Warranty claim. TPMS

Warranty claim. TPMS

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Grey_Area

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4,014 posts

255 months

Monday 22nd April
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Just a quick sanity check, has anyone made a successful warranty claim for a failed TPMS

TIA.

mrpseudonym

301 posts

118 months

Monday 22nd April
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What failed, the transmitters in the wheel or the receiver in the car?

Grey_Area

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4,014 posts

255 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Wheel sensor, I think. Random amber warnings but pressure readings within the acceptable range.

VR6VR6

255 posts

245 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Batteries will be running low in the TPMS sensors.

Not covered under warranty as they are a consumable, mine failed after 8 years but you can buy non OEM (same manufacturer though) sensors online for a fraction of what McLaren charge.

You just need to double check what frequency yours transmit at - UK cars are nearly all 433hz but some early car (like mine) were built with 315hz ones.

Grey_Area

Original Poster:

4,014 posts

255 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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VR6VR6 said:
Batteries will be running low in the TPMS sensors.

Not covered under warranty as they are a consumable, mine failed after 8 years but you can buy non OEM (same manufacturer though) sensors online for a fraction of what McLaren charge.

You just need to double check what frequency yours transmit at - UK cars are nearly all 433hz but some early car (like mine) were built with 315hz ones.
Thanks, had a sneaking suspicion they'd be life timed, hence not covered...

akadk

1,502 posts

181 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Be careful with non genuine sensors

I bought some for my 12C and they would randomly alternate between one not reading properly. At first I thought I had a faulty one so order a new one and fit

But it would alternate between different wheels which would not provide reading

Thorney also warn again non genuine as they have similar issues

OEM ones are ridiculously priced

Grey_Area

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4,014 posts

255 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Thank you.

If they are battery powered, and it's this cell that goes down so to speak, can I infer they are sealed units, impossible to replace; resined in? Or similar; has anyone tried to tear one down?

mOrtt

407 posts

154 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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I use these sensors on a second set of wheels. No issues reading pressure or temperature when swapping between the wheels. Had to tell them they were going on a 600LT as I assume they need to program them in some way.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274757347192

I think McLaren wanted £600-700 for OEM ones.

Paulsd

236 posts

96 months

Thursday 25th April
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One of mine reports 5C hotter than all the others once they're warmed up.

They start the same and then the odd one out starts to diverge in temp reading.

I checked with the dealer on the warranty apparently anything up to 7 degrees difference is still in tolerance biggrin

Grey_Area

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4,014 posts

255 months

Thursday 25th April
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Paulsd said:
One of mine reports 5C hotter than all the others once they're warmed up.

They start the same and then the odd one out starts to diverge in temp reading.

I checked with the dealer on the warranty apparently anything up to 7 degrees difference is still in tolerance biggrin
7 degrees... that's some margin.

Paulsd

236 posts

96 months

Thursday 25th April
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Grey_Area said:
7 degrees... that's some margin.
Yep, seems like a lot to me.

964Cup

1,467 posts

239 months

Thursday 25th April
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Paulsd said:
One of mine reports 5C hotter than all the others once they're warmed up.

They start the same and then the odd one out starts to diverge in temp reading.

I checked with the dealer on the warranty apparently anything up to 7 degrees difference is still in tolerance biggrin
Same. Right rear is 4-5 degrees up on the left in steady state driving.

mrpseudonym

301 posts

118 months

Friday 26th April
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Its pretty straight forward to get the autel MX TPMS sensors and program them to be clones of the McLaren ones (or any other make for that matter) Autel TS408 is the unit you need. Very cost effective compared to the OEM sensors. Quite a good thread over in the Aston Martin area of pistonheads on this topic

Pit Pony

8,937 posts

123 months

Friday 26th April
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akadk said:
Be careful with non genuine sensors


OEM ones are ridiculously priced
Not sure why they would be any different from the 4 on my astra.



Paulsd

236 posts

96 months

Friday 26th April
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964Cup said:
Same. Right rear is 4-5 degrees up on the left in steady state driving.
Possibly a coincidence but it's my right rear too.

Oaky

202 posts

174 months

Friday 26th April
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Me too (720S).

samoht

5,851 posts

148 months

Friday 26th April
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I think I may have noticed the same.

I wonder if there's a heat source in the right hand side of the engine bay that warms that tyre?