My little rant regarding tire pressure sensors
03-12-2013, 10:00 PM
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My little rant regarding tire pressure sensors
So I ordered 4 tire pressure sensors- fast forward a couple of days to when the sensors arrive. Come to find out, the sensors DON'T come with the nuts! That's logical! Let's just extract another $27 out of our customers for 4 stinkin' nuts. What a joke. Thanks GM.
03-12-2013, 10:04 PM
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So I ordered 4 tire pressure sensors- fast forward a couple of days to when the sensors arrive. Come to find out, the sensors DON'T come with the nuts! That's logical! Let's just extract another $27 out of our customers for 4 stinkin' nuts. What a joke. Thanks GM.
03-12-2013, 10:24 PM
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IN this case the tps was made in 2006 in the tenth month
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03-12-2013, 10:51 PM
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all tps have a date stamp on the black plastic body a date stamp looks like a clock in the center there is a circle with a number in it like 13, which would indicate the year they were made in this case 2013.. around the outside there are 12 numbers like a clock with an arrow pointing the the month they were made
IN this case the tps was made in 2006 in the tenth month
IN this case the tps was made in 2006 in the tenth month
03-12-2013, 10:53 PM
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Make sure that they came with the O rings.
03-12-2013, 11:01 PM
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all tps have a date stamp on the black plastic body a date stamp looks like a clock in the center there is a circle with a number in it like 13, which would indicate the year they were made in this case 2013.. around the outside there are 12 numbers like a clock with an arrow pointing the the month they were made
IN this case the tps was made in 2006 in the tenth month
IN this case the tps was made in 2006 in the tenth month
They did! This I did know to check for!
03-13-2013, 09:10 AM
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So I ordered 4 tire pressure sensors- fast forward a couple of days to when the sensors arrive. Come to find out, the sensors DON'T come with the nuts! That's logical! Let's just extract another $27 out of our customers for 4 stinkin' nuts. What a joke. Thanks GM.
I bought Schrader sensors last summer. They are the manufacturer of the OEM sensors. They come with the new nuts.
Rock auto has a Schrader TPMS service kit that is only $1.13 and includes the nut, a new seal, a new valve core, and cap. I bought a few sets when I bought sensors since I change wheels fairly often and wanted the new seals.
I also question whether there is any reason for new nuts. Why can't you reuse the old ones?
03-13-2013, 11:01 AM
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I bought 4 new sensors from a local auto parts house for 38 bucks each and they came with o-rings and nuts, Same sensor as GM.
03-13-2013, 12:10 PM
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Good to know that the sensors other than the GM ones work well. I don't need any right now, but when I do, I will certainly check out my options.
03-13-2013, 06:19 PM
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03-14-2013, 08:53 AM
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