Non-OEM/OEM TPMS (433mhz) for 2016 LR4 HSE recommendations?

[MartyG]

Swapped out the wheels with the news BOXI TPMS sensors this morning. No warning signal on dash. The sensors indicated O psi. Drove the car for 20 minutes and they all registered the correct psi. BTW - the tire place that installed the sensors on tested one sensor before the install and said it indicated 0 psi so they must be shipped already in Park Mode so they do not need to Wake Up or be activated. Just install and drive. Savings - $500-$600.

 

[PaulLR3]

Swapped out the wheels with the news BOXI TPMS sensors this morning. No warning signal on dash. The sensors indicated O psi. Drove the car for 20 minutes and they all registered the correct psi. BTW - the tire place that installed the sensors on tested one sensor before the install and said it indicated 0 psi so they must be shipped already in Park Mode so they do not need to Wake Up or be activated. Just install and drive. Savings - $500-$600.

And you can post the used 315 MHz sensors for sale.

 

[Nechaken]

Just posting to help other people in the future.

I had previously installed a set of HUF UVS4031 sensors (433 Mhz) configured for LR4 on my second set of wheels -- was pretty inconsistent, with sometimes getting an error, sometimes not. So this weekend when I again swapped from snow tires to summer wheels, I used an Alcar tool to clone the IDs from the factory sensors onto the HUF sensors (when PSI goes below 15, they will accept reprogramming). So far, so good. Seem to be getting actual accurate numbers on each wheel 100% of the time. And these are ~35/each.

So that seems to be the trick. I looked back at the service manual and it says that if a running wheel is replaced, it will automatically learn the new ID, but if the spare is replaced, it has to be programmed using the factory "T4" computer. Perhaps the TPMS computer can only recognize one ID switch at a time.

 

[Rover Range]

The different frequency sensors can't be switched.

 

[itsaguything]

Agreed. And to add, there is no need to “clone the ids” as there is a identification and learning process. The very reason why you can rotate the wheels and the rotation is detected.
Cheers.

 

[itsaguything]

duplicate post deleted. for some annoying reason, this site takes a long time to refresh the content of the page. fyi.

 

[Nechaken]

Agreed. And to add, there is no need to “clone the ids” as there is a identification and learning process. The very reason why you can rotate the wheels and the rotation is detected.
Cheers.

That is what I thought initially as well, and used an Alcar VT55 to program the blank UVS4031 for the LR4, which presumably activated them with their default IDs. They never really worked right -- sometimes OK, usually TPMS malfunction after some amount of driving, sometimes 2 of 4 wheels showing pressures in the cluster, etc.

So, this last weekend when I swapped back to the wheels with the aftermarket sensors installed, I used the tool to read the IDs of the factory sensors -- and reprogram the HUF sensors to match the IDs. Since then it has worked perfectly. I did notice that the first four digits of the factory sensors were all the same - no idea if this has any impact.

Again, I would expect that the car would be able to learn and identify new sensors -- the initiator in each wheel well should fire in sequence and each sensor should report its ID to be identified and localized by the tpms antenna. So I'm not sure why it didn't work the first time around (programmed, but not cloned). Just sharing my experience in case it helps someone.

 

[ftillier]

wait, you see pressures in the cluster?

 

[Nechaken]

wait, you see pressures in the cluster?

I have a 2016, this wasn't available in 2010-2013.

 

[ktm525]

TPMS is a PITA