use the search button and type in TPMS and you will find a couple threads on this issue.

Believe this belongs in another section and not the "HOW TO GUIDE"

 

I contacted GM technical assistance today and they will not or can not issue a VCI re-program number for tire pressure sensors on 2007 and older HHR's. I asked them if this would be coming in the future and they could not answer with a yes or no. Simply putting the sensors in the wheels will not turn them on to work. The module that controls the door locks and remote start has to know to find the signals to then give to the BCM for displaying. I told the GM tech that this is something a lot of owners were interested in, so if she would pass that on to the "powers to be" I would appreciate it.

 

This is a "How To"

 

Thanks for looking into that. We'll wait and see what happens down the road. I still think it is there for the BCM to pick up.

 

just figured that since there were two other threads that it belonged with those since this did not tell me how to do it!. I don't make the rules so my apologies.

 

Even if this can't be done with factory parts, there is always the aftermarket. www.tirerack.com has them.

 

I have a 08 panel and my question is when I buy aftermarket wheels can I swap the sensors or do I have to have new ones installed??

Later,Dave

 

By 2008 all new cars sold in the US market have to have T.P.M.S (Tire pressure monitoring system) However, you can purchase an aftermarket retrofit kit and have it installed either using your current cig lighter/ accessory outlet or by hard wiring it directly in the fuse panel.

 

You can use your current sensors. Most new aftermarket wheels have a releif cut out in the wheel to accept factory sensors. In some cases you need a retrofit kit that uses a big screw clamp and clamps them to the drop center of the wheel.

 

Tire Rack mounted the sensors and tires on the wheels and they work fine. The process for setting up the new sensors is in the owners manual and is no problem. Mine is an 08 LS.