Troublesome Ford Tire Pressure Monitor Faults Tip 

Ford must really hate this video 😂 . 8 years and you have saved so many people from spending hard earned dollars .BIG thank you , worked for my 2016 F150

9 years after you post your video it solved the issue on my 2012 Fusion. Thanks for all of your FoMoCo related content, you are on top of your game!

7 years after the upload and this video is still helpful unplugged my phone charger which I bought from at&t and it went away in less than a quarter mile thanks so much for this info

This guy is like "the best, of the best, of the best, with honors" in the Ford mechanic world.

I never comment on anything but I jumped out of bed to try this one before going to work and I was floored. Unbelievable. Thank you man!

I thought this was absurd when I first watched it... I couldn't have been more wrong, and my cheapy item was a cigarette lighter to double usb charging station. Had just put some new aftermarket wheels on my F150 and only knew that they had sensors in them but just figured they were the wrong ones after several failed attempts to train them. Was going to shell out almost $200 for new sensors and installation soon and just happened upon this video. Although it could be many things as Makuloco says, give this tip a try, it saved me so much just in time alone. Got in my truck and unplugged the usb charger as I joked to my wife what this bafoon on RU-vid said could be the problem....waited for the flashing light and information panel to indicate sensor failure as I would see every day.... We were driving down the road laughing and the sensor failure never happened again. Guess I'm the bafoon this time :-) Thank you FordTechMakuloco.

You are my absolute hero! Had the same situation with a crappy cell phone charger. This video saved me hundreds of dollars misspent on getting something replaced/repaired that was not broken. Thank you!!!

HOLY CRAP!! Thank you sooo much!! My sensor came on today, so I took it to Big O for some air, and was going to just wait til I could afford to take it back for repair. But then I decided to do a little research, and came across your video. I immediately took out my charger, and VOILA! The sensor fault light went out! You saved me $$$$$, and for that I'm totally grateful!!.

I am so glad this video has stayed here. This explains why the light only sometimes comes on, and only after I've been driving for 20+ minutes. THANK YOU!!!! I will be trying no charger today.

Seriously!!! Thank you so much for this!!!! I didn’t believe you and as soon as I unplugged the cigarette lighter charger (while I was driving) the alert on my dash disappeared! I cannot thank you enough for posting this! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

You are my hero! My wife added a FM stereo / Bluetooth module to her 2004 Expedition. That day we lost the keyless entry and the TPMS. Did not think of them as the same issue but within 10 seconds of you saying they broadcast a signal it hit me like a ton of bricks. I paused the video and fired up the rig and pulled the FM/BT module and presto all was right in the world. Thanks for getting this out there keep it up!

Nailed it! Took the crappy charger out and sure enough the fault message disappeared! Thank you! We were stressing as we head out on a 3 State camping trip with our camper in tow.

I was on a road trip yesterday and about half way through started getting the tpms fault message on the dashboard of my 2012 Escape. Didn't even think about it till watching this video, but at the rest stop just before it started I had bought a cheap phone charger! After watching this video I went out, pitched the charger and drove around the block -- no error! Good stuff!!

I just wanted to thank you for this video! My tire pressure sensor fault light came on and after listening to you talk about cheap chargers I realize that I had recently purchased one and it was about the time that my light came on. I remove the charger and within one minute the light went off and now I'm having no trouble. I want to thank you for saving me a lot of money and this video you made is excellent!

I just had my sensor fault come on for the first time. I immediately googled it, found this video and decided to unplug my charger.not even 5 mins later and my sensor is off! You're the man! Thank you for sharing!

Hey, turns out i was getting MASSIVE interference from my mother-in-laws body in the trunk. Removed the body and the rear half of the car is back online! Thanks guy!

A week before I had the snow tires put on, I noticed the message on the dash of my 2010 Mustang. I mentioned it when I took it to the dealer. The mechanic swapping the tires said there was no problem he could detect. This video explains why. Thanks for posting this video. Super job.

