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TPMS Replacement Sensors

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Had a TPMS error flag up on my 2019 XV, diagnostics show that the Offside front sensor needs replacing.
Spoke to my not so local dealer and no stock expected in UK till end of December, and priced at just short of £70 per sensor. 
Has anyone had their sensors replaced with a non Subaru TPMS sensor and did it work fine, if so which ones did you buy? 

Cheers

Solved by norfolkRX

  • 3 months later...


The TPMS sensors have batteries that only last 5 to 6 years and which aren't garage replacable so you have to buy a whole new sensor - a real rip-off. Subaru don't make these sensors, they re-badge Schrader ones and mark them up. Do your own research, but I believe the Schrader 3076 is probably the one used on used on recent Subaru - they are half the price of the 'genuine' Subaru ones. My go to garage says they 90% sure they'll be able to program the one I've bought as a test when I get it serviced at the end of the month - the nearest Subaru dealer want £500 to change all 4 !! BTW if the battery(s) are fine but on the way out, they will still trigger the TPMS warning when the weather is colder than 10C as I've found out with the recent mild weather.

  • 1 month later...
  • Solution

Just had that service and TPMS warning light still showing . . . grrrr. My Ediag scanner shows they replaced a different sensor to the one that Ediag flagged up - so it seems both rear sensors were on the way out - maybe the distance to the wireless rear sensors is greater than to the front sensors so they're the ones to go first. Dropped into local STS Tyre Pros (no connection to me) and they changed the other faulty sensor with a non-OEM one and still managed to get the onboard system to accept it. So if I needed to get all 4 sensors replaced it would be £320 fully fitted rather than £500 at the Subaru dealer !!

Apparently if the TPMS light is showing when you get an MOT, it's a fail !!

I understand that TMPS originated in the US where they worked out some large percentage of drivers were involved in accidents as a result of under inflated tyres?

On a similar note, while I was waiting for my TPMS to be fixed, three clowns came into the garage wanting them to repair 2 tyres that were below the legal limit - the garage refused.

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