Toyota Tacoma 05-15 Bypass / Disable Permanently TMPS light, tire pressure light

Procedure to bypass or disable the TPMS light from the instrument cluster

[@bobraxton3800]

Perfect solution for disabling 2006 Taco TPMS! Thanks for the clear and concise video. Fix took less than 15 minutes start to finish.

[@davidmpower86]

What kind of ground wire did you use?

[@wattage]

Excellent video. Really like how you used the multimeter to show how to identify which wire needs to be grounded. And love the solution with the connectors so you can enable/disable as needed. I will do this in the RAV4!

[@Norco666]

wel? it work?

[@Mugginville]

Thank you! just did this to my 2006 Tacoma base model (4cyl, 2wd, access cab) and it worked. I did go to Discount tire and verified that one sensor battery was totally dead and the others were just about dead before doing this. I had just put new tires on 8 months ago so paying to replace the sensors now didn't make sense. I can tell when a tire is low on air without a sensor telling me anyway. That flashing light is annoying. not anymore. Thanks again.

[@davidmpower86]

What kind of ground wire did you buy? Does any kind of ground wire work?

[@Yadiwaadu1]

I just did this today. 01/01/2023 Worked great. The only issue that I had was that they hid the wire block under electrical tape in the back of the larger wiring harness. it was completely wrapped in tape, so was hard to locate. But I did find it, cut and grounded the blue wire. Light is out!!!! Thank you.

[@Norco666]

and the car?

[@Yadiwaadu1]

@@Norco666 2019 Tacoma

[@kennyg572]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW THAT WAS THE BEST EXPLAINED VIDEO EVER!!!!

[@cesarreyes4913]

Thanks for the video you made it worked on my 2006 Tacoma crew cab TRD . I got off-road tires and wheels and I got the flashing light on my dash. I went to Firestone and replaced all 5 TPMs and the light was still flashing. I went back to Firestone and told them that the work they did , did not fix anything the light was still flashing. Firestone removed and refunded me back after 3 months . Story short thanks for your help.

[@bohdanked]

Nice video! On my '05 Tacoma this light stayed solid on since I bought it brand new. Dealership couldn't fix it, so I just ignored it. But recently it started flashing which is really annoying. I was considering to either put electrical tape over the light or remove the lightbulb, if that's even possible. But this fix much better, easier and probably more proper.

[@42itously]

Woohoo and thank you! +1 for it works on my 2006 V-6 Taco Base 4x4 with 400K+ miles. I've only been living with the TPMS light on solid for 300K+ miles when the first of all sensor batteries died and I am too frugal to buy new ones. Also +1 for someone who is going to use a tire gauge on a regular basis anyway, with or without sensors. All that's left is to get the goo off the dash lens from where I covered it many moons ago with electrical tape. Maybe I'll just leave the goo in place for sentimental reasons...

[@toyo-mania981]

Thanks, is good to know this procedure is useful.

[@salparadise2006]

Thank you so much, that light was driving me crazy! My truck came with aftermarket rims and i certainly wasn't buying sensors. 2006 by the way.

[@markvegajcb]

Great video especially the demonstration with the voltmeter and making the change reversible.

[@elmunecochannel7063]

I just did mine today 10/07/2023 and it work perfectly 😀 thank you so much for the video 🙏🏻

[@jeffbegor4421]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO

[@juanmorales1185]

Just did it with my 2007 Tacoma Base model. It worked !!!! Thank you!!!

[@toyo-mania981]

Glad it helped

[@alphabravocharlie2245]

I did exactly what he did and no luck!

[@mikecurry6847]

Hell yeah man I have an 07 and I'm going to do it right now

[@mikecurry6847]

@@alphabravocharlie2245 what year? '08 and up you need to spice 2 wires behind the hvac controls. In 05-07, the tpms modules expected no voltage which is why grounding it works. But after 08 and up, it expects like 5.3v _constantly._ In those later years of gen 2s you actually need to ground that wire _and_ pull off your hvac controls and splice 2 wires together. It's still a really easy project though

[@rrl0044]

@@mikecurry6847 Interesting. Just tried this on my '07 base model and the light just keeps blinking. I wonder if some trucks produced in the later part of '07 work the same way.

[@bradleysmith3963]

Thanks for making this video, I’ll be doing this project this weekend!

[@mtleach]

Worked for me too this morning on my 07 Tacoma. Thanks for the information and video.

