There's a few peoples have reported the "paper clip" method to work.

 

Yep, it works.

 

I put air in the tires and drove to Knoxville and the light finally went off....I cant understand why it didn't go off back in the summer...most not have drove it long enough to reset

 

I put air in the tires and drove to Knoxville and the light finally went off....I cant understand why it didn't go off back in the summer...most not have drove it long enough to reset

Did you use the right kind of air?
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whats the paper clip method?

 

There's a female plug that is taped off under the dash.
You ground it 6-10 times while having the ignition turned on to ACC so that the
lights flash to let you know that the system is in TPMS relearn mode.

 

I reset mine all the time. I generally run 38psi in front and 35 in the rears. You have to make sure you have more than 32 psi in the tire. Then you have drive 45 mph for a minute or so then the light will go off.

 

I did the paper clip method today to reset my TPMS and it worked!

I have a 2005 Titan that had 18" rims on it and the TPMS light was on for several months. Air pressure in all the tires were good so I'm assuming it was a TPMS sensor battery going bad but who knows.

My neighbor gave me a set of 2010 Titan 20" rims. I put those on and drove several weeks with the TMPS light on. I then found the paper clip method on the forum and tried it. It worked.

I drove for 1.5 miles and the TPMS light went off. I continued to drive for approximately 1 more mile and the TPMS light came back on and I heard a very loud pitched warning chime.

Returned home, aired up all the tires correctly. Restarted the engine! Drove approximately two tenths of a mile and light went out! And stayed out!

PAPER CLIP METHOD
(source credit HRKTD on ClubTitan.org)

1.Adjust the tire pressures to the values shown in the table. I don't think the exact values are as important as having 3 or more psi difference between all the tires.
Tire position Tire pressure kPa (kg/cm2, psi)
Front LH 250 (2.5, 36)
Front RH 230 (2.3, 33)
Rear RH 210 (2.1, 30)
Rear LH 190 (1.9, 27)

2.Locate the TPMS interface plug. This is a white female plug that is attached to the OBD II wire loom under the dash right about where your right knee would be when sitting in the driver's seat. You may have to cut the tape that is holding the TPMS interface plug to the OBD II wire loom.

3. (Attach the Nissan TPMS Reset Device or) Stick a paper clip into the interface plug. I used a thin piece of wire. If you use the paper clip be sure it is small enough to fit in and don't jam it in there hard. The interface plug only has one wire attached to it so pick the correct female plug to stick the paper clip/wire in to.

4.Put your key in the ignition and turn it to the last click before the engine starts. This is the KOEO position (Key On, Engine Off).

5. Tap the end of the paper clip/wire (the end NOT stuck in the interface plug, duh!) on any exposed ground (metal) 5 or 6 times. The bracket that holds the OBD II socket is in just the right position.

6. If you completed the steps correctly then the TPMS warning light located on the lower left corner of the instrument cluster will start to slowly flash and you have activated the TPMS relearn process. If it flashes fast that's not right. If yours isn't flashing slowly then check your connections, turn the key off and start over.

7. Start your engine and the TPMS light should continue to flash slowly. Drive the vehicle at 40 km/h (25 MPH) or more for a few minutes.

8. The light should go out within a few miles. Continue to drive for a few more miles and the light should come back ON indicating the whacked out air pressures you currently have in your tires.

9. Stop engine, Inflate all tires to proper pressure.

10. Restart and drive a short distance. The TPMS light should go out and stay out (until your air pressures go out of whack again).

If this does not work, I'm guessing one (or more) of your TPMS sensor batteries is going bad. I've read they should last ten years but you know how that goes. If they're 6 or more years old it may be time to replace by trouble shooting the sensor that is bad using a dealer/tire shop sensor reset tool.

Photo credit: HRKTD on ClubTitan.org.

Here is a picture for you. My finger looks like it is pointing to the OBDII port but it's really there to block the light so the camera gets a good picture. The TPMS port is hanging down and to the right from the OBDII port.

 

bringing back this oldie but goodie because I can not get this to work. The light is a slow blink but does not shutoff after many miles. How critical is tire location to pressure? Does front LH have to be the 36psi tire? if important, can somebody translate to driver front/ rear and passenger front/rear.

thanks
Todd

 

If you have a bad sensor, when you first turn on your ignition the TPMS light will flash for one minute. After that minute the light will stay on solid.

 

It will do the same thing for unprogrammed sensors or sensors that have wandered off and are no longer linked to the TPMS.

 

Here is a question. Well there will be a question in here anyway. I have E rated tires on my T. I rund the correct pressure as stated on the sticker when not towing. However, I run about 70 psi when towing. Tires are rated to 80 psi cold. So naturally my TPMS Warning Light is constantly on. It really isn't a big deal. It just bothers me. Especially when I am towing long distance. Will this resuet work for tires rated for over 35 psi? Thanks.

 

It's been a few months since I towed much but I usually tow with a PSI of 50+ and my TPMS doesn't complain. I don't know if there is an upper limit where it starts to complain.

 

I didn't think there was an upper limit either. On thought it only came on when low?!?!?!?

