another tpms question
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St. Jude Donor '11
another tpms question
I did a search and can't find help...are the tpms units dated? If not, how do you know you aren't buying a 3+ year old tpms with a 3+ year old battery? 
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From: Virginia
St. Jude Donor '11
I have the OEM ones from my 04 and there is a pressed symbol that is a circle with two numbers in the center (03) and what appears to be a clock face on the outside with an arrow pointing to a number (10). I'm assuming that signifies mm/yy or on mine 10/03. Makes some sense since the car was manufactured late Oct of 03.
Not sure what after market sensors might have.......
Not sure what after market sensors might have.......
Update...
so I went to the Chevy dealership today and looked at some of them and they were dated June 2011 and the parts guys including a "Corvette technician" said that it didn't matter much, so I went to a place(ac/delco) that ordered 4 of them for me and 3 of them were dated late 2012 and one mid 2013 and they also said that it didn't matter that they didn't get activated until put on and used for the first time...they also were stamped UK...not China
...I disagreed but bought them anyway...even if they are 1.5 years old they should be good for maybe 5-8 years...I may be dead by then anyway...
any other thoughts on the "old store stock"?
FYI...I paid $53 each...no tax or shipping
Update:
Had the 4 tpms put on today and my mechanic confirmed my suspicions...the tpms that his parts dept had that were dated 2011 were in fact "old store stock" and should have been sent back because they would last 3 years less than what new ones would last but they will just sell them to someone who has no idea whats going on
Last edited by Yello95; Jun 23, 2014 at 09:49 AM.
