warrenkerrigan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2010
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Does anyone know if its possible to retro fit the Land Rover TPMS system and get it activated? I am assuming the latter is possible if you can find a friendly FaultMate owner.
Just wondered about getting the original system retro fitted to a Discovery 4?
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 30th Aug 2012 2:03 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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i have retro fitted it ...enabled it ...got the extra menu on the settings menu .
It shows its checking when i start the car ...yet if i let a tyre down it dosent show a warning
its somthing i will look into when i have time ...but its not a priority for me
all the wiring was in my 11MY HSE ...i just fitted the wheel sensors , wheel arch sensors ( and holders ) and a reciever up in the front interior light G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 30th Aug 2012 2:32 pm |
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warrenkerrigan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2010
Location: London
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Thanks Wiggs
If you ever get it working, I may be in touch. 
Warren
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| 30th Aug 2012 2:58 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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I hear mixed reports including:-
Corrosion problems
Tyre fitters not wanting to handle it
Inaccuracy
I make do with a weekly check with a good accurate gauge & a decent compressor.
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| 30th Aug 2012 3:10 pm |
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warrenkerrigan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2010
Location: London
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I just bought a decent digital tyre gauge. I've been looking around the site and it looks like those that do have the Land Rover TPMS (which isn't that many) seem to have problems with it. 
Last edited by warrenkerrigan on 30th Aug 2012 5:20 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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| 30th Aug 2012 3:19 pm |
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BBDisco3
Member Since: 23 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
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I fitted the system approved by Landrover which is available on here from site sponsor Trailair. Easy to fit and no programming. Trouble free for over twelve months.
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| 30th Aug 2012 5:17 pm |
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warrenkerrigan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2010
Location: London
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That could be an option.
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| 30th Aug 2012 5:27 pm |
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gseum
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
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wiggs wrote:i have retro fitted it ...enabled it ...got the extra menu on the settings menu .
It shows its checking when i start the car ...
Hello Wiggs,
I have the TPMS in my LR4 but no extra Menu in the settings.
Can you give me a short hint, were to enable it in the CCF/EUCD with my faultmate?
Thanks and greetings!
gseum Discovery 4/LR4 HSE 5.0 V8 MY2010 // Volvo XC60 II T8 Inscription Fusion Red MY2020 // Hyundai Kona Electric Trend MY2020 // Bürstner TravelVan 620G MY2020
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| 30th Aug 2012 10:08 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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It's only there when you have ignition on ... Once you start the car it disappears G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 30th Aug 2012 10:47 pm |
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patrickl
Member Since: 20 Jan 2010
Location: Berkshire
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Frankly not worth the money - I have it fitted to mine. At one stage it failed and the only way to get it working again was a dealer vehicle reset to "as built" which wiped all of the BAS remote heat activations luckily Pete is a star and whilst up North reset them for me. When I did have a puncture it didn't notice to start with as the polling rate is only approximately once every 15 mins.
Patrick
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| 3rd Sep 2012 12:02 pm |
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BBDisco3
Member Since: 23 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
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patrickl - Can you be more clear with your reply please, are you refering to the system fitted at manufacturing stage or with the Trailair which is fitted after manufacture ?
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| 3rd Sep 2012 12:10 pm |
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John Fair
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Horning Norfolk UK
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Not sure what problems you were having there as the reading is taken every 60 seconds onve the car is moving over 12 mph and then " more frequent" if it detects a problem. This is the genuine kit.
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| 7th Sep 2012 9:25 am |
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patrickl
Member Since: 20 Jan 2010
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BBDisco3 - Sorry for the tardy reply, mine is the factory fitted version.
John - the source of my 15 mins latency was the local main dealer, who had enormous difficulty even getting any info from LR. If you have better info then fine, but the puncture I had didn't show and Wiggs doesn't seem to have anything other than a similar experience to me. What is/was the source of your 12 seconds data rate?
I've had TPMS on my previous car (Audi RS4 Avant) and that did throw up and error as soon as the pressure dropped by a couple of psi (it also pretended there was a problem on a number of occasions when there wasn't one, but better safe than flat).
Patrick
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| 25th Sep 2012 9:39 pm |
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John Fair
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Horning Norfolk UK
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I suspect the dealer was a little confused for some reason? Can't tell you why as I have watched mine whilst on an auto logic laptop and it says on the data info screen about the basic system info that it reads every 60 seconds once over 12 mph. This was true on my car as that's exactly what it did in real time. Some of the dealers seem to have great difficulty in accessing this system and again I cannot tell you why? My suggestion is a time restrain as the easy way to find a fault on the system is to remove the spare from the car and road test then move the same wheel around on the vehicle one corner at a time until the problem clears. This points to the wheel or reciever at that corner but is obviously very time consuming for a dealer and why I suspect the lazy diagnostics come in ( computer says its working). I was told by my local dealer that my replacement sensors would not work without a computer reset and even then it would be problematic. The truth is I fitted them at a local tyre depot and a quick drive round the block reset the system no problems so some difference in opinion there!
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| 25th Sep 2012 10:35 pm |
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g-dog-s
Member Since: 14 Jul 2012
Location: Surrey
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| Retro fit of LR TPMS to D4 |
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wiggs wrote:i have retro fitted it ...enabled it ...got the extra menu on the settings menu .
It shows its checking when i start the car ...yet if i let a tyre down it dosent show a warning
its somthing i will look into when i have time ...but its not a priority for me
all the wiring was in my 11MY HSE ...i just fitted the wheel sensors , wheel arch sensors ( and holders ) and a reciever up in the front interior light
@Wiggs (or anyone else)
This is an old thread but I am interested to hear if you ever got this working properly?
And if so, what would it cost roughly for a MY12 D4? (I have wheels/tyres with the LR TPMS valves already)
Thanks
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