TPMS sensors - yes or no

[grfo]

My 2007 didn't have the wheel sensors when I bought it a couple months ago.

The alerts are really annoying.

If it were your truck, would you spend the $240 (I'm estimating) to get 4 sensors off of Rockauto and having my tire guy install them?

 

[MotorCityFats13]

I currently have bad sensors, they broke off and started flopping around inside the tire causing balance issues, when ever a tire needs replacing I have decided to replace tire and remove the sensor..... even with the lower priced TPMS options I dont want them anymore and its just not worth making that one light turn off..... im more old school and I look at my tires before I go for a drive and dont need a system doing this for me

so.... not worth my $100-$150 extra

 

[SixPonies]

When the battery died this summer in one of the original OEM sensors on my 2010 Sport Trac, I replaced them all with a set of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E4I089G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[michael loibl]

Wow, hard for me to believe I still have all four original sensors working on my 2006 Explorer. Only time I get a malfunction light is when I install the steel spare which does not have a sensor, And I get the low tire pressure warning whenever one or more gets below 27 psi

 

[07EddyB]

I'm running the OEM sensors on my 2007 also. Hard to believe they are still functioning considering that there is a battery involved. Oddly enough - they've never actually done anything for me. I have a garage and an air compressor so the tires get looked after. I actually let air out of one of the tires years ago just to test them.
If they go - I'll probably look at bypassing them.

 

[Tech By Trade]

You can buy stem style aftermarket for about 30 each on eBay. I run a set on my winter tires. Orange electronics.

 

[jplinville]

I'd replace them, because the light would bug the hell outta me

 

[Christobal65]

I currently have bad sensors, they broke off and started flopping around inside the tire causing balance issues, when ever a tire needs replacing I have decided to replace tire and remove the sensor..... even with the lower priced TPMS options I dont want them anymore and its just not worth making that one light turn off..... im more old school and I look at my tires before I go for a drive and dont need a system doing this for me

so.... not worth my $100-$150 extra

I hope you are doing more than just looking at them. Visually checking a tire may not tell you it's under inflated. I doubt most people could recognize the difference between 35psi and 27psi by just looking at the tires. Typically by the time a tire is low enough to be visible it's well under the point where a TPMS system would trigger the light on the dash. You have already lost a significant load carrying capability by the time the dash light comes on.

 

[jtexplorer]

It depends on how hands-on you are with your vehicle and maintenance. If you are the kind of guy who waits until you see a light on your dash, then you bring it to the respective service department, then I think you should keep the TPMS functional. If you are like me, and you a) maintain your vehicle meticulously, and b) check/replace things regularly without any reason to believe they are malfunctioning, then I would honestly pull the bulb out of the TPMS lamp.

All electronics fail eventually, so if it isn't mission-critical, I opt to eliminate it.

 

[grfo]

I bought these
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E4I089G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Total $105

Got them installed for $67 at NTB who installed my tires a month ago.

Thanks for all the input on this - I really appreciate it!

 

[SixPonies]

I bought these
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E4I089G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Total $105

Got them installed for $67 at NTB who installed my tires a month ago.

Thanks for all the input on this - I really appreciate it!

Those are the same ones that I installed.

 

[grfo]

I went off your recommendation SixPonies, thanks!

 

[MotorCityFats13]

I hope you are doing more than just looking at them. Visually checking a tire may not tell you it's under inflated. I doubt most people could recognize the difference between 35psi and 27psi by just looking at the tires. Typically by the time a tire is low enough to be visible it's well under the point where a TPMS system would trigger the light on the dash. You have already lost a significant load carrying capability by the time the dash light comes on.

maybe not but I can tell the difference between 44psi and 25psi using 4 of 5 of the human senses.....

 

[Christobal65]

maybe not but I can tell the difference between 44psi and 25psi using 4 of 5 of the human senses.....

Smell, touch, taste, and sound?

 

[MotorCityFats13]

Smell, touch, taste, and sound?

sight, smell, taste and touch..... haven't learned how to hear PSI as of yet with just a quick walk around inspection

 

[Tech By Trade]

I bought these
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E4I089G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Total $105

Got them installed for $67 at NTB who installed my tires a month ago.

Thanks for all the input on this - I really appreciate it!

That is a great price, Install isn't bad either.

 

[grfo]

I'm getting tire sensor faults periodically. I took it back into my tire guy, everything checks out ok. Any ideas??

 

[Tech By Trade]

Did you muck with the tire pressure? I think you get + or - 5psi from where they are set.

 

[grfo]

Does the TPMS system expect the sensor to be present on the SPARE TIRE?

When I was looking thru Forscan I noticed there are PID's for the spare time on the TPMS system,....

 

[Tech By Trade]

Don't think so. When you train them there is only an option to do 4. you work your way around the 4 wheels and on the 4 it beeps and the display says tpms learned. I don't think there is a sensor in the spare.