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Review on πŸ”§ Autel TPMS Relearn Tool TS408 - Advanced Version, TPMS Reset, Sensor Activation, Programming, Key Fob Testing, Lifetime Updates by Patrick Cox

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Woke up my new Schrader TPMS sensors to reprogram the car

Overall pretty good, I'm new to TPMS sensors and relearning so got this to help. I didn't fully understand the OEM process and thought I would have to reprogram the TPMS module, but it didn't. This unit primarily reprograms the MX TPMS sensors sold by Autel by copying the original OEM sensor IDs into their TPMS sensors to fake the OEM TPMS module, or I got that from the owner's manual . But I installed new Schrader TPMS sensors on the new rims I got for the car because I believe Schrader is a Ford supplier. So I put the car in learn mode and tried activating the sensors with the white square button that is also sold on Revain, but that didn't work at all. So while in learning mode, I used this Autel module to scan each sensor. I assume that the transmission to the display was also received by the TPMS module in learning mode, so it was successful. However, it is not documented anywhere in their literature that scanning the TPMS sensor with it can "wake up" the TPMS module sensor in the vehicle, which can take over the sensor data for storage. Pretty cool, but I'm lucky I don't know that much about TPMS systems. I also used the Autel MaxiDiag scanner to connect it to the car and make sure the new sensor IDs are stored in the TPMS module. It was a 2011 Ford Explorer Limited.

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