How To Permanently "Turn Off" The TPMS Light In Your Xterra
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Today we "Turn Off" The TPMS light on my 2005 Nissan Xterra. I accomplish this by removing the instrument cluster and obstructing the light coming from the TMPS LED. Let me know in the comments below what material you used to stop the light.
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The absolute BEST Xterra self-help videos are on YOUR channel.. Great Job (as always)…. 🇺🇸
Thanks! I appreciate it. 🤘🏻🇺🇸
Most underrated UA-cam mechanic gives me chrisfix vibes to the T we need to blow him up on UA-cam
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I have to admit he has helped me out on different Xterra things. But not all this like this are 💡
Absolutely, you can't own am Xterra and not subscribe
Good idea! TPMS light has been on since I bought my 07 5 years ago. I remember pulling the bulb out of my old 89 Honda CRX but figured it wouldn’t be that easy for newer cars. But covering it up works too!
Not seeing the light is the same as it being off right? LOL its like the old saying, "if a tree falls down in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it really make a sound?"
I've watched quite a few of your vids and I have to say you've saved me alot of time and A LOT of money being able to do things myself. Thank yoiy for what you do!!!
It's my pleasure. Love to help. Thanks for watching.
oh tell me about it.. that light was driving me crazy ever since I got my truck.. I tried to reset it many times.. just to learn later on that I dont have TPMS sensors inside lol
but call me stubborn or something I just went and installed TPMS sensors myself and programed them.. so far its been good
Nice!
LED lights do not emit heat, therefore you could cover the bulb with any kind of putty or black silicone. Otherwise, excellent video, clear, to the point and very useful. Bravo.
Thanks as always for your help! I just did the black tape trick on mine and it worked like a charm. Of course I reprogrammed my clock and radio before remembering I'll need to unhook the battery and drive back and forth a couple times to clear the VDC/Slip lights, but no big deal.
Nissan Cube: Thanks! Tried everything, the pvc pipe trick didn't work and they don't make tpms emulators for Nissan yet, this worked perfect.
Thank you for the great videos. I wish you success on expanding your channel and on the new second channel. Congrats on your new move too, I like the new shop!
Thank you so much! I will be doing a "shop tour" and posting it to my second channel soon if you want to see more of it.
I need to do this lol! Mine has been on for 6 years haha!
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I have planned to do this for a while on my 2006 X. Will do soon.
Awesome! Hope it goes well.
Thanks for the tip I think I'll try this this summer on my wife's 2015 Toyota Camry
That’s a good idea ..Thanks Ry for all your videos help a lot
You bet, that you for watching. I appreciate it.
That’s just fabulous! Thank you.
works great on the check engine light too
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The TPMS light on my 2012 X started lighting up intermittently recently. Now I finally know what the problem is. Never realized that the TPMS sensors have batteries that eventually run out.
Supposedly, they are good for 10 years. I had to replace one last spring, so the other 3 are due, it is a 2011.
@@brunnie I'm due for new tires soon. I wonder if I should replace them all at that time. Do I just let the tire shop handle that?
@@KaiAdventure 50-60 bucks per unit (programmed). If you don’t mind the price,they’ll do it for you.
@@KaiAdventure Yes. Generally the price of the new batteries or sensors are factored into the cost of new tires. At least where I get my tires it is and they are warrantied as well.
I got my 2006 xterra s used. It never had the TPMS light and no sensors in the rims. Wondering if someone did this to mine or if it just didn't have it from the factory?
Thanks!
Thanks Ben, This is amazing! I'm getting myself a Guinness. Cheers!
Not sure about your 05, but on my '11 not only will I get a light but I'll also get a warning message in the odometer area. So in my case, I have to replace the TPMS sensors.
Oh bummer! I didn't know that. Mine does not give a message, just the light.
I was going to say the same thing, my 2013 has an annoying warning over the odometer. I routinely drop pressures when off road or in deep snow/sand.
Excellent!
