According to page 356 of your owner's manual, a low pressure warning, if corrected, will just go away. (or rather not appear again) I see nothing about resetting tps. As soon as the PAX go back on, they start sending pressure information to the van. Is there some reason you are not going with the PAX snows? What will you do for a spare during the winter?

 

I thought so. I asked two different Honda Service Depts. and they couldn't give me a straight answer.

As for why, I do not want to pay for an extra set of PAX rims and tires - too expensive for little return. I'd rather get conventional wheels/ winter tires which are more affordable.

I'm also going to order a spare tire that goes into the non-Touring Odysseys. The Touring has the spare tire compartment which is empty. From what I can see the threaded mounting nut is already in place. All I need is the spare wheel/tire and the mounting bolt.

 

So you know all those warnings described in the owner's manual pages referenced above will be glaring at you all winter. The tps sensors can be mounted to regular rims.

 

So you know all those warnings described in the owner's manual pages referenced above will be glaring at you all winter. The tps sensors can be mounted to regular rims.

I know. I'm debating that too. I think they're about $50 each.

 

Actually it may be your wife glaring at you....

 

That's what I'm debating.....

 

Price out all the options. When the PAX Ice first came out, prices quoted ran from reasonable to outrageous. Many members have had a difficult time finding the donut spare.

 

Price out all the options. When the PAX Ice first came out, prices quoted ran from reasonable to outrageous. Many members have had a difficult time finding the donut spare.

Honda has the donut spare rim, and all the mounting hardware but does not have the spare donut tire itself. They get it from TireRack so I ordered it from TireRack at $108. The rim and hardware from Honda was quoted to me at less than $75.

 

I picked up some new 16" steel wheels, Blizzaks, and TPMS sensors for my 2007 EX-L through a Tire Rack dealer at a price I could not refuse. The first trip out, I got the yellow "TPMS" light on the dash. As far I as understand the system, this is a TPMS error, not a low pressure warning. The tires are all within .5 psi according to my digital gauge (at least as accurate as my Longacre gauge I use for my track car). So, do I have to reset the system to accomodate the new sensors? The car has been driven 80+ miles since the tire swap and the light is still on. Is it possible that the stack of original wheels in the corner of the garage is somehow fooling the TPMS system? Do I need to build a Faraday cage around the tires to block the TPMS signal from the original sensors?

It seems that others have had no issues with non-stock wheels and TPMS sensors. A quick read through a PAX thread turns up several examples.
http://www.odyclub.com/forums/showt...s/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36241&perpage=40&highlight=reset+tpms&pagenumber=1


EDIT: There are a couple different stories floating around about new wheels/tires/sensors. One is that the dealer has to "reset" the system. The other is that the system automatically recognizes new sensors. My scenarios so far:

1. New sensors are recognized automatically. One of the new sensors might be bad.

2. New sensors are recognized automatically. The car is confused by the original ones in the corner fo the garage.

3. The TPMS system has to be reset by the dealer which means I'm out $xx every spring and fall as I swap between summer and winter wheels.

 

http://www.odyclub.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=36241&perpage=15&highlight=&pagenumber=8

Check out this link to the thread where I detailed my TPMS experience. It took a day or so for it to register after installation.

 

I doubt that your system is being fooled by the stack of tires in the garage. My system wasn't fooled by the four complete PAX wheels / tires that were riding in the back of the van.

 

Honda has the donut spare rim, and all the mounting hardware but does not have the spare donut tire itself. They get it from TireRack so I ordered it from TireRack at $108. The rim and hardware from Honda was quoted to me at less than $75.

do you remember the name of the saleman at tire rack, i called and was told they couldn't get the tire........

 

http://www.odyclub.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=36241&perpage=15&highlight=&pagenumber=8

Check out this link to the thread where I detailed my TPMS experience. It took a day or so for it to register after installation.

From your post:

Originally posted by amge65 Secondly, the new TPMS sensors registered fine with the Odyssey, but I haven't been able to get the tire pressure value to read out like the OEM ones. Maybe I have to reset something? It's not a big deal, since I check my tire pressure regularly anyway. As long as it works with the van, the readout is secondary.

My EX-L does not have individual tire pressure display capability. According to my owners manual, all I have is a low pressure indicator and the TPMS light which indicates a fault. There are about 180 miles and ~10 start/drive/shutdown cycles on the tires so far. I just bumped the pressures up to 38 from 36 all around so I'll give them another week to find themselves. I also asked my tire guy to bug Tire Rack about the workings of the system to see if there is anything I need to do.

 

I doubt that your system is being fooled by the stack of tires in the garage. My system wasn't fooled by the four complete PAX wheels / tires that were riding in the back of the van.

