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Hello everybody I recent bought new wheels and had them installed with new tpms sensors at pepboys but they do not work and after bringing them to bmw they said 2 are low battery and the other 2 aren't reading, they quoted me 850$ to have new ones put on which is crazy. If I buy after market ones such as these is it just plug and play as in get them installed reset and go or is there more to it?
I have a 2015 xdrive model https://www.autorimshop.com/bmw-m235...SABEgJFQ_D_BwE |
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04-06-2018, 07:12 AM | #8 |
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Isn't this the same Pep Boys who tore up your tire? I think it's time for you to just get as much of a refund as you can and GTFO. I bet if you took all the hours you've wasted on this, times your hourly wage at work, that even the $850 from the dealership would start to be a fair deal.
And FWIW, Tire rack has these too - probably not bargain basement, but they were about the same as what the local Autozone had listed (not that I'm going to Autozone for parts like this). I got these w/ my winter wheel set and they continue to be doing fine after 3 very harsh winters (accuracy matches my good pressure gauge, no error codes). |
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I bought mine for my aftermarket wheels from ********* - make sure you check your production date when you look up the part number for the correct model of sensor.
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I ordered winter wheels and tires with TPS sensors from Tire Rack a few years ago when I purchased my car new. Swapping is easy. I just do a reset in iDrive every time I switch from summer to winter and winter to summer - easy peasy. BWM is great because they read and report all four wheels. Some manufacturers only report "low pressure" so you don't know if it's a lower pressure tire or a bad sensor or reader and which one(s), so you could have one or more low pressure tires or bad sensors or readers and then have to determine which one(s) need attention, which can be a pain. This happened to my daughter with her Hyundai. Tire pressure was okay so we know its a bad sensory(s) or reader(s) but we haven't been able to identify which one(s).
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04-08-2018, 08:16 PM | #14 |
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Not sure what you're asking Ken. Your M235i came with a TPMS and monitors in all 4 wheels, so no reason to retrofit.
If you put different wheels on with the correct sensor for your model year, then as already stated, reset your system in the iDrive. |
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