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I just did it and it came out perfect! I wasted so much money in the past. Thanks for doing this kind of videos for the Xterra
Super I did this before on a 4Runner you were so very helpful and such a time saver Thank You!
You're welcome!
😂😂😂 2/3 the way in the video and I
noticed the black role. Perfect.
😂 we keep it classy around here.
I just did this today bit unfortunately I didn't see that the black layer lifted off of the cluster so I can see the tape from the outside now. I don't really mind, but if I ever have the cluster out again I'll swap it to the stealth mode location.
Yes, stealth mode! Love it.
The TPMS sensors are around $60 for a 4 pack and you just have to take the tires off, pull the old sensor and put the new one in. If you live in cold areas where the air in the tire contracts and you genuinely need to kind of keep an eye on your tire pressure this is not the best idea.
I understand your concern but TPMS became mandatory on cars on 2007. Cars have existed since the late 1800's. I will be ok without it.
Haha.. yeah, just did this last week for a flashing air bag light and check engine light.
Filled it in with black silicone
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What did people ever do before TPMS warning lights to tell them their tires are low ?? Maybe actually look at their tires once in a while ! Maybe do a 5 second quick safety walk around their car every day before they drive it and actually look at their car tires and learn how to see if a tire is low. People are so lazy now days they want an idiot light to tell them every little thing wrong with their car. My TPMS lights came on and I just put a pieces of black tape over the outside on the instrument panel to block the light ! LOL, good vid.
black tape FTW
I have attempted to turn all the lights white before and there's actually a reset you can do to reset the entire board as long as all the dials sit on factory positions.
How do you do the reset?
I swear I have the most finicky TPMS. I'm going to do this and take the opportunity to replace the broken trip stick and replace the gauge face with white ones I picked up from a junked pro4x.
Great video Ry!!
Nicely done but I am too lazy to do all that just to tape it off. I would use a circular sticker right on the outside of the clear plastic instrument cover.
Either a black circle cut from electrical tape, a Captain America sticker, or an artistic id.
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Do you know if the LED lights in the "motherboard" are that orange tint themselves or is there a film? I've never been a big fan of the orange lights on there and if I end up going through this whole process to get the sensor light to go away, I would like to see if I could take off the orange tint to maybe just a white color.
No the lights on the board are white. It's the black cover that contains all the color.
@Jared S Don’t listen to this tool bag, He is just a UA-camr pretending to be a mechanic! The answer is yes the LED bulbs that light up your dash are orange, And yes you can replace those bulbs with any color you would like! There is a video on UA-cam showing how it was done on a Nissan, He changed his dash from orange to blue! If you remove your instrument cluster and send it to an electronic shop they should be able to do that for you fairly cheap, If you are experienced with micro soldering and have the tools you can do it yourself! In that video they even give you the part number and website where you can order the replacement bulbs for your dash, It is not hard at all I did the dash in my 06 Frontier! If I find the video I will come back and post a link!
Easier fix, learn to have a selected view and light will dissappear 😅
LOL that's impossible for me. I am like a moth to a flame.
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Yup
I wish I could do this for my Mother In-Laws PMS light 🤦🏼♂️
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Do you have a video on how to diagnose the vdc abs slip light? I have an 08 Xterra off-road. Any input would be great!
I'm sorry I don't, I just now got a 4WD Xterra a couple weeks ago, so maybe someday!
So thankful bro!!!!!
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Hi thank you for the information. Can you turn off the alarm system in a 08 X terra?
I need to do that for my check engine light hahaha
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I just covered the annoying lights with my son passport picture, gone gone!
That works! :D
Or....you could just get new TPMS sensors next time you get a set of tires. Wasn't that expensive for aftermarket ones through Les Schwab tires...something like an extra $30 per tire for my '08 Xterra. So my OEM sensors lasted roughly 12 years, and the new ones haven't given me any trouble at all, and in fact warned me perfectly like they should when I picked up a nail in my tire on the way to work last July. I've become a fan of the system. When properly programmed and calibrated, it has been relatively trouble free for me except the last year on the OEM sensors when the batteries were going dead. Don't get me wrong Ry, I enjoy your channel and have been wrenching on my Xterra since I got it new in '08, but I'm not with you on this one.