The Ody has been outside for the past couple nights to see if the nearby sensors were causing the issue. The light is still there but I'll give it another week.

I'm not exactly crying about putting one of the older BMWs in the garage in its place.

 

From your post:


My EX-L does not have individual tire pressure display capability. According to my owners manual, all I have is a low pressure indicator and the TPMS light which indicates a fault. There are about 180 miles and ~10 start/drive/shutdown cycles on the tires so far. I just bumped the pressures up to 38 from 36 all around so I'll give them another week to find themselves. I also asked my tire guy to bug Tire Rack about the workings of the system to see if there is anything I need to do.

Autocrosser, you may want to verify the part number on your TPMS. The guy at Bernadi that helped me asked me for my VIN to get me the right one. I think he said there are three different ones for the Odyssey. Could it be that the sensor doesn't match the car? Mine came out fine the next day. I added another post to that thread days later.

 

Autocrosser, you may want to verify the part number on your TPMS. The guy at Bernadi that helped me asked me for my VIN to get me the right one. I think he said there are three different ones for the Odyssey. Could it be that the sensor doesn't match the car? Mine came out fine the next day. I added another post to that thread days later.

My Tire Rack paperwork has something like MDX05 as their part number which would lead me to guess they are sensors for a 2005 MDX. Yeah, I'm a genius. I'll run outside tonight to see if I can find anything on the sensors themselves.

My tire source called their sales guy at the Tire Rack and was told that through at least model year 2006, the car should automatically sync up with new sensors after "a short period of time."

 

I got the part numbers wrong. According to my paperwork:
Sensors = MDXGEN1, TRW 315MHZ TRANSMITTER
Steel wheels = 16ODY05, 16X7 5-120 HONDA ODY ST NEW ET50 20 HOLES BLK

So, will a Gen 1 MDX TPMS sensor work with a 2007 Odyssey? I took a close look at both the original factory sensors and the Tire Rack supplied sensors and they look identical down to the color and cap. No numbers were visible.

Bernardiparts.com gives me this as a part number for an 07 EX-L sensor assembly: 06421-SCV-A00
http://www.bernardiparts.com/SearchResults.aspx?SearchType=Model&Image=14SHJ5_010_0002.GIF
Googling that does not turn up an MDX application but there seem to be dozens of Honda TPMS part numbers.

Argh. I guess I need to press for a conference call with Tire Rack.

 

Autocrosser-

What part number do you have in the van now? I currently have that exact part number in my wheels on an '05 and I have the same problem, but Honda is going to replace them for me.

I called Honda customer care and they admitted that there was no reliable way to get the proper part number from their pre- January '07 catalog (at least for the 05-06 Tourings...) You may be in the same boat- worth a call.

When I do go in for the swap, I'll ask if they will let me keep the ones I have installed now and let you know. Of course it depends on how fast the local dealership gets me the correct ones (they're on order, should be in next week).

In reality I doubt that they will let me keep the old ones, though.

There's a good chance you can sell the ones you have if they are the part number for the 05-06 Tourings...06421-S3V-(A03 and A04) is what works for those models.

Also- I have a stack of PAX tires less than 3 feet away from the van and only had an "echo" one time in 2 weeks. RFID only works at very close ranges.

 

I'm using part number 06421-S3V-A03 on Acura RL wheels, and they're working fine for me. One took about a day and a half to start working correctly. Good luck with yours.

 

Time for an update.

I still have the TPMS light on the dash after 2000+ miles. The sales guy at Tire Rack told me to take the car tot he dealer to have them "reset" the system. I really don't want to have to go to the dealer twice a year after swapping between summer and winter tires so I don't consider this an acceptable solution. Also, I'm sure the dealer will not do this for free.

I've been traveling a lot for work but I plan on grilling the Tire Rack guy again this week to see what they can do for me.

 

It's almost time for snow tires again which means I have to stare at the TPMS light all winter. Anyone have any more info on resetting or initializing TPMS sensors or systems?

 

I'm using part number 06421-S3V-A03 on Acura RL wheels, and they're working fine for me. One took about a day and a half to start working correctly. Good luck with yours.

Same here. I just swapped out the snows for the second year now. It had no error/warning lights. I just wasn't able to read the pressure during the test drive after I mounted the wheels. A day later it was fine.

 

An 05 MDX and my 07 EX-L use the same TPMS sensor according to the info here.
http://www.hancousa.com/TPMS/TPMS_xref.pdf

"06421-S3V-A02 & A03"


Via Google, I found references to lowering individual tire pressures below a certain pressure than raising them again to the proper pressure. The car may or may not have to be put into some sort of learning or initialization mode as well.

 

From acuramdx.org
http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=15177


It appears that this is for a more advanced system that displays tire pressure so this does not apply to my EX-L

 

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