Tire Pressure Sensors

[iconpyro]

You gotta be kidding me?! I called up Laguna Smart Dealer and its $101.23 per sensor. Wow...Talk about expensive, that costs more than the tires that your mounting on the rims.

Can any of you guys in the other states confirm that pricing?

[Dunerunner]

Don't know about smart center Portland, but Tire Rack is around $126 per sensor!

[SmartCard]

wow...I wonder if the sensors are covered in the add on tire/wheel warranty?

[Flashman]

I think the smart uses the standard Mercedes pressure sensor (can someone confirm). That's a Beru unit. Think mail order has it for ~$91. It is what it costs, has nothing to do with the smart. I'd say $101.23 is an excellent price from your smart dealer.

[Karl Roth]

see what happens when people are too lazy to check the air in there tires and start suing big companies... an average of $800.00 per vehicle sold in the US. Almost as stupid as building a wall on our border...
karl

[iconpyro]

Originally Posted by Flashman

I think the smart uses the standard Mercedes pressure sensor (can someone confirm). That's a Beru unit. Think mail order has it for ~$91. It is what it costs, has nothing to do with the smart. I'd say $101.23 is an excellent price from your smart dealer.

Someone swapped out their rims and removed the sensors. They are made by Shrader Electronics.

[Dunerunner]

Originally Posted by Karl Roth

see what happens when people are too lazy to check the air in there tires and start suing big companies...

I think in this case it was intended to make buyer more comfortable about not having a spare tire, but I do agree people are too lazy.

[RussBarnes]

I bought mine from Tire Rack about two months ago for $72 each.

[rubyg]

http://www.schraderservice.com/howto...neric_v1.0.pdf


shows important topics about this transmiters mounting and disss tyres,

[RussBarnes]

Thanks for that link. When I changed my rims I bought new seals and nuts, but reused the cores and caps, hard to find these locally and not sure why we have to replace the caps. The nuts I bought were from Tire Rack in Mitsui bags and I went to seveal of their car dealerships as well as Mercedes dealers - not stocked. Great to have instructions, but hard when not able to easily get the parts they recommend.