[@PeterPounders]

I did this verbatim in my '07. Didn't work. Looked up a Tacoma forum and someone took the ground point and moved it to a 12v source (basically right next to the ground point) and this solved the issue.

[@mikecurry6847]

I'm not sure this works on all gen 2's. I'm pretty sure that 2008-2015, just grounding that wire alone won't work because the tpms module expects constant voltage. In those later models, I think you also need to splice 2 wires on a connector behind the hvac controls

[@apegasus9594]

Just grounding this wire did not work for me. Another video talks about doing this behind HVAC control as you mentioned.

[@wyattboutilier3717]

@@apegasus9594 can you send me a link to that video?

[@apegasus9594]

@@wyattboutilier3717 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWSxpmdoi5mtiLc think its this but i didnt do this. If u have soldering iron tske apart cluster and desolder bulb carefully.

[@jmbsmcdonald]

@@apegasus9594 Did not work for me either.

[@timlynd7330]

You'll just need to splice the blue wire into the red/white wire. Worked for my 08. This is the same procedure as the HVAC controls access, but much easier in this location. It's just adding 12v to the blue wire which turns off the TPMS light.

[@vin9114]

Thank you....... I have a 2006 Tacoma, and this worked great. Your video made this very quick and easy. 👍

[@robertpirog8222]

2011 taco. excellent vid. Had to connect blue wire to 12v

[@davidbrownlow5245]

Thank you Thank you and Thank you again my light has been on for probably ten years! Tire pressure sensor sare expensive and a difficult to install. I check my tire pressure every change of season the old fashion way and still works just fine.

[@BrentEdwards-i9f]

Didn't work for me but I stuffed the blue wire into the port with the red wire on the same wire harness like what was mentioned in an above comment and that worked for me.

[@jakefriesen8335]

I tried your trick blue wire into the red, and it worked. The other methods did not work, like the wires behind hvac controls. Mine is 2009 2.7L 5spd 4x4

[@kevrides5706]

Worked great on my ‘09 Sienna. Thank you!

[@GmanGggggg]

Hey, so for your Sienna it was the same procedure and color wire that you then connected to a ground point? I have an 08 Sienna I need to do soon. Thanks!

[@lalolujan9887]

tengo ese testigo parpadeando ,Mañana lo hare en mi tacoma xrunner 05,gracias por el video ,excelente aportacion.

[@jimbernard8964]

Nice. I'm going to do this. I'm not sure why you removed the two lower panels? It seemed like you got all necessary access from inside the glovebox space.

[@rfo1]

Excellent video--thanks a lot.

[@williamholt1337]

I have a toyota tacoma 2011 4cyl 2wheel my harness has the blue wire but the black wire is first then the blue wire the blue is in the same slot as your is but the black wire is different your black is in the third slot bthen mine do you think it will make a difference also what gage wire is the green wire you grounded thanks for your video can you please get back with

[@davidmpower86]

What kind of ground wire did you use? Any link?

[@laverdaosharalibres100unicidad]

Excellent video just yesterday I did it when I 👀 your video,

[@sheldongokool9173]

I recently installed newer rims and tires on my truck, however the only sensor remaining is in the spare tire (which) has good pressure, appreciate this information it works great for my situation, thank you 👍

[@mfmf3713]

Excellent Does this works on corolla 2018?

[@bodee1994]

What gauge wire did you use?

[@keeweeles]

Hi So after looking at this video I see my plug also has a black wire beside the blue and this trick didnt work. I worked out that this needed the 5v input to the blue wire that this video shows to ground. My Truck is a 2011 version and my wife's is a 2010 and they are the same plug with a black wire besides the Blue one so I'm guessing its a later version. What i did to fix it was i put a stepdown converter in line with the red /white wire in that same plug ( which is 12v) The converters are cheap and they stepdown from like 35v -about 1.5v there is many types but the one here on amazon are adjustable so you can adjust the output on the blue pot. If you connect the Negative input to ground and The positive to the red/white wire you can adjust the output to 5.5v. Then just connect the output positive to the blue wire on the plug and the light will turn off. This works with the plugs that have the extra black wire to the left of the blue wire on the plug. The output 5.5v negative you don't have to connect to ground as it has its own internal ground. I think its easier than trying to get to the sending unit behind the radio etc.. Worth trying as it worked for me rather than grounding it and i have a few stepdown converters laying around.:) Hope it helps Link below.. these are good for a few things . www.amazon.com/Queta-Converter-Efficiency-Stabilizer-Transformer/dp/B08G4GYNL6/ref=asc_df_B08G4GYNL6/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459618435588&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16392551604780830677&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9029699&hvtargid=pla-988315652798&psc=1 or www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQGMOKI?ref=vse_pfo_vwdp&th=1

[@chrisclifford4109]

Worked on my 2006! Thank you

[@erniecisneros5450]

You’re amazing!!!!!

