Is replacing TPMS transmitters worth it? I think NOT

When I used a set of winter tires/rims with TPMS, I used an ATEQ QuickSet tool to learn, save, and re-load the correct summer or winter set of TPMS IDs.

 

i dislike toyotas (and others) insistence on black interiors. we were fortunate to find white in our '24.

 

Given the choices, I wanted the tan/brown, but the area distributor seemed to be ordering & allocating mainly black interiors. White interior shows dirt too quickly, especially red clay dirt.

 

The dark grey SofTex on the 2012 v Five has been bulletproof to stains.

 

we're very clean

 

No grandkids?

 

oh ya. i got a seat cover for the back, and they can't understand why we don't allow food and drink in the car anymore

 

No grandkids here but do not expect any either. One son married and the older one still single.

 

Inherited a 15 year old Prius last summer and dead TPMS sensors.

$100 Total: four OEM sensors for $40 from eBay and Discount tire installed /programmed them $60.

I leave it others to debate whether it is worth spending a single penny (or more) on tire pressure monitoring, however, I think it is cool tech and am OK with $100.

 

for a hundred, i'd do them all when i needed tyres

 

Or Walmart, $29 per wheel, fitted & synced.

 

I feel it is worth it to have a working tpms. Since they all go out eventually I bought the Autel MaxiTPMS TS508WF TPMS Relearn Tool and have replaced 6 on various cars. Replacing the bad sensors is pretty easy and I can do one in about 5 min now. I jack up the entire rear of my car and then I position a large steel pipe with a cap under my hitch receiver and drop the weight down on the tire(deflated) to break the bead near the bad sensor. That way the sensor can easily be removed and replaced. Just make sure everything is clean and I have had no problem doing it this way. Reprogramming is easy using the Autel tool and aftermarket sensors.

 

It is so easy and low cost that I can't understand the guys who refuse to repair a safety device that prevents blowouts on 20 psi tires but are willing to spend days and or $900 making egrs spotless.