

 

[Burevestnik503]

choices:
1) put a piece of tape over the light
2) pull the cluster, pull the bulb
3) rotate the tire and see if the warning follows the tire. then you'll know if it's an on-wheel or on-chassis problem.
3) get the PIN code for the vehicle, have someone with a good enough tool turn OFF the TPMS system.

No—apparently, even after clearing the warning light on the dashboard by any available means, my multifunction panel still pops up a "low tire pressure" warning while I'm driving, instead of keeping me on the compass/temperature or fuel consumption page.

I tried swapping the positions of the left and right rear tires, but the warning didn't change. I suspect KJ doesn't automatically calibrate the tire pressure sensor positions like MK or WK do. I'm considering visiting an authorized dealer and asking them to retrieve tire pressure sensors that are perfectly matched to KJ's, which typically cost 2-3 times more than I would buy myself. If that's the only solution, I'll do it.

 

[u2slow]

2004 and 2005 KJ here... never had tire pressure sensors.

 

[JeepJeepster]

On the 2004 KJ, you must train the sensors so they know where they are. The EVIC has an option in the menu to train them and there 'should' be a magnet on the jack under the rear seat. You follow the locations on the EVIC to train the sensors.

If a sensor is bad, you will not be able to train it. I recently bought a new sensor and had to use my scan tool to activate the sensor, the magnet would not train it... It was a bit of a mess. Obviously I bought the wrong sensor but it worked since I had a scan tool to train it.

I now have another sensor that is bad but Ive not tried replacing it. If I replace them all, this would be the 3rd time Ive replaced the sensors since 2004.

 

[Burevestnik503]

On the 2004 KJ, you must train the sensors so they know where they are. The EVIC has an option in the menu to train them and there 'should' be a magnet on the jack under the rear seat. You follow the locations on the EVIC to train the sensors.

If a sensor is bad, you will not be able to train it. I recently bought a new sensor and had to use my scan tool to activate the sensor, the magnet would not train it... It was a bit of a mess. Obviously I bought the wrong sensor but it worked since I had a scan tool to train it.

I now have another sensor that is bad but Ive not tried replacing it. If I replace them all, this would be the 3rd time Ive replaced the sensors since 2004.

Thanks! Maybe I should try activating it using the OBD scan tool.

 

[sota]

mine has TPMS turned off.
accidentally turned it on one time and it got "locked" into the cluster too. that was a pain to fix, but I did it.
TPMS is one of those things that too much of a pain in the **** and wallet for me to deal with. I just check my tires regularly.

 

[seafish]

I would love to know how to use which programmer to turn the tpms OFF on my 2005.

 

[sota]

I used my Autel MS 906 Pro. You need the PIN code for the car.

 

[seafish]

I used my Autel MS 906 Pro. You need the PIN code for the car.

I am thinking that your 2007 Jeep might be CanBUS vs the PCI on my 2005 ?

 

[sota]

It's a semi-hybrid, much like the 06+ PT Cruiser.
very annoying.

 

[seafish]

It's a semi-hybrid, much like the 06+ PT Cruiser.
very annoying.

You mean part PCI and part CanBUS like my 2005?

And thst Autel works on the BCM and ABS but not the ECU?

 

[sota]

no it seems to work on everything.
hasn't been a module I couldn't touch.

 

[blackhawk]

I would love to know how to use which programmer to turn the tpms OFF on my 2005.

I used a launch.... You need the pin code. First must annul the tpms sensor on skeem module and then update the memory on cluster.

 

[seafish]

I used a launch

What is a "launch" ?

 

[Mirki]

Na mom Renegadeu iz 2004. godine, otkad sam ga kupio prije godinu dana, pali se lampica upozorenja za senzor tlaka u gumama, što ukazuje na kvar senzora tlaka u desnoj stražnjoj gumi. Do prošlog tjedna sam kupio novi senzor tlaka u gumama i ugradio ga na stražnji desni kotač. Međutim, nakon što sam prešao oko 50 kilometara, lampica upozorenja i dalje svijetli, što ukazuje na to da senzor tlaka u desnoj stražnjoj gumi ne radi.

To me navodi na dvije pretpostavke: ili je, iz nekog razloga, novi senzor tlaka u gumama koji sam kupio nekompatibilan s ovim automobilom (KJ-ovi su rijetki u našoj zemlji, a njihove dijelove nije lako pronaći, pa sam zapravo kupio senzor tlaka u gumama za Grand Cherokee WJ); ili, budući da je prethodni vlasnik možda promijenio gume i pomiješao položaje sva četiri kotača, stvarni problem nije u "trenutnom" desnom stražnjem kotaču. Dvoumim se trebam li kupiti senzore za ostala tri kotača i zamijeniti ih sve. Ili postoji bolje

 

[Wayne Robinson]

My 04 KJ Renegade has had a tire pressure sensor warning light on ever since I bought it a year ago, indicating that the right rear tire pressure sensor is malfunctioning. Until last week, I bought a new tire pressure sensor and installed it on the right rear wheel. However, after driving about 50 kilometers, the warning light is still on, indicating that the right rear tire pressure sensor is not working.

This leads me to two guesses: either, for some reason, the new tire pressure sensor I bought is incompatible with this car (KJs are rare in our country, and their parts are not easy to find, so I actually bought a Grand Cherokee WJ tire pressure sensor); or, because the previous owner may have changed the tires and mixed up the four wheel positions, the actual problem isn't with the "current" right rear wheel. I'm hesitating whether I should buy sensors for the other three wheels and replace them all. Or, is there a better solution?

Did you program it

 

[blackhawk]

What is a "launch" ?

It's a scanner!

 

[seafish]

It's a scanner!

Which one please?
I am looking for a hopefully lower cost solution then the Autel.

 

[Sevenmilesout]

H Mirki,
I bought the Launch complete with 4 sensors.