I have been fighting this for 6 months before I found your video. After 20 minutes, I would get a message on the dash saying "TPMS Sensor Fault Error". Let it set for a few hours and again it takes 20 minutes for it to show up again. As best I can remember, this started about the time I installed a different dash cam that used a cigarette light plug for power, same as a cell phone charger. I removed the power source and voila, the problem went away. I can't thank you enough for this tip.

I 'd like to thank you very much for your adorable tip. You've fixed the biggest problem we had so far with our Acura TSX. We've got all the lights on in the middle of the highway, and we were very scarred. We didn't know what to do, and there was a long way home. After we got home, but couldn't fix it any way. All specialists recommended us to change all the sensors, which was kind of expensive. Everything became well after we removed the phone charger. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

This guy is a genius! I'm driving along trying to figure out why this tire sensor error message came on and I took out the new 5.99 cent charger that I just bought and the sensor went off

I have a 2010 f150. This fault came on, I had stopped at a gas station to get something to drink, and decided to look up this issue. In the 15 minutes it took to get to my house after unplugging my phone from the charger, the fault went away. You sir are a life saver.

Thank you! My wife & I were on vacation & stopped at two tire repair shops and both said all 4 tire pressures were good. The alert continued to go off & on our trip & we finally saw your video on our drive home! Once we removed dual phone charger from cigarette lighter, the alert immediately disappeared! Only wish we'd have seen your video sooner!! Thank you again!!

I took your advice and unplugged my daughters aux cable. A couple of start/stop cycles and it’s fixed. Probably reset itself, just like you said. I’ve watched a few of your videos and really appreciate you sharing your wisdom to us!!!

Dude you are good at what you do. Thank you so much for this content! The blinking! And tire pressure sensor fault notification popped up on my dashboard. I have asked other mechanics about it and they said I probably needed a new sensor etc etc. I click on this video and, after being subjected to know irritating music or stupid jokes or distracting bologna, you get straight to the point. I unplugged my phone charger and BAM! The light turns off, problem solved. Give a master class on how to make effective car maintenance videos. My only regret is that I can't subscribe more than once

Absolutely crazy, I got this tire senore fault message on my 07 Explorer on the way to work, I saw this video and with every doubt that it would work i removed my phone charger and literally a day later the light goes away and never came back. This man is a genius

Thank you so much! I just put the charger in the car this morning and the fault came on. I thought I was going to have to take it in to the shop again. So glad I came across your video!

Second video that I watched and immediately after unplugging the phone chargers the light went off and never came back on during our 9 hour drive. Thanks!

I was running my 2008 Escape today on a 3-hour road trip with a Charger Doctor plugged into a 5v USB voltage regulator I had previously installed. The Charger Doctor is a cheap little device which monitors the regulator output and any current drawn by a device plugged into it. This was the first time I drove the car for any distance with the Charger Doctor attached to the regulator output AND the first time I got the tire pressure monitoring system error. I seriously doubt this is a coincidence. Your video most likely just saved me a lot of troubleshooting. THANKS!

Nailed it! Thanks man! My wife got a flat yesterday and put her spare on. Today the light came on (and flashed, then solid) after she had driven a ways, and she called me panicky. I told her it was probably just because she had the spare on, but I didn't really know the root cause. Thanks again!

Oh, my gosh! I am so glad I found this video through a search. My tire pressure fault sensor about drove me crazy on my trip to Massachusetts and then to Virginia. And, guess what? I was using my phone as my GPS, and using a plug in charger....likely a cheapie. I've taken my 2008 Ford Escape to two shops which couldn't get it to replicate the problem. Guess what....No charger would have been plugged in. Thank you a million times over for this fix.

I have an '07 Expedition. My tire pressure sensor fault light came on. I watched your video and after watching it, I saw my daughter had left her car charger plugged in. I unplugged it, and less than a minute later the light came off. THANK YOU!!!

This 100% worked for me and my ford fusion. Thank you so much for posting this and it being an easy fix!

This is an amazing video!! He explained everything so well!! I literally just watched a different person that had the same title and he didnt explain at all why it happened or the cause of it. This guy did an amazing job at explaining it. Thank you so much.

Wow. Awesome info. Been having this problem for past two days. And just happened to plug in a car charger over the weekend... Will unplug and try it again!

