Hello all,
I’ve got a 2015 R1200GS LC with nearly 90k miles, and I’m having an odd issue with the front TPMS/RDC sensor.
The original front sensor had started acting up. Sometimes it would suddenly report a very high pressure, around 4.8 bar, causing the red flashing warning on the dash. Other times it would show no pressure at all, then spring back to life after hitting a bump or pothole.
I recently had the tyres changed and replaced the front sensor at the same time with a cheaper Amazon sensor. I was told/read that if only replacing one sensor, it may not need coding with MotoScan/GS-911, so we fitted it and left it to wake up on its own. It didn’t register for the first 50 or so miles, but it has now started displaying.
The issue is that the new sensor is behaving strangely too. It will start off showing a believable pressure, then slowly rise up to around 4.8 bar, then gradually drop all the way down to around 1.0 bar, before climbing again. Actual tyre pressure checked manually remains normal and stable.
Before I take the tyre off again and replace the sensor, I wanted to ask:
I’ve got a 2015 R1200GS LC with nearly 90k miles, and I’m having an odd issue with the front TPMS/RDC sensor.
The original front sensor had started acting up. Sometimes it would suddenly report a very high pressure, around 4.8 bar, causing the red flashing warning on the dash. Other times it would show no pressure at all, then spring back to life after hitting a bump or pothole.
I recently had the tyres changed and replaced the front sensor at the same time with a cheaper Amazon sensor. I was told/read that if only replacing one sensor, it may not need coding with MotoScan/GS-911, so we fitted it and left it to wake up on its own. It didn’t register for the first 50 or so miles, but it has now started displaying.
The issue is that the new sensor is behaving strangely too. It will start off showing a believable pressure, then slowly rise up to around 4.8 bar, then gradually drop all the way down to around 1.0 bar, before climbing again. Actual tyre pressure checked manually remains normal and stable.
Before I take the tyre off again and replace the sensor, I wanted to ask:
- Has anyone seen this behaviour before?
- Could this be a cheap/faulty sensor issue?
- Could it be a teach-in/coding issue rather than the sensor itself?
- Is there any way to disable the front TPMS/RDC warning temporarily, or disable RDC entirely, until the next tyre change?
