Currently on my 3rd Saab wagon with a new V60 XC T5 coming next week. On my Saab when I swap the summers out for the winters I either dismiss the TPMS failure message out every time I start the car, or I plug in the Tech2 clone I bought to tinker with the car and delete the module that supports the TPMS, then re-add it in the spring.

So, on my new Volvo, when I put winters on with no TPMS what will the nag screen do? Can I dismiss it and will it leave me alone or is is something that will drive me mad? If I put sensors in the winters can I enroll them myself or do I have to drive in to the city to the Stealership and pay them? I'm sort of opposed to paying a shop (and more so wasting the time to go in there and wait...) for something that takes me 20 minutes to do and requires pretty much zero skill. I'm hoping the Volvo is more owner-friendly than the Saab, where you need to buy the same Tech2 tool the garages use to do anything at all.

Looking forward to the new V60. Still love my Saabs but it was time, and I felt inclined to support the Swedes again, compared to the A4 and the 3 series.

 

From my manual:
"If wheels without TPMS sensors are mounted
on the vehicle, TIRE PRESS SYST
SERVICE REQUIRED will be displayed
each time the vehicle is driven above
25 mph (40 km/h) for 10 minutes or more."

You can dismiss the message EACH time, but for me that would be annoying.

I believe you have to have a Volvo dealer enroll the new sensors. Once enrolled, you can recalibrate them as needed.

 

Thanks for the reply.

So I can have the sensors from the winters added to the car once and after that it will recognize both sets, so I can swap at will?

 

Correct.

 

That car might not even have sensors. They changed the TPMS system recently. I'm not sure what they are using on the 2016s.

 

TPMS are on the 2016 V60...
Check Volvo's Online V60 Manual:
http://support.volvocars.com/en-CA/c...a801e80019ab1c

 

Right. But there are two systems. One uses the wheel speed to determine if a tire is low. It has no tire pressure sensors.

 

Does the new car have metal valve stems? if so, that's the easy sign the you have the TPMS sensors in the wheels. You can have after market TPMS sensors installed in your snow rims, you just need to get the correct transmitter frequency (varies by model/year). With that said, Volvo changed mid 2015 from the TPMS (with in wheel sensors) to a "tire monitor" system on select models. The tire monitor system relies on the ABS sensors to detect when one wheel is rotating differently from the rest (a throw back to the way my wife's 2004 Highlander works) to flag a suspect tire. The drawback of the no sensor system is that you won't get a read out of the individual tire pressure values and you will need to recalibrate when changing wheels to reset the system parameters. Another disadvantage is you may get a false alarm when driving in heavy snow that cakes on the tires (this happens in our Highlander). The advantage is you won't need to buy a second set for your winter tires or need replace the sensors at $50-100 a pop when they fail every few years (particularly if you drive salty winter roads which corrode the valve stems).