Originally Posted by
Mark
Does your TPMS light remain flashing?
It flashes for the first minute and then remains solid...which indicates the TPMS computer sees a problem with something.
Thanks for reminding me about Steve's situation. It sounds like he would have had a flashing TPMS light as well (there goes my theory?). I haven't been posting about it but I have been beating my head against a wall with this Bartec tool trying to get it to work on my car for a couple of months. I'm pretty sure their tech support knows who I am when I call. I have given up. The only reason I haven't gone to the dealer is that I'm waiting for all of the COVID restrictions to die down.
...I took my snow tires off last week. About a mile down the road, the system recognizes the sensors are back (TPMS dash light goes off for good). Everything is back to normal.
Thanks for confirming that. I wasn't 100% sure that's how it worked...but I thought someone had mentioned that before. It's good to know that just getting the original sensors back on the car will solve that problem.
...hooked up his Bartec 400 programmer to my cable and put the car in learn mode with the key in the ON position without the engine running. Then Rob took a second Bartec 400 and walked around the car using the second Bartec 400 to trigger each sensor. I stood next to the tool plugged into the ODBII port and watched it learn each sensor.
Yep...that's how it's supposed to work. I have done this very procedure on my car at Discount Tire...but I didn't have any TPMS trouble codes at the time. My own tool was almost able to get this done...but it always blows up before it completes the process...and now it won't even get that far. Cobrajet has the same tool and the same situation.
According to Rob, as long as you are using a newer Bartec tool and have two (one for relearn and one to trigger the sensors) then the adapter cable is not necessary.
That is absolutely true. Bartec's latest tool (Tech 400 Pro) has all the Mitsubishi stuff built into the tool...so it doesn't need the additional cable.
Unfortunately for me, I took my car to my local Discount Tire last month and 3 of us tried every trick in the book with their Tech 400 Pro tool...and nothing worked. I've been on the phone with Bartec customer support and they have even sent me new software for my tool. But they admit that a flashing TPMS light might be a problem (they really weren't sure). I could sense the lack of confidence in the customer support guy's voice as soon as I told him I was working on a Mitsubishi...LOL. They were helpful...but it's pretty evident that they really don't test these things on every specific make and model under all conditions.
There could be something going on with my TPMS system. I was able to read my TPMS codes. None are fatal errors...but a couple of error codes I have aren't even in the service manual! That's probably not a good sign.
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