Tyre Pressure Sensors, Need Them Turning Off!

[TheGoose]

Hello members, My Name is Mike and I own a 2001 Citroen C5 Exclusive SE 2.2 HDI. I have removed all of the tyre Pressure sensors when I had four new tyres fitted and replaced with standard rubber valves. Occasionally I get a message up on the green screen saying "ALL FOUR TYRE PRESSURE SENSORS REMOVED" This message stays on the screen for a few seconds and then goes out, I don't get the "Service" or "STOP" lamps come on or Limp mode. I had the message come up twice today and that's it.

 

Is there anyone out there who knows if its possible to disable this Service in the ECU? If so can anyone help me to do this?

 

Thanks.

[Randombloke]

 

Is there anyone out there who knows if its possible to disable this Service in the ECU? If so can anyone help me to do this?

 

 

You can't do it officially, AFAIK. Someone may have a hack for it, but the earlier model C5s with sensors are stuck with them or the nagging message.

 

Get used to it or get the sensors on eBay for £25 a piece. That was why I bought the sensors from an eBay trader who said with confidence they would fit and program up OK, and they did.

[TheGoose]

Well... I popped into my Local Redditch Citroen Branch today, one of the service guys said he CAN do it, he advised me this would cost about 30 mins labour, @£53! What a rip-off for 30 mins labour! Although I know this type of thing will only take a couple of mins, once you have the equipment to hand! Everything is possible if you know what your doing! I have already De-Fapped my engine, and disabled this on my ECU by myself, with the help of Coastline Taxis, who kindly lent me his Galletto Cable. I done the research and got the results! I'm sure there will be someone on here who knows how to do this, and has the relevant software. I don't like the tyre pressure sensors, never have.. I like to be in control of my own tyre pressures, I know if I have a bit of a flat tyre, or puncture. Its called common sense lol!, Anyway, another thing with these sensors, is not only are they too sensitive but they are common for causing blow-outs due to the inner part of the valve, which is made of corrodable metals and after time this can happen! Talk about dangerous! There are threads on here regarding this BTW.

 

So if anyone out there can help, I dont mind paying a sensible amount for the help, I just think that £53 for 30 mins labour is very expensive, were talking Solicitor rates now lol.

 

Thanks Guys/Girls

 

Mike

 

P.S. I had my car M.O.T.ed two weeks ago and it flew through the MOT! This is with my CAT/DPF completely 100% hollowed out, and ECU DPF files patched. No advisories either!

[paul.h]

Maybe you could try a quote from a Citroen dealer with a lower labour rate, I think ours is about £80/hour but for older cars is less.

 

For new model cars they now have to or will have to have tyre pressure sensors fitted and working (some new European rules). In the latest MOT testers manual, checks of this monitoring system only apply to cars first used on or from 1/1/2012 so for now, on older cars it should not be part of the MOT test.

[coastline taxis]

Hi hav sent you a pm. lexia will turn them of and with the price of lexia and pp right down in price at the minute itl work out easier and cheaper

[TheGoose]

Hi hav sent you a pm. lexia will turn them of and with the price of lexia and pp right down in price at the minute itl work out easier and cheaper

 

I have dropped you a PM coastline.

[coastline taxis]

South shields mr goose and never never never to be classed as next door to sunderland. Just turned sensor off on one of ours and we still get the sensor have been removed message everytime we start the car up. going to try something else and get back to you

[mechcanico lee]

Not really sure with the citroens but on peugeots 407,607 and others tyre preesure monitoring has to be disabled in 3 parameters to stop all messages flagging on dash

 

1 tyre pressure monitoring itself

 

2 bsi configuration

 

3 dash panel configuration

 

 

Hope this helps someone....i would be pretty sure the citroens will be similar as they share systems as we all know

[TheGoose]

Hi Guys,

 

Have purchased a Lexia Cable and software from the net.  Am running Diagbox V 7.65 I think.  My car randomly pops up with EML + Service lights on, and the Anti-Pollution warning light on the screen, also occasionally goes into limp mode and will clear the errors by itself.  I have scanned the errors, but the only four which are stuck on are relating to me not having the Tyre Pressure sensors fitted.  To my amazement, as I thought that there would have been another error relating to this?  

 

Any ideas on how to disable these sensors?  I seem to have found an adjustment area of Diagbox, where you have 0's and 1's  presumably to enable and disable things in the BSI but Diagbox states that the BSI is locked and needs a four digit code entering to enable turning things off and on etc.  I have seen options to turn off the tyre sensors.

 

Any help would be appreciated

 

Mike