TPMS Pricing-Activation Issues/Fees

[orr4ever]

I bought tire pressure monitoring sensors from Town Fair Tire for my Michelin Alpine PA3 winter tires for approximately $50 each but they were unable to activate despite trying three different sets of sensors over two months. This has caused my TPMS light to stay on.

They sent me to my local Massachusetts dealer and they were unable to activate them either. They are quoting me $103 per sensor and then $46 to activate EACH TIME I swap tires! The dealer says the issue with the sensors from Town Fair Tire are that they are after-market, not original Hyundai sensors. It is not clear to me whether the TPMS activation equipment at Town Fair Tire can activate these Hyundai sensors.

Has anyone else experienced this and what kind of pricing are you seeing for TPMS sensors and activation fees? If you have seen activation fees, are they one-time, or each time you swap tires?

 

[dg_moore]

Some posters here state that new TPMS sync automatically, and some have found that they do not. My Goodyear store, where I had my snow tires installed on new rims and balanced, told me they could not sync the TPMS, so I took them to my dealer (Goodyear did not try to install the wheels and sync the TPMS, but assumed that they would not sync automatically).

The dealer charged me $39 to remove summer tires/rims and install snow tires/rims (from Tire Rack - already mounted and balanced with TPM installed) and sync the TPMS. While I could do it myself, I'm happy to pay 10 bucks per wheel to have all four swapped. It requires removing everything from the trunk to access the jack, followed by a lot of jacking and lifting, and dirty work to boot.

 

[Cut-Throat]

On my 2011 Genesis, I replaced the tires and the TPMS worked fine - No adjustedment needed

 

[ctrcbob]

On my 2011 Genesis, I replaced the tires and the TPMS worked fine - No adjustedment needed

Ditto: Worked just fine with the original TPMS when tires were changed.

 

[dg_moore]

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[motorsportsauthority]

Wait. The tpms sensors are mounted onto the wheels. Unless they were careless and broke one or, there's absolutely no reason for buying new sensors. Well, unless you really wanted a secondary set. Changing tires only changed the air pressure "sensed" by the sensors. When properly inflated, the sensors are ok. It's the same concept as say you having a flat. Air it up and the light goes away. The factory sensors are still synced.

Moving over my sensors to the 22's from the factory wheels, we somehow damaged one. Bought a replacement from Hyundai for $100. Aired up the tire and drove not 50 miles when the sensor synced and the tpms light disappeared.

 

[motorsportsauthority]

Some posters here state that new TPMS sync automatically, and some have found that they do not. My Goodyear store, where I had my snow tires installed on new rims and balanced, told me they could not sync the TPMS, so I took them to my dealer (Goodyear did not try to install the wheels and sync the TPMS, but assumed that they would not sync automatically).

The dealer charged me $39 to remove summer tires/rims and install snow tires/rims (from Tire Rack - already mounted and balanced with TPM installed) and sync the TPMS. While I could do it myself, I'm happy to pay 10 bucks per wheel to have all four swapped. It requires removing everything from the trunk to access the jack, followed by a lot of jacking and lifting, and dirty work to boot.

That's a great price. Here's a secret though. Tpms sensors don't carry enough weight to throw your rims out of balance. So...all that's really needed is to break down the tire where the sensor goes, install the sensor, and reinflate the tire. IF the combo has already been balanced, itll stay balanced. We've done this several times and rebalanced to check. We charge slightly more but thats a great price.

 

[dg_moore]

That's a great price. Here's a secret though. Tpms sensors don't carry enough weight to throw your rims out of balance. So...all that's really needed is to break down the tire where the sensor goes, install the sensor, and reinflate the tire. IF the combo has already been balanced, itll stay balanced. We've done this several times and rebalanced to check. We charge slightly more but thats a great price.

A lot of people here have complained about dealer charges for various services. My dealer is great in that respect - they never try to sell me service I don't need, and their charges for the services they do provide are very fair. For example, I had them swap out my OEM steering wheel for a wood wheel from KAI - they had to remove the old wheel, swap all of the controls to the new wheel, and install the new wheel. Total charge $42.00. This is Ourisman Hyundai in Laurel, MD.

 

[motorsportsauthority]

A lot of people here have complained about dealer charges for various services. My dealer is great in that respect - they never try to sell me service I don't need, and their charges for the services they do provide are very fair. For example, I had them swap out my OEM steering wheel for a wood wheel from KAI - they had to remove the old wheel, swap all of the controls to the new wheel, and install the new wheel. Total charge $42.00. This is Ourisman Hyundai in Laurel, MD.

That's rare in a dealership. Great to hear!

