............... hoping that it's just a matter of getting the sensors to "wake up", as reading the thread some people had to wait quite a while after putting in new sensors before the tool would work; days sometimes, or even weeks. Hoping it's just this and not that the sensors are dead. I'll work on them a little more and give it some more time. If I don't see any results in a couple of weeks however, I'll have to look at getting some new sensors. Do you have a retailer you've had good luck with, or should I just order them from my local Ford dealership?
Been awhile but memory serving, I bought a set from a seller here on the forums... yeah I think that's what I did.
The "wake up" issue is what prompted me to replace them.
Previous years I'd drive around, then reattempt... eventually get them all to trigger.
Well, that year there was one that just wouldn't "wake up" or trigger. Didn't make sense to just replace one if the battery was done.
So that's when I bought another set from a seller here on the forum.
Tire people installed and synced with the vehicle.
Next season swapping between Summer/Winter tires, I had the same issue with "wake up".
That immediately told me that my original sensors were actually good.
I started placing the tool at the base of the stem inside the wheel, instead of the tire.
They all consistently triggered that way.
But this year doing the same thing, I couldn't get any to trigger.
For the first time this year I started using my OEM triggering tool (instead of the picky/weak/intermittent/DEFECTIVE Autel tool) and never had to "wake up" a sensor following storage.
They all trigger,
immediately with no fuss. Didn't matter if I had it at the tire or inside the rim.
Just to be sure it wasn't a "wake up" issue, I tried to reuse the defective tool and had the same non-functional experience.
(Well, on multiple attempts it did read one sensor but that was just once and couldn't get a repeat.)
If you're using an OEM trigger tool, test its battery voltage.. maybe it's low?