Verus Pro Saved Me $$$$!

A little background story first. My wife noticed the TPMS lit up on her 2014 Elantra. The tire still had pressure so it wasn't completely flat. Pulled the wheel off and noticed a gash on the thread so the tire needed to be replaced. I put more air into it and rolled it down the driveway and put it in my truck. Keep in mind no noises coming from the tire as I was doing this. Went to Pep Boys and gave them a heads up that there is a sensor in the tire. Minutes later the guy says they found the sensor broken. The very thing I was afraid of (reason for the heads up) happened! They wanted to sell me a sensor I was pissed! My first reaction was these motherflowers used the tire machine incorrectly and didn't want to fess up to it. But i couldn't prove it so I told them to put a regular valve stem instead.
I go to the Hyundai dealership and bought the sensor for $35. Not bad I thought to myself until I asked them how much to program it. The service manager says with tire service and programming it was $200. Now I'm motherflowering those guys at Pep Boys again lol! Took the sensor home with me and was debating to go thru with dealership or with the money buy TPMS scanner and do it myself. Then it clicked! I checked the Verus for a TPMS function that allows me to program the sensor to the module by putting in the serial number. It sure did and I went right to work!! Setup my manual tire changer from Harbor Freight, broke the the bead, install sensor, used the Verus and whola TPMS light gone.

*high five* Well done! Did you happen to see what was broken about the old sensor? Wondering if the plastic was broken off the stem (i.e. crushed by the bead), or something else.

FYI, Snap-On has only recently added Kia/Hyundai TPMS programming. A few years ago, there were a lot of sensors I replaced then had to send to the dealer 'cause the function just wasn't available. You pay a lot for updates, but they do introduce useful stuff occasionally. :lol:

It broke right where the stem meets the sensor housing.

Nice work Charles! Seems they broke your TPMS sensor. Happens very often. I've cracked a few but never charged the customer.

Ahh yes the old broke a sensor quick what do we do trick. Years ago I had a new tech that broke all 4 on 1 car and just put rubber valve stems in and didn't tell anyone , of course the customer returned the next day complaining of the to me light.....

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Charles Acosta wrote: It broke right where the stem meets the sensor housing.

:lol: Yep! Been there, done that. :blush:

Ben wrote: Ahh yes the old broke a sensor quick what do we do trick. Years ago I had a new tech that broke all 4 on 1 car and just put rubber valve stems in and didn't tell anyone , of course the customer returned the next day complaining of the to me light.....

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

OOPS!
Isn't that kind of like snapping all the exhaust studs during an engine swap? At some point you'd think you would become aware of the fact that you're f'ing up and modify your technique;)