[@majesusorozco1431]

Felicidades felicidades buen trabajo

[@Allpro770]

Worked for me, i have a 2006 Tacoma 4x4 double cab

[@lsalas16]

It worked. Thank you.

[@reaperrt1019]

07 Tacoma. Did not work! Comments suggested connecting the blue wire to the red wire. That didn’t work… BUT I tried the red/white wire and it worked. Think it requires a constant voltage not to be grounded.

[@aliabtahi2313]

i need wire colors for Toyota 2014 Camry LE for splicing

[@1reycar]

I very much appreciated your help. thank You!!!

[@tizkizzy]

This totally works! Thanks buddy 2006 4x4

[@On1812]

Is this just for the spare tire or for all tires to disable?

[@1Rigo]

Thanks man,this worked on my 2006

[@samanderson1932]

Heads up this mod will NOT work on 2013 (and I'm guessing '14 and '15, possibly '12) Tacomas. For those models, use this mod: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWSxpmdoi5mtiLc . I tried both, wound up putting my blue glove box wire back together and digging out the TPMS module itself from behind the heat/AC controls, and splicing the blue wire into the red striped one. If you do this glove box mod first, and then do the splice at the tpms module, it will NOT work. The blue wire behind the glove box must be connected for the splice behind the HVAC unit mod to work (another reason to add connectors like OP did). Unfortunately, that mod requires you to pull the whole dash apart, but if you're patient, it is not all that hard. My TPMS light is finally gone for good!

[@jakefriesen8335]

Grounding it did not work on mine. I ended up connecting that blue wire to the red wire, in the next prong. 2009 2.7L 5spd 4x4. Connecting the ones behind hvac didn't work either, but i have it done any way.

[@joshuaolson7105]

Did this cause any issues? I'm very unfamiliar with electrical. I tried to do what the video stated and none of that worked for me as well. So I tried what you did and it worked

[@jakefriesen8335]

@@joshuaolson7105 no it didn't cause issues

[@chrischambers5200]

this worked Great!!! Thank you.

[@jamespolucha8790]

How did you figure this out, I’m going to try it tomorrow morning, that light has been bugging me for a year and the reset button doesn’t do anything, thanks for this video

[@stansbruv3169]

Thanks bruv. Well done.

[@leskish7718]

Very good and clear directions. Unfortunately it didn’t work on my 2010 Tacoma. The light just stayed on, so I reconnected everything to the original wiring (blue wire). My only regret is the time wasted👎

[@fathead657]

I believe 2008 or 2009 and up need to see 5volts not be grounded

[@FlatOutBroke]

I had the same problem on mine, it needs to see a positive current on ours so I ran a jumper from another 12v lead on the harness and the light is gone

[@JohnnyDickinson-ls6yp]

@@FlatOutBroke can you please explain what you did so I can copy it? This mod didn’t work on my 2012 Tacoma

[@jmbsmcdonald]

Did not work on my 2009.

[@gabers1]

Did not work on my 2010 tacoma. I do not have any tpms installed in my tires. I’m not sure if it won’t work because of this but this is my experience. Light is still on.

[@clintgroom8213]

Didn’t work on my 07, so I just pushed it into the hole with the red wire and it worked.

[@noesanabria7042]

I tried doing this today but it didn’t work.Any help???

[@midwit]

Did not work on my 2008 DC. I verified the signal with multimeter but grounding it did not disable the light.

[@clintking478]

It worked for me on my 06 tacoma!!!

[@R3nat002]

I wonder if using just a tap on the wire instead of splice would work

[@warrenlucier5796]

No, you have to break the circuit and ground it. Depinning at the connector and making a jumper wire with a pin on one end and a ground ring on the other end would keep the original wire available for a clean reconnection if ever desired. If you can't make the jumper, get someone to make it and install it.

