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LKas60 · 08-02-2025, 08:29 AM

I just picked up my 2013 Camaro RS from the dealer. On my way home I get message TPMS required maintenance came up on the info screen. The dealer had a garage put on 4 brand new tires and the rims were cleaned up by another garage.
Do the sensors now need to be calibrated or replaced? The tires are all inflated to the proper pressure.
What can I do? Any suggestions?

joshnmn · 08-02-2025, 08:31 AM

Do the TPmS relearn

Trickskier · 08-02-2025, 11:01 AM

Yes - There’s a re-learn process explained in your owners manual. Or you can google it.

Mr_Draco · 08-02-2025, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Trickskier

Yes - There’s a re-learn process explained in your owners manual. Or you can google it.

You need the tool do it. On very early 2010 MY cars there is a process that didn't require the tool but the process was changed to require the tool half way through the 2010 MY.

LKas60, you can try to have a shop relearn the sensors but if you are getting that message then most likely the batteries in the sensors are dying. The batteries only last about 10-12 years so if they are the factory sensors, it's about time for them be to replaced.

Aqua Blue RS/SS · 08-02-2025, 12:16 PM

Yep two of my original sensors have died this year… they went 16 years. It still has the original date coded tires from 09 on it so I know the sensors are original.

spyderbuddy · 08-02-2025, 12:47 PM

Yep just have the rears replaced today
schrader 33500 EZ Sensor by firestone
Works great

CamaroCracka · 08-04-2025, 07:31 AM

The relearn is a pain as you have to let air out of each of the tires in the correct order within a certain amount of time. The tool to link them is pretty cheap. Or, if you just picked it up, take it back to them and tell them to do it. If they have any kind of customer service, they will do it for free. If not, blast them on the survey. That gets the attention.

hesster · 08-04-2025, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by CamaroCracka

The relearn is a pain as you have to let air out of each of the tires in the correct order within a certain amount of time. The tool to link them is pretty cheap. Or, if you just picked it up, take it back to them and tell them to do it. If they have any kind of customer service, they will do it for free. If not, blast them on the survey. That gets the attention.

Maybe it is a pain, but it works on most 2010's, at least it does on both of my 2010's. I took my T/A Conversion to a local shop (Budget Tire) to have the LF sensor replaced as it was damaged by Belle Tire during initial installation of the Tires to the Wheels. (1st Pic) Which I did not know until I got them installed on the car and got a TPWS idiot light warning. That and also the Valve Stem which was leaking and hanging on by a few threads. THis was by some hack at Bell Tire with the "best" Tire Mounting Equipment out there (Touchless). Most local T/W shops would not even attempt to mount the Tires on these Custom Wheels. I was not going back to Belle Tire to repair their F/Up, as they were a hour away (most T/W Shops don't have the $$$ Touchless Equipment and training on how to operate it).

So Budget Tire first tried their "Learning Tool" multiple times after replacing the Sensor and Valve Stem- and that would not work. Then they tried the air release process, and that DID work thankfully. Key is to let the air out slowly, and it may take a good while before the horn beeps acknowledgement, like from 35 PSI down to low 20's PSI.

Mr_Draco · 08-04-2025, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by hesster

Maybe it is a pain, but it works on most 2010's, at least it does on both of my 2010's.

It only works on early 2010's. I forgot the build date but it was around 6 months after production began that GM took that ability away. 2010's begun production earlier in the year than the other model years so it had longer than a 12 month production run. This means less than half of the 2010's can relearn the sensors via this method.

b4wheeler · 08-04-2025, 11:43 AM

I can do the factory relearn on my 2011, but bought a tool because it is much easier.

vinman · 08-04-2025, 04:41 PM

My 2011 would also do it without a tool, just read the manual and went through the steps

08-02-2025, 08:29 AM	#1
LKas60 Drives: Chevy camaro Join Date: Aug 2025 Location: Port st lucie fl Posts: 1	TPMS I just picked up my 2013 Camaro RS from the dealer. On my way home I get message TPMS required maintenance came up on the info screen. The dealer had a garage put on 4 brand new tires and the rims were cleaned up by another garage. Do the sensors now need to be calibrated or replaced? The tires are all inflated to the proper pressure. What can I do? Any suggestions?

