Winter tire tpms sensor work around tirerack.com
 

like the title says....someone posted the mazda yr make model you have to buy for at tirerack to avoid buying the tpms sensors. does anyone know which one it was? for the life of me i can find the thread it was in.

I called them. Told them I didn't want TPMS. They mailed me wheels and tires. Hard to get an easier workaround than that. It took 5 minutes.

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ah k then. i thought there is a law that requires them to sell the tpms sensor.

The interpretation of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act basically says that if a vehicle enters a service provider with working TPMS, then the TPMS must be working when it leaves. (i.e. a shop or service provider cannot deactivate or render TPMS non-functioning)

If the TPMS is not working when a service provider receives the vehicle, then they provider has no legal obligations in that regard.

TireRack is a bit of a grey area since they're not directly servicing your car, but they force TPMS for applicable cars on the website just to be safe (according to the sales rep I talked to). If the tires are for offroad use, or if your TPMS is "broken" (wink wink) then they definitely have no obligation to sell wheels with TPMS sensors.

I called them kind of upset when the website was forcing sensors on me. I was ready for a fight with the salesman, but I told him what I wanted, and he just said "Sure, no problem. What address do you want them shipped to?" That was my first time shopping with TireRack, and I have to say that the helpful salesman made me a happy customer.

They will not send them mounted and balanced without tpms under any circumstances, correct?

http://www.mazdaspeedforums.org/foru...-sizes-112975/See post 18 here

Incorrect. I called them and they sold them to me without TPMS, but mounted and balanced.

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I ordered winter tires mounted and balanced on steelies from TireRack and didn't have to call anybody. Just ordered them online.


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the steel wheels they sell for our application do not work with TPMS sensors, so therefore you shouldn't have to do anything special. I ordered mine 3 years ago so I can't say if it hasn't changed. Generally though if you call them or use the internet and order STEEL wheels that won't work with TPMS, they shouldn't care.