Tpms replacement

[j200george]

Apparently The tpms sensors battery dies after a number of years, who knew? Well I didn’t mainly because I’ve never had a 7 year old car before I guess.

A trip to parts at Merc tells me they are £65 a corner. (Not sure if that was a vat inclusive price).

My local trusty tyre place suggests I need three and they supply and fit for £85 a corner. No doubt the fourth will fail shortly.

Any thoughts or advice? Online there are lots of cheap varieties, anyone done this themselves? Getting the tyre off the rim and making sure the new valve is sealed correctly would be the challenge I guess.

I’m going to take the car to another fitter to compare costs and whether they diagnose the same three sensors as faulty today before shelling out £255.

 

[Steve B]

Not had it yet, but have similar age MP. Interested in your findings.

 

[j200george]

Seems a thing, if I could get the tyres off the rim and ensure the new valve was sealed properly I’d do it myself but not sure it’s worth the hassle.

Part number = A4479050500

They use a scanner to connect to each tpms sensor and determine if it’s good or bad. I do trust my local place but odd that my car is showing only one reading is missing and I’m being told that three are needed. Thus I am going to shop around and see what others say.

As ever there are OEM and third party options and prices vary widely.

 

[Rm15427]

Just had a similar experience with my E220d estate, yesterday.Car is 9 years old.
Similar prices quoted at Mercedes and local tyre shop.£78 fitted per sensor
Used ChatGPT and it’s come back with an after market Hamaton EU-pro that are precoded, so no setup required. £124 for the 4. Appear to have a good write up. Can order from ukpartsdirect .
These are for an E220 W213, so Marco prices may differ.
I have just ordered
Too early to say but worth a look

 

[j200george]

I hate swearing on here and let’s hope the moderators don’t give me a ban but I’m going to pop into kwikfit tomorrow for another opinion. No doubt they’ll try and upsell me and try and get me to buy a new set of shocks, springs and an exhaust system.