My tire place wanted $200 to swap the sensors. Huge waste of money for a system I don't even want/need.
I didn't think I'd need it either, experience has told me otherwise. Every time the light came on solid has been from a low tire pressure. Every time it flashed (which has been less than a handful of times in 13 years) was due to a system error. Resetting it worked most times, once the system had to be reset and reinitialized by my local tire shop, Les Schwab, who did it for free.
Same for my wife's Armada, except she hasn't had any errors at all. Also, the system on the Armada will tell you the pressure of each tire so you know which one is low.
@@gpzjeffrey7974If the dude says he doesn’t want the light why are you telling him why you did want it? Lol.
He doesn’t want the light, end of story. Move on. 🤣
Is there a way to keep the lights of the cluster ON all the time even if the park light is OFF?
great idea. tape. following the KISS rule
Removing the bulb! Lol
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I SEE THE DEM ROBOTS ARE WHINING AGAIN BUT I LOVE HOW DID THIS
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Good idea but removing the display unit might not be that easy or safe for 'all thumbs' people.
Shorting the leads at the TPMS module on some models works fine.Great Informative video though...,thanks.
You're welcome.
You have a recommendation for tool to diagnose air bag light? Idk which one is bad. And really can't afford dealer right now
No unfortunately I do not.
My Xterra is a 2012 PRO-4X and it has the light but it also flashes "Check" "Tire" "Pressure" in the LCD area where the odometer is. I think it was on the odometer side, it might have been on the RPM side. I just got my Xterra and it had a low tire so the light and flashing text was on. Aired it up & drove it for 10 mins and they both went away. But I am considering doing a 2" lift and larger tires that would aired down when off roading. Or maybe even run at a lower pressure than the stock tires all the time. Covering the light up is a good solution for the light, but what about the blinking text in the LCD area? Any clue how it can be just completely disabled? I notice that your cluster only has one LCD area at the Odometer but the 2012 also has an LCD on the RPM gauge side that shows the 4WD/4WDLow/2WD indicator. I am OCD and blinking lights or warning lights or in this case flashing text would drive me completely crazy LOL It is crazy that they do not give you a way to disable this system in the event of a tire size change out.
Well, it's all BS laws. TPMS was mandated by the federal government under the TREAD act. So, no one will disable it for you, and you can't do it yourself. It's insane. But I didn't even think about the LCD screen cause my Xterra is the super basic one.
Question what color are the lights I am so tired of the amber color and trying to figure a way to change the color and while doing this seems like the perfect time to do it.
The LED lights on the board are just white. The lens over top of it is what makes the color.
Ry, do you know if the TPMS system is involved in traction control at all? If the car uses it to sense wheel speed and activate traction control, I would rather replace the batteries/sensors than replace the light since I would want to have fully functional traction control/VDC. Hoping to avoid paying a lot to have them replaced next time I get my tires rotated and balanced.
The wheel speed sensor in the hub is what determines wheel speed. on some newer cars it might play a role (never heard of it) but in these Xterras it's just telling pressure.
I was going to do this a few years ago but I was afraid of removing the instrument cluster for fear of not having it working on reinstallation. I had the tpms sensors replaced when I needed new tires at Walmart. It was very reasonable. Now I am dealing with a persistent P0442 small evap leak code every few days. Tell me how to disable that system as I have gone the route of new gas cap, evap solenoid. I currently have the canister exposed (getting at it is a real joy). Looking for leaks at o rings on the canister.
To find that Evap leak you’re gonna want someone to smoke it.. finding that leak without smoke is going to be next to impossible. If it’s not the cap or solenoid.. inspect the canister, hoses, and fuel neck. It’s hard to inspect without the use of smoke though. Disabling the anti-pollution system is darn near impossible. You can remove the light bulb for the check engine light but it’ll never pass inspection with that code- the code will still be stored.