This video saved me so much time and frustration! Who knew a cheap little phone charger could interfere with such an important vehicle system!

Just got a cheep charger and it was the problem with my Ford Escape 2008 TPMS sensor failure. Thanks for the video it saved us time and money.

I just bought a 2010 Ford F150 Platinum and everything was great, I drove up to get my kids and about half way back I got them a cheap charger and 20 minutes later the TPSM came on. I thought I ran over a nail or something, I checked all the tires and they where fine, When we got back home and they took there IPADS out of the car the TPMS fault went away. Well long story short I came across this video and when we where driving back up the fault came on and I pulled the charger out and the fault went away. Thank you because I was about to take the truck in and have it checked and I am sure they would have replaced my sensors. You saved me a ton of $$$$.

Thank you so much for this video! For sure my charger is going in the trash! i was driving in the freeway with my family and gave us a scare! Thank you!

Thanks for posting. Makes sense! My local dealer was not able to diagnose and frustration levels were rising!

Super helpful video! I've replaced my VSM and all 4 of my TPMS sensors on my 2011 Raptor. Dealer was stumped. What they didn't know is I had a cell phone charger hardwired inside my dash feeding a dash mounted phone cradle. All good now... thanks!!!

Wow.... been having loads of trouble with 2010 f150....just watched your video jumped in my truck drove up the road and unplugged my phone charger and my tire sensor light went out within 20 secs. Thank you so much

FordTechMakuloco You sir are the man! I've researched countless videos about this subject and have so far not been able to rectify my problem. As soon as you mentioned interferanhce, It felt like I was literally slapped in the head. I am an amateur radio operator ( HAM ) and recently installed a new UHF/VHF radio on my vehicle. Thats when the problem started ( like the police vehicle ). I disconnected the power lead to my radio and the LTPM went off. I thought this was a fluke so, I re connected the power and BAM there it is the LTPM. I have since installed a few ferrite beads on the power lead and the problem solved. This tid bit of info will be passed along. Thank you for providing this knowledge. Saved me money and time....Oh by the way - 2007 ford edge awd

Agreeing with all of these comments. Having this intermittent problem right now with passenger front sensor - this is probably why and I am suspecting a USB cable. This Channel is THE BEST, especially for us Ford owners. Every time I Google or RU-vid search a question or a problem, FordTechMakuloco comes up, and always seems to perfectly explain the situation. I subscribed a while back and now find myself just binge-watching these videos to learn something new. Way better than PBS or Discovery Channel. :-) By the way, his shirt says "Brian" not "this guy", LOL.

I've gone nuts over this! Thank you so much! I pulled my 3.0 4 point phone adapter and the TPMS on the dash shut off right away. While I was looking at it. It's staying of. Thank you sooo much!

I have just had 2 sensors replaced truck out of the shop 1 day and it happened again going to pull our cell phone charger out my wife just put one in the truck and it was a cheaper dual charging one and we've started having problems not to long after we got it thanks so much your videos really help.

Great info - thanks so much for sharing! Just FYI - this same thing happened to me in my BMW 2010 - every day on my commute the tire sensor light would come on at the same location when I was passing a small local airport. Maybe RF interference.

2011 ford escape. . . I have a charger in it but it's not plugged in. Taking it to get the tires, new (installed Feb), rotated and pressurized before my long drive next week. This video is great, gave me peace of mind, lol. Thanks.

Great work getting the the word out regarding the car charger / TPMS interference problem.

You're the man. Been following for years and just found your channel again. Keep saving lives bud!

Thanks so much! Yesterday Id forgot to unplug and left the cheap charger plugged in all day. The sensor flashed. It's so very helpful to know it's likely nothing serious.

Thanks for the tip. I was getting a sensor fault on my 2009 F150. I own a security company and had put a tool box full of wireless sensors ( with batteries installed) in the back of my truck. After watching your video I thought that may be the problem. Sure enough. Took them out and haven't had a sensor fault since.