[@iMoNsTruO]

Hi, I saw your video how to turn off your TPMS light from the dashboard. It was great, but can you do a video? How to turn off your abs light permanently from dashboard. I paid Firestone Shop to diagnose it and they couldn't figure out my issue. They replaced all sensors and harness. I don't really care about the abs system, im an old experienced driver. They suggested to take my 2011 Tacoma to the Dealer Toyota auto shop but it could become very expensive thanks. Hablo español.

[@neilbryan7070]

Nice! I'm on it now...

[@JosephB-d1c]

Does not work on my 2015 toyota tacoma, light still on, cut blue wire in half & grounded it

[@joeytompkins3722]

Didn't work on my 14 v6

[@eddyellsworth5544]

It’s works!

[@bobbyrainey8158]

It doesn’t seem to work on my 2008 Tacoma

[@thefleaflop]

great job... Thankyou. Where are wires for a 2011 scion xB??

[@JCOHN100]

Will this work for a 2005 Tundra? Does it have the same wiring configuration? Thanks.

[@eddytorres8586]

Didnt work for 2015 tacoma 😢

[@CodySR96]

Didn’t work now the light is blinking instead of solid on

[@griffittsgarage]

This didn’t work on the 08 I’m working on :/

[@Ran-tj2wy]

Well done

[@TariebiRobinson]

I tried this it didn’t work for me…..in my case the light wasn’t flashing it was solid, when i cut the wire the lights started flashing connected to ground solid light display still on…

[@bruceullman4769]

Sure didn't work on my 2009 Tacoma. Another KZbinr said to either connect the blue wire you highlighted to 12v or connect other part of blue wire to ground. I followed your instructions.

[@davbutcher]

Didn't work on my 2013 Tacoma, I've put 12V instead of ground the blue wire and it work

[@mr.rogers5586]

Brilliant

[@r.t.1659]

Good video, although it didn't work for my 2007 Base Model Tacoma. I spliced the red/white wire and the blue wire you are talking about and the TPMS light went off. Just in case someone is having the same issue.

[@alextu6158]

Did you do this from the same connector? And when you said you spliced them did that mean you connected them?

[@r.t.1659]

@@alextu6158 yes the same connecter. And I actually just shoved the blue wire into the where the red wire goes in and taped it up- if that makes sense. If you wanted, I could email you a picture.

[@awpinkpanters]

@@r.t.1659 Please send a picture

[@r.t.1659]

@@awpinkpanters what's your email? (I see you are a preacher from your page. I pastor a church in NC)

[@javierpartida9322]

@@r.t.1659 sent me a picture cant get it plz

[@zijie-he]

why?

[@Ginoinny]

The reason it’s Blinking is because one of the batteries in the TPMS is low

[@jimbernard8964]

Or, like me, you don't have any sensors in your rims.

[@Hani777]

2x

[@ryanj3986]

Did this. My solid light turned into a blinking light . Didn't work

[@pedroneil2054]

Mine to

[@epride38]

why dont you just remove the fuse for tpms

[@garoju311]

What is the fuse position I could not find one in the manual nor internet

[@johnpapadogiannakis2007]

this method does not work on my tacoma 2008

[@nobodyschild967]

Yup....one of thee most annoying & useless "dummy light". What happened to checking tires manually?

[@Humblebob1961]

Did not work on my 2006 Tacoma…..well done

[@carlosdhz85]

Didn't work on my 2011.

[@dudgeon6]

Update, doesn't work on Tacoma 2015, tried today, but no change.

[@rickg4057]

Hope this works..cuz Im gona do it..

[@anthonysarno5503]

TPMS is the most unreliable piece of crap that Toyota has ever released. Shame on you, Toyota!

[@GaryGill-c6q]

I have 2009 Tacoma this didn’t work for me.

[@shawnf77]

I just tried exactly how he did it. And it did not work on my 07. Don't waste your time.

[@clintgroom3232]

put wire into slot with red wire. that worked for me

[@reaperrt1019]

Just tried it and it also didn’t work. Took Clint’s advice and put it in the red/white wire and it’s now off.

[@reaperrt1019]

@@clintgroom3232 the red one didn’t work for mine. I put it in the red/white. Let’s hope it doesn’t jack something up. Just tired of that dang light. Lol thanks buddy.

[@laverdaosharalibres100unicidad]

Excellent video just yesterday I did it when I 👀 your video,

[@highwayexplorer]

What gauge size wire is that ground wire you used?

[@rickgarza1041]

Did not work on my 2008 Tacoma TRD sport

[@rodneyhamilton7395]

Does not work on 2012 Tacoma SR5