ericsyoo

hello,

i've been searching all over the forum...and haven't been able to find an answer yet..

I have an 05 A8L, and the TPM malfunction indicator's been on for a while.....dealer wants a lot of $$ for it, which I don't have.

How can I turn off TPM?? Is there a way to do it on MMI?

someone wrote to just take off a fuse...which one, and is this ok to do so?


Thanks guys!!

Brozee

The fuse way only has worked for a few people. It depends on the MMI, and this is a touchy subject. Huge PITA. I honestly don't think theirs a way around it. You can try pulling the fuse to see if that does it, if not might have to bite the bullet and buy a new TPMS for whatever tire is out.

05SilverA8

If pulling the fuse works for you then go for it, my error did not go away. The proper way to do it is as follows, as I had posted before:

I was so tired of mine showing up on the dash, I tried the fuse routine and that did NOT work. I disabled the unit in the gateway, and re-coded the TPMS (65) to 0202125, which DISABLES the TPMS. Start car, no TPMS nag. If I would have known to change the sensors when I changed the tires I would have done that at the time (exactly 5 years of age on sensors). The Tire Rack has new sensors that are about $89 each.

Brozee

So you were successful in disabling it then with the vag-com recoding. I have MMI v46.1 incase mine do go out in the future will this same recoding fix disable the TPMS alert.
Thanks

ghibliss

You can turn off the TPM in the MMI system by simply going to the TPM in settings and selecting on/off. This will disable the warning error on the dashboard which I experienced just yesterday. My dealer is going to replace all of the sensors and if needed the ecu for the TPMS system on Tuesday. This is one reason why I purchased my used 2004 A8L from a dealer in case something like this happened so I would not be left in the lurch with a huge service bill.

The dealer is correcting anything that goes wrong with the car for the first 60 days which is a New York State Lemon Law. This is essentially the same coverage as a full bumper to bumper warranty without any exclusions aside from wear items like brakes and tires.

ericsyoo

where in MMI is there a setting to turn off TPM? never seen it before..... now using the vagcom thingy, how do you do that? do i have to purchase additional vagcom parts for it??

williebone

MMI > Car > System(soft left key) > TPM > Enter!

Mister Bally

Depends on the model year. Once they were mandated by NHTSA, the option to disable has been deleted. This is the problem with upgrading an older model year to newer software. The car behaves like a newer vehicle so the option to disable is gone from the user MMI screens.

Yes, the VAG-COM software can be used to disable. Problem for some is that they don't have the interface. Good luck getting a dealer to disable a mandated function!

Brozee

For a fact not all A8's can disable the TPMS through the MMI. It depends which version. I heard that even with disabling it through vag you still receive errors? Can anyone shine light on this?
Thanks

williebone

I haven't checked, but I'm willing to bet that there is a Funtion in Vag-Com or Hidden Menu that will turn the Option On in MMI! The reason I say this is that I had the Oldest MMI Version in an 04' A8 and I Updated it myself following the Steps from this Forum. I lost a few Options, but was able to Re-Activate them either thru Vag-Com or Hidden Menu. I now have every Original Options plus more. Any takers care to Investigate it? Laters,