TPMS sensor replacement cost

How much should it cost to replace a damaged TPMS sensor on an MG5EV? My local dealership are quoting £150 for an hour's labour, plus the cost of the sensor itself. Does that seem correct?

The valve itself is damaged, not the actual sensor, so it's currently holding air but cannot be filled up. At these kinds of prices I'm almost thinking it isn't worth having TPMS sensors at all!

This looks like the sensor in question.
You could get your local tyre shop to install it maybe ?.
I have a feeling that the new sensor will need coding to the car.
Ask the tyre shop if they have the equipment .

When you say "this looks like", did you mean to post a link or a photo or something?

Yeah it needs coding to the car, that's the bulk of the cost -- £150! I'm just gobsmacked that it's so expensive to do something that one would assume is pretty simple...clearly it isn't as simple as one would hope...

szymon said:

When you say "this looks like", did you mean to post a link or a photo or something?

Yeah it needs coding to the car, that's the bulk of the cost -- £150! I'm just gobsmacked that it's so expensive to do something that one would assume is pretty simple...clearly it isn't as simple as one would hope...

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Sorry - I have amended the post .
MG sensor is £35.36 maybe they have a minimum charge .
Tyre shop who can code the new sensor ????.

Lovemyev said:

Sorry - I have amended the post .
MG sensor is £35.36 maybe they have a minimum charge .
Tyre shop who can code the new sensor ????.

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Probably 1/2 hr or 1hr labour rate.

UPDATE: went to my local tyre place, they took out the valve and TPMS sensor and have ordered a replacement for the valve for £10 should be here tomorrow, for now they put in a rubber valve just so we can keep using the car.

The TPMS sensor and the valve are two different pieces, the metal valve part is not expensive and more importantly does not need to be recoded to replace! The second photo shows the damage to the valve stem.

dragon2611 said:

Probably 1/2 hr or 1hr labour rate.

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Yes my local MG (Ruislip) said that it's an hour's labour to program a single new valve stem. I pointed out that this was ridiculous but they said that this is what they charge for it. I'm glad that I don't actually need to change the sensor itself out. If I ever need to I think I'll go to a different dealer outside of London (actually maybe a different dealer might have just noticed that the only part that needs replacing is the inexpensive metal bit and not tried to charge a fortune?).

I have had the metal stem replaced on a previous car , no programming necessary . Can't see it would be different for an MG

From the FL manual

szymon said:

UPDATE: went to my local tyre place, they took out the valve and TPMS sensor and have ordered a replacement for the valve for £10

should be here tomorrow, for now they put in a rubber valve just so we can keep using the car.

The TPMS sensor and the valve are two different pieces, the metal valve part is not expensive and more importantly does not need to be recoded to replace! The second photo shows the damage to the valve stem.

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Let us know how you get on with this. Will be useful for everyone.

The metal valve stem has no parts that require coding, only if you replace the TPMS sensor itself, it may need its position on the car reprogramming.
Not sure on the MG5 but on the original ZS EV the tyre positions were coded into the TPMS in the car.
E.G. - If you performed a front to back wheel rotation, then the car did not have the ability to relearn the wheels new location.
So, the TPMS read out ( front to rear ) was incorrect really.
To correct this, it would require the wheel positions recoding to the car.
However, the facelift model of the ZS EV does have a relearn facility built in.
So if a wheel rotation is performed, the car will relearn the new wheel location.
It appears from @simorgan42 post above,
that the face lift model of the MG5 has the relearn capability, not sure on the original MG though.
It maybe like the original ZS EV that requires the car to be told of a change of location.
As the OP is intending to use the original sensor in the same location that it came from, then as long as the sensor is working correctly, it should not be a problem anyway.

Useful information and will help save a lot of money.
Out of interest how an earth did the valve get damaged like that in the first place ?

Fokmg said:

Useful information and will help save a lot of money.
Out of interest how an earth did the valve get damaged like that in the first place ?

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Imagine if you will a car waiting to turn right off a road (indicating right and with wheels turned all the way to the right) when an idiot deliveroo scooter driver pulls out from the car behind to overtake both, and crashes straight into the wheel. Guy comes off his bike, the driver of the car gets out and is very concerned, but the biker gets up, shakes it off and rides away (before anyone could get his details or registration number). Horrible scenario, no? :-\

Just to follow this up -- total cost £30, including the valve itself and fitting (twice) and the temporary valve while the proper one was being ordered. Since the sensor is the same one, it didn't need to be replaced or recoded at all. It picked up the new pressure right away and just keeps working!

Interestingly the car didn't seem to detect that the sensor was missing for two days -- this morning when I was driving the car to get it fitted, it was still showing 2.1bar like it was before the sensor was removed (I left the sensor behind at the garage, I suspect if I had kept it in the car it would have registered a blow out). I wonder how long the sensor would have to be missing for the car to notice?

Attached photos of the tyre pressures as per the car after fitting and driving home (maybe 400 metres), and of the replacement valve fitted to the original sensor.

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Interestingly the car didn't seem to detect that the sensor was missing for two days -- this morning when I was driving the car to get it fitted, it was still showing 2.1bar like it was before the sensor was removed (I left the sensor behind at the garage, I suspect if I had kept it in the car it would have registered a blow out). I wonder how long the sensor would have to be missing for the car to notice?

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Maybe it didn't meet the conditions at the end of the post #9.

Gomev said:

Maybe it didn't meet the conditions at the end of the post #9.

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It did -- did a 20 mile round trip including some motorway! Most strange...

szymon said:

Just to follow this up -- total cost £30, including the valve itself and fitting (twice) and the temporary valve while the proper one was being ordered. Since the sensor is the same one, it didn't need to be replaced or recoded at all. It picked up the new pressure right away and just keeps working!

Interestingly the car didn't seem to detect that the sensor was missing for two days -- this morning when I was driving the car to get it fitted, it was still showing 2.1bar like it was before the sensor was removed (I left the sensor behind at the garage, I suspect if I had kept it in the car it would have registered a blow out). I wonder how long the sensor would have to be missing for the car to notice?

Attached photos of the tyre pressures as per the car after fitting and driving home (maybe 400 metres), and of the replacement valve fitted to the original sensor.

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Well glad to hear that the least the idea of taking it to a tyre shop paid off then !.
Quicker and more cost effective, that's for sure .