I ordered new TPMS35 sensors for my old 2013 set of winter tires. I took them to my local Les Schwab to have them installed for my2015 F150. I am new to the area and had never used this Les Schwab before. It took 4 hours, not the stated 2 hours to get to my tires, eh I'm okay with that, they were busy. Then I get told all 4 of the sensors I gave them were dead out of the box. They could not "program" them. They conveniently had some Les Schwab sensors that work just fine they would be happy to sell me. It was my winter ties so I asked them to just put the sensors in I supplied. If they did not work I would just ignore it for a few months, I do own a tire pressure gauge after all. They were fuming pissed I would not buy their sensors. They insisted the Ford sensors I gave them were borken since their "programmer" could not "see" them. I told the the guy the Ford sensors do not need to be programmed and he looked at me like I'm the idiot. $70 later I was out the door. I wanted them to mount the tires on the truck, but they just threw them in the back of the truck and took my money.
I ordered the correct 14x1.5mm lug nuts from Amazon for my 2015 F150 that matched my old wheels and within five minutes of driving off with the new sensors the truck found them and sync'ed up. So Les Schwab was full of it and was just trying to sell me some stuff I did not need. Too bad for them, I own a bunch of cars, trucks and trailers. Oh well on to the next local shop with my business.

So lesson learned, these sensors learn or get found by the truck in ~5 minutes of driving.
Oh and F . . . Les Schwab.

 

My understanding was that the 2014 and below sensors did not work on the 15+ trucks. I bought new ones when I put my winters on and just like you said, they just worked.

 

THANK YOU!!! My father inlaw is dealing with this right now in Iowa getting his snow tires. Spencerhut awesome sharing!!!!! Saved him 120$$.

 

Supposedly you can "teach" your sensors (correct wheel location) using a strong magnet.
You can buy a programming tool but I am trying the magnet when I rotate my tires.

Gotta love people trying to empty your wallet and ignoring you using self purchased parts.

 

I've had 3 sets of sensors already and what I have noticed if they are OEM sensors from the dealership they are already programmed to specific vehicles. The tpms modules recognizes the frequency for specific year and model and self relearned itself . I have not had an issue with sensors on sets of wheels I've had since I've owned the truck.

 

When I bought my truck 2 weeks ago the dealer swapped wheels with another truck...and I can't get my module to "learn" the new wheels. I start on the RF tire and have let out so much air that I get the double honk (failure) instead of the single honk (learned).
Any ideas?

 

Did you drive the truck first? If I remember correctly the manual says something about driving it a certain distance so that the sensors turn on.

 

20 minutes of driving, yes.

 

Oh yeah, I drove it 1,000 miles home from the dealer...it now has 2,700 miles in two weeks...should be plenty, no?

 

Very very very interesting. TPMS changed in the 2015 model year. Sounds like a crock, and not a crock pot. I work with a guy that, always changes, makes up stories to make other people look bad. Cant say that i understand people like that.
Sort of like athletes that use drugs to make themselves look better, problem is, they end up looking like bigger losers than there were before.