TPMS sensors too far inboard to register?

[shadow191]

So I purchased Thiefcode's old wheels a few months back. They came with TPMS sensors installed. I finally got around to going to the dealership to get them registered. The front two register, but the tech absolutely could not get the back two to read. The reason I was given was that they are mounted too far inward and the sensor is too far away to register. Has anybody else been given this reason? There's nothing special about the wheels, 22x10.5" +25. I'm assuming they worked on his car.

 

[turbocad6]

that's bs... I have my tpms on the inside of my wheels & never had a problem... there not going to not read because here a few inches from where they should be, that's for sure did they get a reading from the sensors? with the right tools they can read the sensors & even see the battery life left in them... for them to tell you what there telling you makes no sense man...

 

[shadow191]

That's what I thought as well, but they swore up and down that they couldn't get them to register because of the position. I don't know if they got a reading. The exact words were "the front two registered, but the tech could not get the back two to register because they sit too far inboard". I asked if there was anything wrong with the sensors and he said no, they were fine. They didn't charge me for the labor so I don't think they were ripping me off. It just seemed weird that they couldn't do it. When I had an IS350, lots of guys were putting their TPMS sensors in the spare in the trunk or pipe bombs in the trunk. Those always read just fine. So just take it to another dealer? Anyone know of a dealer in Atlanta that can do this? The shop that installed my wheels couldn't register them either because they didn't have the tools for an Infiniti.

Strangely enough, I had issues w/ the TPMS sensors on my factory wheels as well. Most of the time it was fine, then every once in a while the light would just come one while driving and then go away. Sometimes it would be there at startup, sometimes while on the highway, the light would start flashing and then go away. The dealer never could diagnose it because it was intermittent.