At least have it smoked so you don’t have to guess what it is. 100-150$.
@@topherd1011 I live in a rural area and they don't do emission testing, so that is not a concern. I clear the engine code every time it appears just to make sure that I am not getting a different code and that the evap code remains the same. If the leak was a large leak, not the small leak, I think the smoke process would be useful. I would not incapacitate the SEL as it would warn me of any other codes.
Lets do.check.engine light next ..lol
Haha I don't know about that one.
Washer fluid light and airbag light for sure
A piece of black electricians tape works too, just cover it up.
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Ry. Link to the grille emblem you are using? Great vids!
Thanks! Here ya go: www.ebay.com/itm/For-Nissan-Patrol-Safari-Grill-Ornament-Emblem-Logo-Badge-16-/164554287862?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
What else is "on" with the TPMS fuse? Can't just pull the fuse?? Just asking.
Oh lol never thought of that hahah I will test it and let you know if it actually turns off the light. I doubt it though. Safety stuff tends to be pretty resilient.
Thankkk youuuu
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Hi Ry! I had a question, is it possible to install LED headlights and fog lights instead of the factory ones on Xterra?
Yes sir!
Good stuff as usual!
Thanks my dude. Hope you're staying safe out there. 🤘🏻
@@Rythecarguy Safe is subjective 🤪. Doing well tho man!
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It’s part of the design on mine now 😅
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Oh gosh, well I don't know that I will be doing this one after all.
Haha it's a little goofy but it works!
I don't know ... after 7 years I now expect it to be on.
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Good clip. I still don’t get it why there is no option to turn the reciever module off permanently. I mean there is,but the light will stay on anyways.
I'm with you. I know that manufacturers, dealers, and shops are not supposed to disable them so that's probably why. Manufacturers are not going to build in in a way to disable it.
There is a directive from the NHTSA that prohibits any shop or tire dealer from disabling this system. Motor vehicle safety act, (49 USC 30122(b)) prohibits manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or motor vehicle repair businesses from knowingly making inoperative, in whole or in part, any part of a device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle in compliance with an applicable motor vehicle safety standard.
Why would you not want to replace the sensor? $50 bucks at Costco. Personally and from a overall safety perspective, I want to know when there is an issue with tire pressure,
All 4 are dead on mine. I called a couple places and the all wanted 200+ to replace them. Not interested when its just a "dummy light" If the X had a TPMS system that actually had the PSO of each tire I would have reconsidered. Otherwise I would just rather forget it.
Just smashed the bulb no more light 😂😂😂
That works too!
Why not just pay the 250-300$ for new sensors? Mine lasted almost 10 years.. ffs that’s 30$ a year really..
Because I don't want the system and never did. Why would I pay 2-$300 if I don't want it?
A new set of tpms sensors is $ 35 for all four.
Then you have to install them....
@@Rythecarguy still faster than taking the whole dash apart
Just throwing it out there but you could just properly maintain your tires and TPMS system.
No thanks!
@@Rythecarguy Lol. You still the man 👊
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Buy a 4Runner ?
Huh?
No.
If I do this to my X, I would make sure that when I sell it I would remove the tape or tell the buyer so they are informed that the TPMS system has been altered and, so the buyer is able to have a choice on whether to keep it or remove it. Buyer beware for sure. Unsubbed.
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Why not just correct the problem the right way this is idiotic
Because TPMS is for people who are too dumb to check their tires on their own. I don’t need it and I’m not spending hundreds of dollars on something I don’t need. Thats why…
On some vehicles this effects fuel economy and ABS traction control.
Thanks!
Thank you Ben! I really appreciate that! 🤘🏼
Thanks!
Thanks so much man, I appreciate it! 👍
Thanks!
Hey, thank YOU for the super thanks. :D
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Wow! Thank you so much 💪🏻👍🏻