08-02-2025, 11:01 AM	#3
Trickskier Native Floridian Drives: 2014 - ZL1 / 2003 - Corvette Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 2,820	Yes - There’s a re-learn process explained in your owners manual. Or you can google it. __________________

08-02-2025, 12:16 PM	#5
Aqua Blue RS/SS Drives: ABM #93 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Lotaburger Posts: 3,180	Yep two of my original sensors have died this year… they went 16 years. It still has the original date coded tires from 09 on it so I know the sensors are original. __________________ ABM #2399 2SS/RS:SOLD ABM #93 2SS/RS Black Rally stripes, Titanium Interior 4,000 miles: GM GFX side skirts and diffuser waiting on paint, GM dovetail, GM heritage, RPI ZL1 style splitter. ‘87 IROC-Z Iroc blue. all original unmolested with 50K miles.

08-02-2025, 12:47 PM	#6
spyderbuddy Drives: 2010 RS Inferno Orange Metallic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Albany, Ga. Posts: 3,472 View My Garage	Yep just have the rears replaced today schrader 33500 EZ Sensor by firestone Works great __________________ 2024 Camaro/Panther Emblem,Hot Wheels Emblems, Hot Wheels Door Sills and Floor Mats, Morimoto Fog Lights, PCP Hideaway Headlight Covers, BBK Headers & High Flow Cats, ZL1 Add-ons Wicker Bill, TL1/ZL1 Hood Insert, Gen5 DIY Frameless Mirror, ABL Dash Lighting & My link Navigation, Blacked out Rear Bowtie, all Sylvania led Turn Signals, Ceramic Window Tint By Nicks, MBRP Exhaust tips, GEN5 DIY Virginia Legal DRL Harness, Painted Brake Calipers, Vittesse Throttle Controller & Paddle Shifter Heritage Grill, Manual Shifter Boot, CNC Throttle Body, Trifecta Tune, Trunk Black out and Side Grills,

08-04-2025, 07:31 AM	#7
CamaroCracka Drives: 2010 Turbo LS3 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Palm Bay, FL Posts: 3,029	The relearn is a pain as you have to let air out of each of the tires in the correct order within a certain amount of time. The tool to link them is pretty cheap. Or, if you just picked it up, take it back to them and tell them to do it. If they have any kind of customer service, they will do it for free. If not, blast them on the survey. That gets the attention. __________________ 2010 SS - Kind of an On3 kit, CTR 78/80, CompCam 239/251 620/632 122+4, E85, Z28 suspension and ZL1 diff with Outlaw axles. Gen6 ZL1 brakes. 2011 Vert - 416/w 230/236 .612/.602 115lsa, 1LE suspension w/32mm rear bar. Z28 diff. Gen6 ZL1 brakes.

08-02-2025, 08:31 AM	#2
joshnmn 2&THEHIT Drives: 5th Gen Camaro; 5th Gen Ram 3500 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Garner, NC Posts: 1,101 View My Garage	Do the TPmS relearn

08-04-2025, 11:43 AM	#10
b4wheeler Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS Vert Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Cordova, Md Posts: 623 View My Garage	I can do the factory relearn on my 2011, but bought a tool because it is much easier. __________________ 2011 2SS/RS Convertible, Victory Red, Roto-Fab CAI, Stainless Power 1 7/8 headers, No Cats, Straight piped, Bo White TB, Circle D, 3.91, ZL1 CONVERSION, CDC Roll bar and some powder coating and dipping.

08-04-2025, 04:41 PM	#11
vinman The BBOMG fill-in husband Drives: 2015 2SS/RS 1LE AKA V1LE Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Elmira, NY Posts: 4,471 View My Garage	My 2011 would also do it without a tool, just read the manual and went through the steps __________________ UPSTATE C5 MEMBER