Buying new TPMS, make sure they are really OEM

[Juniorss]

Hey guys, I just wanted to give you a heads up with a discovery I made. A friend of mine was looking for TPMS and found some on ebay for really cheap. The sensors are apparently brand new OEM for $33 shipped for a set of 4. Once he received them, they were in some bags with Chinese writing so I did some research. Basically people are buying chinese knock offs, which did look identical to the oem ones I must say, from Alibaba and reselling them as OEM. Needless to say two work, one sometimes looses signal and another doesn't work at all. If you want to roll the dice they are an option, but seem like more of a headache in the long run.. Btw this was on a 4th gen but it looks like they are doing the same on the 5th gen.

Ebay auction

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-BRAND-NE...037653&hash=item262340e8fc:g:GLsAAOSwwJVdQwUm

Alibaba

https://www.alibaba.com/product-det....galleryofferlist.normalList.1.6d0540daECQcH0

 

[DRkNESS]

You are correct as I received a third set to try and found out quickly they were NOT truly oem ones.


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