Resetting Honda TPMS

[KenTheTPMSMan]

This thread is to discuss resetting Honda TPMS.

[TPMSProAlbert]

SUBJECT VEHICLE: 2008-10 Honda Accord.

SENSOR IN TIRE? No (sensors are installed in wheels).

RESET PROCEDURE? Yes. Directions follow.

SPECIAL TOOLS NEEDED? Yes (the Honda Diagnostic System or an OBD-II-compatible scan tool, and a TPMS sensor initializer tool).

When vehicle speed in a 2008-10 Honda Accord exceeds 28 mph, the tire pressure sensors begin to transmit. Using a radio frequency signal, the sensors transmit ID and pressure information to the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) control unit once very 60 seconds. If the TPMS control unit detects less than 24 psi in a 16-inch tire, or 25 psi in a 17-inch tire, the driver is alerted by the low pressure indicator and a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) in the control unit.

To remove an old sensor, follow these steps.

1. Raise the vehicle and support it with safety stands.

2. Remove the wheel with the faulty sensor.

3. Remove the tire valve cap and valve core, and let the tire deflate.

4. Remove any balance weights, and then remove the tire from the wheel. To avoid damaging the tire pressure sensor, follow these steps:

a. Do the outside of the wheel first.

b. Position the wheel so the valve stem is 90 degrees from the bead breaker.

c. Do not position the bead breaker of the tire changer too close to the rim

d. Position the wheel so the tire machine and tire iron are next to the valve stem, and will move away from it when the machine starts. Then remove the tire from the wheel (see Figure 1).

5. Remove the valve stem nut and washer, then remove the tire pressure sensor with the valve stem from the wheel. NOTE: The valve stem grommet might stay in the wheel; make sure to remove it.

6. Remove and discard the valve stem grommet from the tire pressure sensor.

[Allen@TheTPMSForum]

Here is a link on how to reset Honda TPMS http://www.tpmsrelearn.com/2016/12/05/honda-2/