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My question on the subject is can you let air out of the tire instead of using the relearn tool. On the Malibu they state in the owners manual letting air out of the tire or using the relearn tool works. The Malibu manual states you can activate the tire sensor by increasing or decreasing the tire pressure for about eight seconds.

You absolutely can use the pressure change method to re-learn the TPMS sensors.

 

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I will try this method of deflating the tire when I rotate.
I hope it works. This sucks to have to take back to the dealer for rotation.

Is there an aftermarket tool out there for purchase?

Do you rotate tire & then deflate? I assume for each tire.

Yes, get them into their final position, then do the re-learn process. You have to inflate/deflate the tires in the proper order for it to work correctly. Some times you have to sit there lettign the air out a little longer than youd expect, but it does work.

 

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+1 Just did mine too. Outside of the horn startling the crap out of me when I was doing the first wheel, it went perfectly.

 

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You are trying too hard. It is not really a matter of how much pressure or up/down. Its a matter of time and change. You only need to bleed off about 5-10 lbs or so, but it takes time for the system to take all the readings and sort things out. Here is what I do:

Initiate the sequence on the DIC. You will hear two honks letting you know to begin at the driver front wheel.

Go to the driver front wheel and bleed it off for about 15 seconds, then be patient. From the time you start bleeding it takes about 40 seconds before you hear the honk to say move on. You can bleed it down the whole time, but you do not have to.
Then you move clockwise around the car. Again, be patient, as it takes some time for the car to acknowledge the step you are at.
When you complete the process for the driver rear wheel it will honk once to acknowledge that wheel, then twice to tell you the process is complete. At that point you are good to go.

However, mine is an'11. And for soem reason the 11s seem to be more agreeable.