I originally bought the car with DWS tires, so I stick with that brand. They ride very nice and have good grip.
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I’ve never replaced sensors with tires but I have had to replace about three of them over the years at about $80 each time. Some have never been replaced so I see no pattern in age to determine life span. It’s a crap shoot. Maybe it’s miles or maybe hours the car is used. I have no idea. I don’t see a problem if someone wants to spend the extra money but I think 7 years is too soon.
Both of you are right.
The chance of one of the four sensors failing might be as follows:
8 years old - 5%
9 years old - 25%
10 years old 50%
It is up to you. Some people advise to replace the tires when they are half worn and replace sensors before they fail. Others are frugal, why throw away good tires and sensors.
The MSRP for oem sensors is $96 each, $416 for a set including sales tax (plus labor). If the service writer offered to replace your tire pressure sensors for $650, you would have left and never returned. That is the reason you were told the sensors should be OK, for now.
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They’re trying to get you to buy new sensors. And was this the technician or the service rep. The majority of Service Reps are NOT technical. Dealers run ads around here all the time. Qualifications are (2-year degree preferred) and NO mechanical knowledge required.
The closest Discount Tire to you is near Allentown, PA, almost 80 miles from NYC.
If you have success with this Mavis store, I don’t see why you should change. I had a problem with my car on the other side of town and my towing insurance took me to the closest Pep Boys for free. The one near my house lies about problems, but this one did a very good job.
Jiffy Lube has a deserved bad reputation but the one near me always did oil changes right and the foreman checked the car before returning the car to me. I stopped using them because they charged more than my usual mechanic for synthetic oil changes, not because they did bad work. Individual shops within a questionable organization are around. If you find one, stick with it.
It is not always the organization, it is the management that gives the shop a bad name… One of the top Transmission shops around here that I have known the owners for about 30 years now and do not rip people off is one that this community always says to stay away from…
If a business rips the majority of the people off the majority of the time, well they would not stay in business for 20+ years…
Most people only give reviews when they don’t like something or had a bad experience, I hear people say all the time when reading reviews about a seller on eBay or Amazon etc to ignore the ones cause there are always that one… The old saying my dad used to say is the squeaky wheel gets the grease…
And no I am not a fan of the PB’s or the Jiffy’s of the world (other than peanut butter lol)… But I do know a great high level B tech that started off at a Valvoline, as well as a great guy that was the general manager of a V (different location), he made a great service manager with us and I enjoyed working with him…
So if you have used a shop and they did right by you, stay with them…
I here all the time over on TW that Toyota dealers are terrible, but others swear by them… My brothers 2014ish Tacoma with well over 200,000 miles has never gave him any issues, and other than when I out tires on it, the same Dealer has only worked on it, other than a battery failure 30 miles away from a dealer once… He will buy his 3rd Taco from them when he retires and will continue to use them…