Hello everyone, I wanted to chime in on my TPMS story. I have finally got the system to work. After calling Ford, spending numerous hours at my local Ford dealership, I think we have the system down. A little backround. I had my tires rotated and asked the dealership to show me how to reset the TPMS per the user manual. They just said to use the handheld device and they will do it, don't worry about. Fast forward 30K miles and bald tires. Continental was the only brand that I could find that met the rating and Walmart had the best deal. Since it is a company vehicle and I have employees driving it, I did not want them to get in an accident and have a lawyer say the tires were not spec. Anyways, after Walmart completely randomized my rims, the TPMS sensor light was on. I get it, unplug the light, who cares. Since I have employees driving, they will ruin $500 worth of tires not knowing if they need to check for proper tire pressure. Not that they would anyways. At this point I went to the dealership and said, show me how to reset the TPMS. After hours and no luck following the manual, they said to take the vehicle. They reset the TPMS with the handheld and sent me on my way. The agreement was they would experiment on one they had in the lot. Here is the final results:
Very important!!!!! The TPMS system will not reset if the TPMS sensor light is on. At least on my 2010
When rotating your tires, do not adjust the tire pressure until after you rotate and follow instructions on pages 144 to 146. Once the TPMS knows what rims is where, you can then adjust the tire pressures to the correct pressure for the front and back.
I hope this saves someone from going through the crap I did. Good luck!
Jeff
