How did technician turn off tire pressure warning light?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by JayGoldstein, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. JayGoldstein

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    I have winter tires mounted on steel rims, so the tire pressure warning light always is on. I took the car to my dealer to have noise suppression kit for the auxiliary outlet installed. Driving home, I noticed that the warning light was off.

    I assume that the technician had a way to reset the light, even though the transmitters for my car were more than 50 kms away. Does anyone know how it was done?
     
    #1 JayGoldstein, Feb 9, 2009
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    Probably used the Toyota diagnostic laptop (Panasonic ToughBook) to disable it.

    There is no reason why Toyota can't allow two sets of TPMS sensors to allow a different set of winter tires. The US market LandCruiser has this feature
     
    #2 jayman, Feb 9, 2009
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