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Messed Up TPM Replacement, Can It Be Saved?
ElPolloDiablo:
I am giving the final update.
The original sensor was defective: everything failed, including a borrowed wake-up tool. The sensor was recognized by the TPM system but failed to give any readings. Whatever happened is above my skill set but it almost drove me insane.
BMW replaced it on a no questions asked basis: less than 5 seconds with the aforementioned borrowed wake up tool and it was immediately recognized and learned by the bike using GS911. Works perfectly and seems a bit more accurate than the original unit. We'll see how long it lasts.
Thanks everybody.
botus:
never buy OEM - its designed to fail junk - the world has turned - Chinese trash is now often far higher quality
germany today is just all about funding ww3 along with their best mates in the UK
ElPolloDiablo:
Urgh? This is literally the same Pacific Industrial tyre pressure sensor installed in most motorcycles now, it just has a BMW stamp instead of a Kawasaki or Triumph one.
A single defective unit can happen to anybody: BMW didn't try to wriggle out of it and honored their warranty commitments to a fault, even if they could just tell me I needed to have it installed by an official dealership. GS911 worked as well as always and it just wasn't its fault. In the end it's solved, just a warning to never doubt GS911.
botus:
so you haven't considered batches that deliberately have lower durability - and go direct to markets that have a lot of mugs. And others, that are more durable going to markets where a given manufacturer has yet to land the marketing let madness where fools will buy it regardless?
Borgia:
The BMW sensors are made by Schrader. Schrader is a quality brand. Schrader manufactures in several countries but the ones most commonly found on BMW motorcycles are made in the UK.
If you buy a sensor from a BMW dealership you will pay too much.
Replacement Schrader sensors for BMW motorcycles are available on the aftermarket as the 3141M but aren't sold in North America but can be purchased from the EU.
You can also buy the Schrader 33900 sensor which, when programmed as if it was going to installed on a 2009 Saturn Astra, will work on BMW motorcycles.
Note that both of the aforementioned sensors come in a different form factor than the old "banana style" sensors. This is also the case with any new replacement sensor from BMW.
All this is explained at greater length in the following article:
https://valleybmwriders.com/media/kunena/attachments/1063/SchraderReplacementSensorsV2.pdf
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