i am about to have new tires and wheels put on and wondered how much new tmps sensors cost?

 

Tire place put my stock sensors into new wheels/tires today. Charged $75 to "re-program" and then said to drive 10 miles over 50 mph to pick up the sensors.

Wonder how I ever made it driving all these years with no TPMS.

 

WHAT?!!

How exactly did they re-program? I think you got robbed.

 

I just did all this two weeks ago....4 Wheel parts want $25 per wheel to put the stock sensors into the new rims.....Discount tire want $18 per wheel. And Kauffman Tire said they would do it for free. So I don't have to tell you who I went with and they also matched everyone elses price on the tires.

ALSO...When I asked about putting the sensors in the new wheels....the guy said it was federally mandated to put tpms sensors in new wheels IF the vehicle had tpms from the factory......well I don't know if that is true put I had them do it as they did not charge me. Get guys to deal with and I will go back when I need new tires.

 

I have driven about 20 miles in my new jeep with new wheels with NO SENSORS and still no light or anything!! I hope it stays that away.

 

It took 2 days for mine to realize they were missing. If someone pays to get the sensors reflashed / reprogrammed then they got ripped the sensors will “relearn” sometimes it takes a few day at varying speeds. As far as cost I got 5 for $80 off of Craigslist new they can get pricey I have seen the dealer charge $80 a piece

 

although i pretty much already know the answer to this, i'll ask anyway. can you band your current sensors or do you need to buy new ones specifically made for being banded?

 

Must be some super chip kind of device that costs the place a fortune so they have to charge $75 a pop?

Anybody else paying this kind of fee? Is it really complete bullsh$t??

Actually after re-reading an above post, it's less per tire than Discount Tire quoted a poster, but still curious what re-program is.

 

What if I have a 2007 and it didn't come with TPMS but I want it? Is it possible to buy it and is it crazy expensive if it is?

 

The stock TPMS sensors can be removed and the re-installed in most aftermarket wheels just fine. The shop you have it done at may charge a little more for the mounting/balancing because of the extra labor involved. There is NO NEED to "re-program" sensors themselves.

They will work the same as they did before. If your TPMS light comes on for a "low" psi situation then they will need to be run for about 15 minutes of driving after the "low" psi has been fixed for the system to recognize that all four tires are correctly inflated. Let's say you get a flat tire and the light comes on... then you replace the flat with the spare... it will take 15 min or so for the system to recognize that the tires actually spinning are all correctly inflated. The sensors in the valve stems transmit a signal to the TPMS receivers located at the end of each axle near the brakes.

However, if you run a lower psi than the factory recommends on the door placard then the TPMS light will come on in the dash. With the ProCal or Flashpaq you can re-program the threshold for the psi you wish to run on those bigger tires. I run my 35's between 28 and 30 psi, for example, and the placard inside my door jam says I need to be at 37 psi for the stock tires. With the Flashpaq I set the threshold to 26 and no more light in the dash.