- #Toyota techstream programming aftermartket install#
- #Toyota techstream programming aftermartket free#
There are several parallel info streams here.ġ) You can retrieve the sensor IDs from Techstream or from a TPMS computer (I use the Autel 408, which is about $125). Then change the sensor IDs to the new numbers. If you go this route, get the current id numbers from your current tires and write it down/keep in a safe place. However, you will need the ID off of every new pressure sensor (Carista will only read what is currently programmed, so if you are trying to add new sensors, you will need the IDs). I have confirmed that through Carista, you can in fact change the TPMS settings in the car along with many other changes that techstream will allow me to change.
#Toyota techstream programming aftermartket free#
You get some time free when you buy the sensor (30 days maybe, I don't recall.) A daily subscription is $10 (or you can apply to be a beta tester-just tell them you have a car they have listed in their beta program, even if you don't ). They will program the TPMS for free, even if you aren't a Discount customer (done it a few times).Ģ) Buy Carista OBD Device. I could not get it to work to write (it will read and let me know the sensor ids, etc.) However, I have found two options that will work:ġ) Take the tires to Discount Tire.
I bought the "correct" techstream cable (that is supposed to write/program TPMS). I swap winter tires for ATs and vice versa twice a year. The YouTube videos make it look like installing new sensors via techstream is simple, like 5 minutes. My goal is always to do whatever I can without paying someone else unnecessarily. Then, if I have any problems in the future I am dependent upon them. Pre-2016 sensors do not work on my vehicle as I had some that did not work, when I sold my stock wheels and tires and tried to use the ones that came with the 2015 Lexus wheels.Īssuming I can even find sensors, by the time I pay the local shop them to pull the tires and then re-mount and balance them and clone the sensors I’ve already greatly exceeded the cost of techstream. Regarding cloning my existing sensors, my understanding is that they have to pull the tires off my current wheels in order to clone my current ones?Īdditionally, everything I have found says that there are none that can be cloned. They are much better equipped at balancing a large 20in wheel than the small local tire shop.
#Toyota techstream programming aftermartket install#
I’m planing to have the Lexus dealer install and mount as I need a service there since it’s free.