TPMS sensors - OEM or OES?

[sdnative]

Want to circle back and report that Discount Tire installed a set of Denso 550-0103 / Pacific PVM-C11A sensors that I purchased from Amazon on my 2013 today without issue. Took all of 10 minutes. Initially they scanned the box before installing and only 3 of the 5 were communicating. The tech said there was a problem with the 2 that weren't communicating. I told them once they see pressure they wake up. Sure enough after installing and pressurizing they were all awake and communicating.

 

[TLC2013]

Want to circle back and report that Discount Tire installed a set of Denso 550-0103 / Pacific PVM-C11A sensors that I purchased from Amazon on my 2013 today without issue. Took all of 10 minutes. Initially they scanned the box before installing and only 3 of the 5 were communicating. The tech said there was a problem with the 2 that weren't communicating. I told them once they see pressure they wake up. Sure enough after installing and pressurizing they were all awake and communicating.

Thanks for the report. Waiting on my Densos to be delivered from Amazon. Going to do the install and programming with the Carista app. I was nervous about the “wake up” process, glad it went smooth once they were pressurized.

 

[OptimusPrime]

Setting up a new set of wheels/tires/center caps/lugs/TPMS for my 2008. I just ordered the Denso 550-0103 from Amazon for $35/ea, but these are on eBay for $44/set. They use the term 'genuine' and stop short of explicitly calling them OEM. Any reason to believe they wouldn't work? Quite the savings...

4X Genuine TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR TPMS For Scion Toyota Lexus 42607-33021 PMV-107J | eBay

Type: TPMS Tire Pressure Monitoring System. Digital Tire Inflator with Pressure Gauge Air Chuck for Truck/Car/Bike. Perfect to monitor tire pressure of your cars, auto and vehicles. 2004-2016 Toyota 4Runner.

www.ebay.com

 

[jeproks]

Setting up a new set of wheels/tires/center caps/lugs/TPMS for my 2008. I just ordered the Denso 550-0103 from Amazon for $35/ea, but these are on eBay for $44/set. They use the term 'genuine' and stop short of explicitly calling them OEM. Any reason to believe they wouldn't work? Quite the savings...

4X Genuine TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR TPMS For Scion Toyota Lexus 42607-33021 PMV-107J | eBay

Type: TPMS Tire Pressure Monitoring System. Digital Tire Inflator with Pressure Gauge Air Chuck for Truck/Car/Bike. Perfect to monitor tire pressure of your cars, auto and vehicles. 2004-2016 Toyota 4Runner.

www.ebay.com

Bought the same set for my wife’s Prius and they are knockoffs. 2 of the 4 sensors causes the TPMS light to turn off and on and Techstream errror: Cannot receive a data from the transmitter.

 

[OptimusPrime]

Bought the same set for my wife’s Prius and they are knockoffs. 2 of the 4 sensors causes the TPMS light to turn off and on and Techstream errror: Cannot receive a data from the transmitter.

Yuck, sorry to hear that. Glad I went with the Densos then. I'm finally learning - cheap isn't cheap.

 

[bloc]

Setting up a new set of wheels/tires/center caps/lugs/TPMS for my 2008. I just ordered the Denso 550-0103 from Amazon for $35/ea, but these are on eBay for $44/set. They use the term 'genuine' and stop short of explicitly calling them OEM. Any reason to believe they wouldn't work? Quite the savings...

4X Genuine TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR TPMS For Scion Toyota Lexus 42607-33021 PMV-107J | eBay

Type: TPMS Tire Pressure Monitoring System. Digital Tire Inflator with Pressure Gauge Air Chuck for Truck/Car/Bike. Perfect to monitor tire pressure of your cars, auto and vehicles. 2004-2016 Toyota 4Runner.

www.ebay.com

Not sure if you are aware of this but I seem to remember steel wheels needing a different type of TPMS sender. Something about the mounting angle..

 

[OptimusPrime]

Not sure if you are aware of this but I seem to remember steel wheels needing a different type of TPMS sender. Something about the mounting angle..

Thanks for the tip - I am aware, but based on this post in the classifieds, it appears that the less common 18-hole type that I'm using works with the same 20-degree TPMS sensors used in the alloy wheels. The seller there kind of fumbles his nomenclature, but looking at the photo of what he's selling, and his wording, I'm assuming he means that the 18-hole Tundra steelie takes the 20-degree sensor. Can anyone confirm this to be true?

To be clear - this is the wheel I'm using:

 

[unclemat]

This is probably very remotely relevant, but this style of steelies from 1st gen Tacoma indeed took 20 degrees instead of 40 degrees that work on 2nd gen Tacoma. Might have something to do with the angle of the face of the wheels?