 

[moose66]

A lot of people here have complained about dealer charges for various services. My dealer is great in that respect - they never try to sell me service I don't need, and their charges for the services they do provide are very fair. For example, I had them swap out my OEM steering wheel for a wood wheel from KAI - they had to remove the old wheel, swap all of the controls to the new wheel, and install the new wheel. Total charge $42.00. This is Ourisman Hyundai in Laurel, MD.

You have a dealer there that puts the customer first. Certainly builds loyalty credits! Some of these other shops need to take notice!

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[Turanacus]

@motorsportsauthority - I'm going to put the coupe wheels on my sedan, similar to what you did on your black Genesis. You mentioned that you put spacers on the front to clear the brakes, what size spacer? And do you have a recommendation on where to get the spacers? Thanks!

 

[motorsportsauthority]

I actually have my sedan wheels in my signature. Man...I need to take an updated picture. But the front wheels off the coupes will definitely not fit. I haven't had the time to go to storage and pull the rear wheels to see if they will. The offsets are just way to different. A spacer would work, but it's been a while since I test fitted them. I couldn't tell you what size spacer you'll need, but you should be able to buy spacers anywhere you can buy aftermarket wheels. Perhaps, I'll try to do them next week. We're slammed the rest of this week, sorry.

 

[Turanacus]

thought you'd be a good person to ask because I saw that you had posted pix of your genesis on the coupe wheels.

 

[marli]

I would think that when buying tires that they always install new valve stems and that in itself can be the cause for finding damaged TPMS sensors.

 

[NYCGPS]

a good tire shop should be able to change tires without damaging any TPMS sensor. if they somehow kill it, they should carry the cost of fixing it, not you.

I had at least 10 tire changes in the last 5 years at the same shop, they always put a note that my car(s) have TPMS sensor and they will be real careful when swapping tires.

I'm not sure what system Genesis(or Hyundai, in general) use, cuz my Mazdas (2 different Mazda) TPMS system are always auto detect. I have 3 sets of wheels and I just swap them around.

but my brother's Infiniti on the other hand, requires a "wake up" device for each new TPMS sensor. I guess it's just a way to "rip end users off", cuz only dealership have this "wake up device" (some big shop has them, but again, big shop = higher cost)

as for OP's dealership said that "these are not Hyundai's sensor thats why we can't activate them" I call that horse shit, simply because Hyundai does NOT make the TPMS sensor themselves; they got it off some other OEM. so any sensor that's designed around the same system will work. I hate how dealership people always assume that customers are morons.

 

[dg_moore]

...auto detect. I have 3 sets of wheels and I just swap them around. QUOTE]
Likewise - I have the original wheels with OEM sensors plus a set of aftermarket wheels with snow tires and aftermarket TPMS. The sensors are detected automatically when I swap wheels.

 

[sbdman]

Just had two tires replaced at a service station, and when I drove away, the TPMS light was on. Did some reading of synching and sensors breaking, and decided they broke one of the sensors during the replacement.
Talked with the manager and said if he changed out the two sensors on the wheels that he changed, and it didn't fix the problem, I'd pay, otherwise, it was his fault. Thankfully, he didn't take my bet, bought a sensor tester, and found one of the tires that wasn't replaced but rotated with one that was to be responding with a 75 psi signal, when the actual reading was 33! Still a mystery why after just moving the tire from front to back it would go faulty, but I had to thank him profusely for saving me big time - only $70 for the repair.

Guess that shows why he's the mechanic, and I'm not - surprised he would buy the tester for one problem, but I'm sure it can be used many times and is probably a generic unit.

 

[Skywagon]

Bought a set of Hyundai TPMs for a Sonata I recently owned. Paid $350 for the set of four. Conversely, I've ordered a package of wheels and tires and was charged only $10. per TPM.

 

[newman]

Bought a set of Hyundai TPMs for a Sonata I recently owned. Paid $350 for the set of four. Conversely, I've ordered a package of wheels and tires and was charged only $10. per TPM.

I was going to be charged 300 for a set of aftermarket sensors to fit my aftermarket wheels. When they shipped they sent 2 of the wrong parts. The good thing is that this gave me the manufacturer and part number and I was able to find them on eBay and amazon for 200 for the set.

40 is a very nice deal.

Cheers
Newman

 

[fungo45]

Bringing back an old thread here...

I just got my winter tires mounted on a set of Azeera rims, including TPMS from another Genesis (so used, but OEM). One of the sensors turned out to be busted, so the tire shop had to get an aftermarket sensor from Napa. I was bummed to see that the TPMS light went on on my way home. I was under the impression that they would synch by themselves.
Do you think it's because I have a non-OEM sensor? The TPMS light is on, but it's not telling me that the pressure is low. I guess I can bring it in to the dealer to see how much they would charge to synch it, but it sounds like it might be a waste of time and money. I was hoping I wouldn't have to live with the light on my dash all winter, but it looks like that's the easiest/cheapest approach.