Excellent job, you saved me chasing my tail. I unplugged it when it happened and it worked awesome

Woooooooooooow soooooooo accurate. Did this while on a trip. Unplugged the car charger and 2 min after, boooooom . Tire pressure light turned back off. Thank you Sir 07 Ford Expedition EL

Had used a cheap dvd charger in my Ford Flex and the sensor fault light came on during the drive-(checked tire pressure in all four tires and it was good)-tried this-unplugging cheap chargers and restarting and the light went off! Thank you for saving me $ and time for such a simple fix!!!

It’s 2021 and you just solved my issue on my “new” 2009 F150 FX4... thank you!!

Thank you! I have a 2006 Ford Escape with a tire pressure sensor error that wouldn't clear, and this solved it. I had a cheap power inverter in the back seat area plugged in, and as soon as I unplugged it, the warning light turned off--and my stress level lowered to the normal operating range.

Thank you! Somebody left an umbrella in my back seat and it actually caused the low tire pressure fault. Didn't figure it out until I watched this.

Thanks for the info and the help your video just saved me lot of money. I purchased an energizer duel charger and would think it would interfere with my Tpms. I watched your video and haven’t had a problem since. Thanks again

Well damn. I'm sitting at the dealership waiting on the mechanic to come out. Took this $3 charger out and the sensor light turned off. Thanks alot. 2007 ford edge.

Thank you for this, I did what you said, pulled all of my cables out of the cab, and bam, my f150 was all good. Thank you again!

Very helpful! We just got a bluetooth/FM transmitter and started seeing the fault at the same time, but I didn't even think to make the connection until I saw this video. Hopefully choosing a different FM frequency will clear the fault.

Brother thank you so much for making this video!!!! Have a 2010 fusion, tpms fault prompted today as I was driving and charging my phone. Sure thing it was the little charger I bought. I unplugged it and within 30 seconds the fault went away.

it worked!!!! Drove around for 3 hrs without using my phone charger and the sensor fault error didn't show up. Thank you.

Thank U so much bro as soon as I unplug my charger the tire pressure monitoring system light went off. Appreciate your help

Glad I you tubed before going to buy sensors. Just bought 2013 f250 , no lights on dash for 3 hour ride home. Got things out of other vehicle into new to me ride (including my cheap-o charger) and short distance down the road and tpms fault comes on. Found this video, unplugged, and light goes away. YAYYY!!! thanks guy 👍

I wish I would of seen this video it would have saved me $250.00 at the Ford dealership and they still couldn't get the light off. wow thank you so much hopefully ppl see this video before they go out and spend money when it's something so simple.

Thanks +FordTechMakuloco I'm on the road right now and kept encountering this issue. we pulled out all the cheapy chargers and low and behold...no more problems

I had the same problem on my 2010 jaguar xf.. after resetting the fault code came back on next day and after watching this vedio I toke off the phone charger my friend gave me, after 15 minutes off driving the fault went away thank you very much you really save me alot of money)

First advise I got on this issue. That was one quick, cheap fix! Thanks so much for saving me time and $$$.

as a ford man from way back, really like the information in your videos! thanks.

Have a 2010 Ford Focus SE.... And because of this video I figured out that my cheap phone charger was blocking the signal... So thank you for that information

Thank you so much for this video. This solved my issue with all the faults I was having and spared me so much stress over it. Thank you!

Thank you so much! This helped my family with the problem

Thank you again brother. You have gotten me out of more than one jam. Not even 5 minutes ago, my car (2100 ford escape) started shooting this same code. First place I went to is your channel. Guess what, it was exactly what you're said. I had just purchased a cheap phone charger for my car from 7eleven. I unplugged it, and the issue went away. It was intermittent as well. Tha k you again. Now I need to solve another issue: how to remove a stripped oil drainplug on the same vehicle.

This is nuts! My TPMS has recently been coming on and off, in a way that appeared totally random. Spent over an hour at Les Schwab the other day, and they said the tires are in great shape, they couldn't figure out what was going on. After watching this video I realize this started right after I got a new, cheap, charger for my phone. I'll bet you that's what's going on. I'll be sure to unplug it the next time I take a trip longer than 20 minutes and see if that solves it.

Insane!! About 2 days prior to getting the error, I received a work phone and connected it to my cars Bluetooth. I unpaired it and keep Bluetooth off while driving and so far so good. I’ll come back if it pops up again. Thanks!!!

