TPMS

[BRABUS R230]

Hi all,
My car has been SORN and unused for the last 4 years. I decided to bring it back to and put it back on the road.

Since car has been unused, the TPMS has stopped working due to the non-replaceable internal battery failure.

The sensors were last replaced during 2010! At that time, the replacement sensors (Beru/Nuf RDE001 433Mhz) cost £110 each. Now they cost £150 each to replace for original replacements - don't want to spend upwards of £600 to replace them.

During my Google, Youtube and eBay search, I have found that there are other replacement options costing much less! Some as low as £12 with a claim of lasting upwards of 5 years!

From my research, I have out that the sensors rarely go faulty. It's just that the batteries fail, but the batteries are not replaceable as the TPMS sensors are sealed units.

Question: has anyone here use aftermarket ones?

 

[BRABUS R230]

Well, good news (for me. Lol) I purchased s set of 4 replacement TPMS for my 2003 R230 SL55 AMG. I paid a total of £140 for all 4. The original replacement ones from Mercedes (made by Beru/Nuf) cost £170 each! The early sensor models are the same as used by Ferrari, Bentley and a few others, so not exclusively used by Mercedes.

I believe that after 2005 Mercedes started to use a different TPMS system where the sensors are much cheaper but needs to be programmed each time they are replaced. The early TPMS that Mercedes used (as in the one fitted to my 2003 car) automatically reads the ID tag of each wheel TPMS sensor, so no programming needed - just a short drive with the new sensor/s fitted and that is it.

I was initially going to get the system switched off through the Mercedes Star software, but decided to stick with it as I found a cheaper TPMS replacement alternative.

I can report that my TPMS is working perfectly! £140 well spent. It is so nice to see the tyre pressure reading for each tyre in the dash.
35 FL - 35 FR - 36 RL - 37 RR.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Where are they from?

 

[Botus]

I got this with 4 sensors a few years ago for £99 ( I think this add is dodgy and pretending to give sensors but isn't)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Autel-Ma...282131?hash=item1f070d0d93:g:omwAAOSw64Zd6K-X