Tire light flashing, but central display is not

[CJTurner]

The misadventures continue.

Let me preface by saying yes,
Four brand new OEM Suzuki-sourced by the dealership-from the Suzuki Warehouse-wherever it is in California-TPMS sensors have been installed in the car.

After the previous 5 sets failed to work. It's only money.

The dealership had thought it was the keyless start receiver causing an error and giving me the flashing yellow light on the right side of the gauge cluster.

They were partially correct, they replaced the part at Great expense to me and the error code that they were able to pick up with scan tool went away.
All four TPMS sensors are now programmed in, and if any deflate the central display will light up and say low tire pressure warning etc.

However...

The constant flashing light on the right side of the gauge cluster still flashes.

The dealership, after having the car for an additional 3 days contacted Suzuki support. Who advise them that in addition to the keyless start receiver they would likely have to replace the keyless start controller as well.

But here's the really fun part. ITS UNPROGRAMMABLE!
A number of years ago Suzuki pulled all of the programming cables for that system from all the dealerships,
I have contacted five different former Suzuki dealerships in New England and all of them have stated the same exact thing.
They were to swap out that part my car would be dead in the water.
I was literally told by the shop today that when it comes to that constant yellow flashing light on my dashboard the car is "unfixable"

This is fun.

The plan now is to bring the vehicle back to my trusted shop, they will be taking the gauge cluster out and unsoldering the diode for that light. Perhaps I should have done that from the beginning.

[CJTurner]

Here's a big ask but some of you may have a resource,

Does anyone have access to the wiring diagram of the gauge cluster. My shop is confident they can do it but they do want a diagram to make sure that do the correct diode.

[old tech]

Im not recommending this but I know many sx4's got the gauge cluster pulled , the lens removed and a black piece of electrical tape put over the low tire icon. Seems to me to be better than hacking up the clusters circuit board . The amount of man hrs and money the tpms industry has wasted is insane. A system meant for good but turned into a money grab. If intentions were pure, any sensor could have worked with any car. The car could have registered the replacement sensors on its own and the cluster would tell you each wheels tire pressure. For what its worth, I would still want to know how a set of good working wheels borrowed from another Kizashi would play out momentarily registered to your car.

[WESHOOT2]

The 'hack' must still be performed; the sensors are specific to the car.
Stupid sensors.

[CJTurner]

Im not recommending this but I know many sx4's got the gauge cluster pulled , the lens removed and a black piece of electrical tape put over the low tire icon. Seems to me to be better than hacking up the clusters circuit board . The amount of man hrs and money the tpms industry has wasted is insane. A system meant for good but turned into a money grab. If intentions were pure, any sensor could have worked with any car. The car could have registered the replacement sensors on its own and the cluster would tell you each wheels tire pressure. For what its worth, I would still want to know how a set of good working wheels borrowed from another Kizashi would play out momentarily registered to your car.

I had an additional set of Kizashi Wheels and tires from a former Kizashi owner. Those did not work either.
So really I went through six sets of sensors.
Seven if you count my original ones that were put in the car in 2012.

[Cargill]

TPMS from eBay oughta do the trick

[NJZukiZashi]

I know this thread is a few years old but hoping someone can still help. I have a 2010 Kizashi SE All Wheel Drive I bought new. One owner, one driver (me) and it's only been serviced regularly by the same former Suzuki dealer I bought it from. My original service rep is now the shop manager. The same 1-2 techs have worked on it consistently. 192K miles, original transmission and generally in great shape. Recently got a set of new tires, a few months later had a slow leak in one and turned out valve needed replacement. I ended up getting all 4 valves and sensors replaced at a tire shop. That triggered the Service TPMS message on the dash but thanks to this forum I figured out how to get the car in re-learn mode and the tire shop scanned the sensors and cleared the dash. But a few miles down the road, the small yellow tire pressure icon on the right started blinking. I checked and pressure was good all around.

That brings me here and I see that others with similar issues mentioned using specific sensors (the ones just installed for me were Autel MX) such as Continental VDO SE1000HP. Some mentioned having to put the car in re-learn mode several times, and then there's also reference to something with the keyless entry and more complicated fixes.

Would different sensors solve the problem? Did scanning several times in re-learn mode work for anyone and if so, with which sensors? This has been the most reliable car I've owned and overall a great value. I love driving something unique and still love the look of it 15 years later.

[old tech]

I know this thread is a few years old but hoping someone can still help. I have a 2010 Kizashi SE All Wheel Drive I bought new. One owner, one driver (me) and it's only been serviced regularly by the same former Suzuki dealer I bought it from. My original service rep is now the shop manager. The same 1-2 techs have worked on it consistently. 192K miles, original transmission and generally in great shape. Recently got a set of new tires, a few months later had a slow leak in one and turned out valve needed replacement. I ended up getting all 4 valves and sensors replaced at a tire shop. That triggered the Service TPMS message on the dash but thanks to this forum I figured out how to get the car in re-learn mode and the tire shop scanned the sensors and cleared the dash. But a few miles down the road, the small yellow tire pressure icon on the right started blinking. I checked and pressure was good all around.

That brings me here and I see that others with similar issues mentioned using specific sensors (the ones just installed for me were Autel MX) such as Continental VDO SE1000HP. Some mentioned having to put the car in re-learn mode several times, and then there's also reference to something with the keyless entry and more complicated fixes.

Would different sensors solve the problem? Did scanning several times in re-learn mode work for anyone and if so, with which sensors? This has been the most reliable car I've owned and overall a great value. I love driving something unique and still love the look of it 15 years later.

[old tech]

You need the vdo/continental sensor part number SE10001HP redi- sensor here is a picture. There were a lot of Chinese ones copies for this particular sensor that worked just fine. They don't seem to be on eBay anymore.


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[NJZukiZashi]

Thanks so much! I also found another thread here from 2022 that you commented on. It was a post from chazyouwin on a " TPMS Replacements" thread where he also mentioned that X AUTOHAUX 4313057L00 from Amazon worked for him. Both look similar to the originals so it seems like trying either of those is the best bet.

Separately, prior to clearing the TPMS error screen on the dash, (which had been visible for a few weeks), on a recent drive the car went into Limp mode. I assume when that happened the check engine light would have come on, but with the TPMS error on the dash, no other warning/errors show. I got to my destination and a few hours later was able to drive home without a problem, though took it slow. The next morning the tire shop cleared the TPMS error, and the car has been fine since then, no limp mode, no check engine light. I plan to bring it into the shop anyway for a check.

It only went into Limp mode one other time in 2015 and that turned out to be an issue that Suzuki addressed in a service bulletin (TS 05 02045) with a CVT Oil Pan Change. The dealership did the work at no cost and no issues since then. I know they're totally separate but part of me is wondering if limp mode could have been falsely triggered by anything having to do with the ECU and the TMPS error.