Ha ha, genius. Pulled the phone charger light went off 5-10 minutes later. Plugged it back in and there it came back on again 5-10 minutes. Problem fixed. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you so much! Really great videos Brian, all of them! You're definitely THE reference on Ford pickups. Super helpful tips!

Mark from AK - U are a very knowledgable young man. Knowledge is power!

I would have never thought of a charger. Thanks for sharing!

Pulled my pos cheap charger out and problem fixed. Thank you!!!! For great tip

In my 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid I get an erroneous Low tire Pressure warning every time I drive near a certain place (On the Westbound approach to the San Mateo Bridge in the SF Bay Area). I check my pressure but it's always fine. Thank you for this video, now people can stop thinking I'm insane for saying something is going on with this issue.

The TPMS alarm (in my '09 F150) has been annoying me for years, alarm comes in, goes away seemingly random, pressures all good... And when I take it to the tire store => no alarm, nothing to find or fix. I watched this video and added the information to my brain, but I didn't take any intentional action. We just completed a "quick" round trip to and from our other house (1000 mile round trip)....NO TPMS alarms the entire time.. what is different? We used the same USB cell phone chargers we always have... We left the (Magellan) GPS in wife's car and didn't take it with us... Brian I think you helped me inadvertently eliminate this annoyance.. THANX fella!!!

Wow this guy is a genius. This is EXACTLY what was wrong with my car. Ford Fusion and a FIFO charger. Go figure. The light reset almost immediately while I was driving.

I got the tire pressure warning a few days ago and check the tire pressure and it was fine. I was just on the way home charging my phone and it went on again I looked at this video and I have a cheap plugin while you were talking I unplugged it and within a minute the tire pressure went off thank you

Thank you! Phone charger was EXACTLY my problem!

Oh my goodness I tried this and it worked gave me the biggest chuckle great work man

Thank you so much for this video. It saved me a trip to the stealer! I had this problem the day I hooked up a parrot hands free kit. Any tips on how to prevent it??

Awesome man. As soon as you said interference from chargers I realized I put in a Bluetooth adapter right around the time I got the light. Pulled it out and it immediately went away!!! Thanks man.

Thanks for this post. Had a 2011 Malibu with this very issue. Person took the aftermarket charging cable with them and TPMS issue would go away. Hopefully, manufacturers find the workaround for this problem because cheap electrical devices and cables are not going away.

Thanks this helped a lot. 2015 f150 had it happens two different days. After watching this I realized both days it was happening I had plugged in my garmin gps.

Wow THANKS FOR THE ADVICE, we have a 2010 Escape, on the way back from a party 1 hour away, we were charging 2 cell phones from power ports and another cell phone was charging from a power bank. Unplugged and the devices and light went off within minutes. . Thanks a million!!!

You're the best. You're content is very helpful for me , as a Ford Escape 2010 holder. I've already fixed power steering assist fault, changed struts, stabilizers and spark plugs and now my FM transmitter went wrong. Thank you very much.

Honest ford master tech sharing his experience 👍

Good video Brian I'm actually working on a 2010 Crown Victoria has the police package and has a flashing TPMS sensor light it went to two other text and we have replaced the DDM in the ddma and it still will not go into training mode

Wow thanks so much! I unplugged my home depot USB charger and that fault went away!

Mine started after installing new wheels and tires from custom offsets. Keep retraining them with the little push button remote thingy and every morning at a particular spot on my way to work that damn fault light and tpms fault on dash and blinking light.

Great video man. Yes, it is the car charger. Thank You so much for your help.

Thank You for your advice. I have a situation on my 2005 Lincoln Aviator that is puzzling me. The passenger side window motor was replaced by the dealer and since then the auto up down feature stopped working. Manual up and down does works and I have tried several methods to correct this. Not much of an issue but as a hobbyist I have to fix this problem 🤣🤣 so I am reaching out to see if it is reparable maybe the unit is not compatible with this car.. Once again Thanks for the advice.

Mak is the goto tech...Wish he lived in my town...Thank you Mak...