Re: Little Rants
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:45 pm
EL-50448 TPMS reset tool was only $3 with free shipping, and whenever you search on Amazon for it you will find the exact same sensor with different decals trying to make you think you are dealing with a different product (it's mass-produced and then rebranded,) and many are asking for significantly more for it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/385386677996
Very impressed (I literally don't know how they did it, since they are shipping domestically and even used UPS and it works instantaneously (set car in relearn mode, go from driver side in clockwork direction, and it will take less than 1 minute. Repair shops would prefer to just change out overpriced sensors when a $3 tool is literally all you need, and it wasn't sent from China.
And most of the auto shops just blithly ignoring the fact you don't need to replace the sensors (even when you asked them to against your best judgment) and thinking it was necessary won't even occur to the person who doesn't realize the sensors aren't faulty; they just needed to be reset after hitting a the tire bump (called "botts dots" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botts%27_dots )
I assume these go off as a precautionary method to check for any safety issues with the tire. For the longest time I just assumed if they needed to be "relearned" they were needing to be replaced, and that they would only honk whenever you achieve 36 psi, confirming they were functioning as needed. The whole point of the relearn setting has little to do with the pressure being recognized (though it is ultimately the intent) and more to do with confirming the location of the tire, as well as notifying you if it's working. Occasionally they seemed to get recognized without using a reset tool, and using the reset and attempting to do what I did sometimes requires you to relearn every tire (possibly if the car isn't driven enough, it starts to lose signal from the sensors which require rotation of the tire to generate power supply.)
Auto shops prey upon people's ignorance about their own cars.
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-seem- ... -of-people
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I thought I was very familiar with this subject, but this has been going on "in my back yard" and I didn't even know it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/385386677996
Very impressed (I literally don't know how they did it, since they are shipping domestically and even used UPS and it works instantaneously (set car in relearn mode, go from driver side in clockwork direction, and it will take less than 1 minute. Repair shops would prefer to just change out overpriced sensors when a $3 tool is literally all you need, and it wasn't sent from China.
And most of the auto shops just blithly ignoring the fact you don't need to replace the sensors (even when you asked them to against your best judgment) and thinking it was necessary won't even occur to the person who doesn't realize the sensors aren't faulty; they just needed to be reset after hitting a the tire bump (called "botts dots" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botts%27_dots )
I assume these go off as a precautionary method to check for any safety issues with the tire. For the longest time I just assumed if they needed to be "relearned" they were needing to be replaced, and that they would only honk whenever you achieve 36 psi, confirming they were functioning as needed. The whole point of the relearn setting has little to do with the pressure being recognized (though it is ultimately the intent) and more to do with confirming the location of the tire, as well as notifying you if it's working. Occasionally they seemed to get recognized without using a reset tool, and using the reset and attempting to do what I did sometimes requires you to relearn every tire (possibly if the car isn't driven enough, it starts to lose signal from the sensors which require rotation of the tire to generate power supply.)
Auto shops prey upon people's ignorance about their own cars.
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-seem- ... -of-people
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I thought I was very familiar with this subject, but this has been going on "in my back yard" and I didn't even know it.