# 2004 Ford Thunderbird - TPMS insights welcome

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-thunderbird-tpms-insights-welcome/199457>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [March 11, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-thunderbird-tpms-insights-welcome/199457 "2025-03-11T23:07:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![paknght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@paknght](https://community.cartalk.com/u/paknght)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-thunderbird-tpms-insights-welcome/199457/1 "2025-03-11T23:07:31Z")

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Just bought a 2004 Thunderbird pacific coast before getting on this site. Seem to have ABS and tire sensor problems. looking for some feedback before I have to spend a ton of money

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-thunderbird-tpms-insights-welcome/199457/2 "2025-03-11T23:10:11Z")

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Do all 4 tires match, same size and properly inflated?

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**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-thunderbird-tpms-insights-welcome/199457/3 "2025-03-12T01:13:06Z")

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> [@paknght](#):
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> Seem to have ABS and tire sensor problems.

Please define what you mean… Are you having braking issues, or is your low tire light(TPMS) on??

Do you have a CEL/MIL light on, and if so, what are the codes, pending or otherwise??

Does it have custom wheels and bigger tires??

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-thunderbird-tpms-insights-welcome/199457/4 "2025-03-13T01:25:29Z")

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You should take it to a shop and have the codes read and live data collected on the TPMS and ABS sensors. Expect to pay $200 or so for that. It is the only way to find out the actual cause. Likely a bad ABS sensor and one to 4 bad TPMS sensors.

AutoZone and Oreillys and other parts stores can’t read ABS and TPMS codes.

Find out what is wrong and ask for an estimated cost to fix it.