Has anyone tried this product for their TPMS? It's supposed to support our cars.

 

I don't think the Autel scanners in and by themselves will take care of the TPMS relearn/reset issues. You need the DRB3 Emulator software and the Wi-Tech module to gain access to the TPMS module in the XFire.

Check out this link to another thread where quite a bit of discussion has occurred regarding the Autel Scanners: https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...tml#post932898

 

What is the advantage of buying one of these? I have had a Crossfire for 14 years and never needed one.
When I get some new tires I will get the Schrader universal ones which should be initiated at the tire dealer and if he cannot do it I will buy my tires elsewhere or have them mounted by someone who can initiate them. No need to buy a tool that I will have no use for. The OEM sensors are the same as the ones used on my ‘95 Chrysler LHS I had and the dealer had no trouble programming the sensors in my snow tires in the year 2000.

 

Dave, it is almost 2020. Progress, you know?


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I just picked up one of these from Amazon last week. My wife's subaru has had the tpms light on for a while and she was getting annoyed with it. I knew that one of the sensors was bad, but I couldn't figure out which one. I own 5 cars that have these installed and I prefer to do my own work. I did some research and decided on the TS501. First thing I did was just use it to scan each of the wheel sensors directly to see if they were all broadcasting. What do you know, it read all of the sensors on the Subaru and showed that the battery was very low on one of them. Later, it wouldn't even read the one with the low battery. So now I know which one to replace.

I then checked the wheels on my other 2 subarus, my grand Cherokee and my crossfire. It was able to read all the sensors, but interestingly enough, it would not detect the back wheels on my crossfire, only the front ones. I assume the sensors in the back wheels are bad, but I'm not receiving any notification about it the dash. I just got my srt6 so I don't know if someone disabled the tpms or not. I plan to look into that some more later.

So far I have only used the tool to directly scan the sensors on each wheel. Supposedly it can read the sensor codes and write them to a cars tpms module or computer on some cars. I don't know if it can on the crossfire. It can also clone the existing sensor code onto a new sensor, but only the autel ones. I figure that gives me 2 options. I'll report back if I ever figure that out for our crossfires.

 

Good to know, thanks

 

Autel MaxiTPMS TS501 Features:

• Diagnosing TPMS Problems
• Receives 315 MHz, 433 MHz, and 309MHz signals
• Displays Sensor ID, Battery Level, Tire Pressure, Temperature, and OE part no.
• Reads/clears codes of TPMS system and resets malfunction indicator light
• Activate TPMS sensors on Domestic, Asian and European vehicles
• Programs vehicle ECU to learn sensor IDs and positions
• Programs/ Clones Autel MX-Sensors to replace OEM sensors
• Activates magnetic, frequency and tire deflation triggered sensors using 125khz continuous or modulated wave signals
• Decodes sensor data and provides visual and audible responses to confirm sensors are working properly
• Simplifies the diagnostic process including four and five wheel vehicles by showing vehicle graphs
• Pre-selection process offers faster activation and diagnostics

 

Zach, seems to me the TPMS sensors in the Crossfire (wheel transmitters and receiver) doesn't have near the capability of this device. How many of the 'features' listed in this ad actually works with the XF system? The XF system has been around since before 2004. It looks like a nice tool (at $200 plus), for a tire shop.


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