# TPMS sensor failures **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 8, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036 "2025-09-08T17:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![birdman6111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@birdman6111](https://community.cartalk.com/u/birdman6111)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/1 "2025-09-08T17:56:53Z")
2017 Chevy Colorado. So the low tire pressure warning lights up on my dash and I get the message to “service tire monitoring system”. I check the tire pressure screen and one of my tires is no longer registering (even though it is at full pressure). I think to myself, I will just get that TPMS sensor replaced next time I rotate the tires. Well…about a week goes by and I check the tire pressure screen again and now **two** of my tires are not registering. I have tried relearning both of the tires with the TPMS tool and that does not work. I also checked for any error codes and my truck is not throwing any. So here’s my question. Is it more likely that the TPMS sensors on two tires both coincidentally died within a week of each other? Or is the issue more likely to be something going on with the whole system? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/2 "2025-09-08T18:11:24Z")
> [@birdman6111](#): > > “service tire monitoring system” That could mean the batteries in the sensors died. > **[Service Tire Monitor System – Meaning, Causes, & Reset | Rx Mechanic](https://rxmechanic.com/service-tire-monitor-system/)** > > Did a service tire monitor system pop up on your dashboard? This article explains the meaning, causes, and how to fix it. Tester ---
**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:** [September 8, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/3 "2025-09-08T18:15:38Z")
Given that all 4 tpms sensor batteries were installed at the same time, wouldn’t it make sense they’d all fail about the same time? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/4 "2025-09-08T18:24:43Z")
The tire pressure monitors have a life span of 7 to 10 years. If you can live with them not working you can wait until new tires and just replace them all . ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/5 "2025-09-08T18:31:35Z")
When mine fail, I head to the tire store and they install a new sensor for about $80. The batteries don’t last forever. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/6 "2025-09-09T00:50:28Z")
A (most) tire/automotive shops can quickly test the sensors, most likely as stated above, the battery’s just died… The is no rhyme or reason why one or two will go out and the others last much longer, I have seen them all 4 go out in a short period of time, as well as only one or two go out and the others last for many more years… I have a 2009 with all 4 factory installed TPMS sensors still working, but my 2017 had a sensor die and replaced last October, so far the other 3 are still working as intended… ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/7 "2025-09-09T00:55:01Z")
> [@birdman6111](#): > > I have tried relearning both of the tires with the TPMS tool and that does not work. You can’t retrain the sensor locations if the transmitter batteries are dead. > [@birdman6111](#): > > I also checked for any error codes and my truck is not throwing any. Did you use a scan tool that can communicate with all modules? Tire pressure monitor faults will be recorded/found in the tire pressure monitor module, you won’t find those faults in the engine computer. You can replace the sensors one or two at a time, but they will all need to be replaced eventually. ---
**Author:** ![birdman6111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@birdman6111](https://community.cartalk.com/u/birdman6111)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/8 "2025-09-09T01:43:45Z")
Valid point. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![PintoKid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pintokid/32/45996_2.png) [@PintoKid](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PintoKid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tpms-sensor-failures/204036/9 "2025-09-12T13:45:47Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > all fail about the same time? In my Camaro, only one sensor has died after 14 years. The other three are still working.