 

I did not either. I guess the pressure is too great for the TPMS to function properly. So for that reason I wanted to see if anyone else had this issue with higher psi.

 

I could be wrong, but I think the four tires just need to be at different pressures. On my '07 if I don't have the sensors programmed it blinks for a minute and then goes solid. I believe that the '04 (and '05?) behave differently. If you're in the Denver area I can do it for you. Or go to any Wal-mart or tire shop.

It's possible you have a bad or tired (pun intended) sensor. The battery in the sensor will only last so long. From my readings on the subject 10 years is about it for the battery.

 

i've used it a few times. i have a fullsize matching spare that i added tpms to and would rotate it with my "regular" 4 (but then i bent the rim while offroading so now it really is just a spare ). sometimes i'd get it on the first try, other times it would take me a few tries.

the pressures don't have to be -exact-, just close. i think mainly one tire has to be the "top" inflated, one has to be the "bottom' and the other two need to be in the middle at different psi's.

Front driver 36
Front pass 33
Rear driver 30
Rear pass 27 (actually i think these two rears are reversed, but i haven't done it in about a year so i'm going off memory. i thought that the decrease in pressure went in a clockwise rotation if looking down from above the car).


sometimes when i would reset it would only take 2-3mi to register all of them, sometimes it would take a good 10mi worth of driving, so keep that in mind to.

and lastly i thought the tmps sensors were only rated for like 7 years, so if you have a sensor that doesn't seem to want to register it might be out and time for a change.

 

I have done this today and it does work!!
Saved me $100 from taking it to Nissan.

 

Way to stick it to the man! Seriously, it shouldn't be this hard. Nice long bed. Wish I had one.

 

Haha thanks!

I will be selling next year (in for the new Titan).

Let me know if interested!!

 

About 5 years ago after extensive searching I found a way to reset the dash tpms light by a few simple steps using the driver controls, brake, shifter and one or two more things I can't remember and it worked. I can't find it again. I've got new tires and correct pressures and it's not resetting itself.


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I hopped in my truck after it's been sitting for a month, and got the light. It flashes on startup and then goes solid.

I just had my sensors swapped over to new wheels two months ago. Tire pressure is good, but not like the how to that's posted. So ill give I've that a go and report back.

 

You ground it to put into learning mode. I had to drive about 1 mile at about 35mph and the light went solid for about 10 seconds and than shut off. Your done after that. I filled all my tires to 33 psi and no issues since. I even lowered one tire to 25 psi to test and got alarm. Pumped it back up and light went away.

I set tires to 26, 30, 34, 38 psi. Ground the wire for learning mode. Drive it above 25mph for about mile for me. You are done. They are saying the light came on because of setting one tire to 26 psi.

Fyi - I have a 04 and what pressure is in what tire does not matter for me.

 

Ok, I've got a 2012 Crew Cab T that one sensor quit working. I found this and thought I'll give the paperclip method a try to see if it would start working again. When it quit it would work for a while then stop then start and after a few times it just quit. Well When I tried this it didn't work the first time so I tried it again. After both attempts the light came on flashing until I drove almost 10 miles and then just stayed on solid. It did this both times. Also none of the 3 sensors that were previously working now register. I have decided to let the truck sit for a while (I ran out of time today) and try it again another day. I they still don't work I'll pull the battery and reattach it and see if the original 3 start working again. If they don't I guess I'll have to take it to a dealership or someone and have them reset it all... Has anyone ever run into this when trying to reset the sensors???

 

I had one that I broke about a year ago, temporarily put a rubber stem in. A few weeks ago when changing out tires, I bought a used one off ebay, had the tire shop put it in and did the reset procedure shown above, worked great. Does each of your sensors read separately on your menu?

 

Yes I have the center screen that shows each tire pressure read out. Before I had 3 that worked and 1 that didn't. After trying the paperclip trick none of them worked. I'm going to try it again, I just ran out of time to mess with it because I needed to get ready for a party. I'm glad to know others have done it and it works. I've got another sensor on order from eBay just in case the sensor really is bad. You didn't have to do any "wake up" procedures to the physical sensor did you? I've seen YouTube videos that said you needed to use some computer next to each tire sensor to activate them.

 

If you mess up then the relearn doesn't "take". You have to redo it. I don't know that the paperclip method will complete if one sensor is bad. The system considers the process "complete" when all four sensors are registered.

I wrote up a How-To years ago on ClubTitan.com and I confirmed that the paperclip method works. I do use a sensor activator tool when I go through the relearn process. It makes the process take about 2 minutes.

 

I didn't use any tool, just set the different air pressures and used the paper clip, then drove it around.

 

HRTKD I went by your write up to do this. Thank you for putting that together! I'm sure I screwed it up somewhere along the line. You said you used a sensor activation tool. What tool did you use if you remember?

Fishn you didn't need use the tool when you added a replacement sensor?

Thanks for the help guys!

 

The sensor activation tool I use came from Tire Rack. This one might work: ATEQ VT5 TPMS Trigger. I would be sceptical of that tool since it doesn't actually list which sensors it works with. Maybe its universal?