I like OEM too, but problem is that many shops dont know how to program them

 

My local Discount Tire store manager says that he can indeed install and initialize the Toyota TPMS sensors that carguy75 installed. He will do so for $10 per tire. So about $40 for the sensors themselves and another $40 to get them installed and initialized is a no-brainer for me when the time comes.

 

My local Discount Tire store was the one that installed my Toyota sensors without any issues when they installed my new wheels and tires.

I am not sure if the TPMS sensors I bought are knock-offs or not for the cheap price, but they work like OEM sensors. However, the back of the sensors are sealed in some clear rubber instead of having a plastic cover. I am guessing that these are OEM sensors that got replacement batteries, basically refurbished I believe. Unless the OEM sensors do not have plastic back covers.

 

They sure look like OEM sensors to me. If there is indeed a refurbishment facility somewhere, that is news to me. As long as they last for 8 to 10 years, I don't care whether they are new or refurbished.

By the way, the Lexus part number for these same Toyota sensors is 42607-0E012. At $157 each, I doubt that Lexus sells very many of them to anyone who bothers to do the proper TPMS research.

 

My local Discount Tire installed two replacement sensors on my 2015 Canadian-built RX350, but couldn't get the darn things to work with the computer, so they refunded all my money and said I'd probably just need to take it to a dealer to get them to use a higher quality programming device to get them working. They tried BOTH kinds of sensors in the hopes of getting them to be recognized, but no dice. I haven't had a chance to run it by a dealer yet.

Jeff in Houston

 

Yeah, different shops have different tools. I have been dealing with my Discount Tire store manager for nearly 15 years. He knows me well and knows better than to tell me he can do something if there is any chance that he cannot. But just to be sure, he will scan whatever TPMS sensors I bring in before any work is done to ensure that his system is indeed compatible with them. Works for me.

 

Weird. The RX350 has a very basic TPMS system that do not even provide a display reading to what the tires pressure are. Not a complicated system at all to add TPMS sensors to like some other makes like newer model BMW or Mercedes.

Try the common and easy to find cheap Toyota 42607-33021 TPMS sensors. Aftermarket brand TPMS sensors that are sold by tire shops may not work on the RX350.