TIMS Warning Message on Instrument Panel - kw ABS calibration chime DIC display DTC information IP IPC lamp light module TIM

When servicing the vehicle with the VIN you entered, the following diagnosis might be helpful if the vehicle exhibits the described symptoms.

A customer may complain that a Tire Inflation Monitor System (TIMS) warning light is illuminated on the message center and cannot be turned off .

If a vehicle has a TIMS light illuminated on the IPC when equipped with ABS (JL9), TCS (NW9), and a base cluster (UH8), it will require to have the TIMS disabled using the Tech 2. Vehicles equipped as such are not supposed to have TIMS. If your Tech 2 has the latest software version of at least 23.011 or higher, you will be able to turn this option off. Build the vehicle in the Tech 2, select Diagnostics, Chassis, select 'ABS_TCS_TIMS', Special Functions, and lastly, 'Disable TIMS'.

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Please follow this diagnosis process thoroughly and complete each step. If the condition exhibited is resolved without completing every step, the remaining steps do not need to be performed. If these steps do not resolve the condition, please contact GM TAC for further diagnostic assistance. This diagnostic approach was developed for the vehicle with the VIN you entered and should not be automatically be used for other vehicles with similar symptoms.

(04 Buick Rendezvous and Pontiac Aztek)

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