Tires look brand new, but are 11 years old. Keep or discard?

[ultrarunner]

I was taken aback when buying 4 new Goodyear tires for the 2011 Toyota I asked how much to replace the sensors and quoted $140 each times 5 tires.

I did not have it done.

 

[deserteagle71]

I was taken aback when buying 4 new Goodyear tires for the 2011 Toyota I asked how much to replace the sensors and quoted $140 each times 5 tires.

I did not have it done.

Toyota is proud of their sensors! When I bought my 4Runner (used) I ran into the same thing. Ordered the sensors through a Toyota dealer in North Carolina for $64 each (that was 2 years ago), broke down the tires and installed the sensors myself. Easy job. The 4Runner owner's manual outlines a procedure to "register" and "initialize" new sensors so no tools are needed. What I liked about the procedure is that it allows you to set the pressure the TPMS alerts at. I'm aired down to 25 psi a lot of the time because of the long dirt roads I have to drive and so I set the TPMS system to alert below that.

 

[WM75Guy]

The GM sensors are $75 each. Discount Tire charges $64. I bought a tool off Amazon for $11 to program the sensors. Put the system in program, set the alert pressure, then a simple one button push at each tire, wait for the horn to honk, then move on to the next tire.

 

[DarkBlack]

I was taken aback when buying 4 new Goodyear tires for the 2011 Toyota I asked how much to replace the sensors and quoted $140 each times 5 tires.

I did not have it done.

I really dislike TPM systems that rely on sensors inside the wheel/tires, but I do like the systems used by some car companies that simply use the existing rotor hub ABS sensors to calculate a low pressure tire, by rpm.
The only small disadvantage is it won’t display actual pressure, and won’t alarm until you’re moving, but to me that’s good enough, and no more internal sensors to worry about

 

[ultrarunner]

I really dislike TPM systems that rely on sensors inside the wheel/tires, but I do like the systems used by some car companies that simply use the existing rotor hub ABS sensors to calculate a low pressure tire, by rpm.
The only small disadvantage is it won’t display actual pressure, and won’t alarm until you’re moving, but to me that’s good enough, and no more internal sensors to worry about

Me too… tire mounted will require replacement over time.

Revolution counted from the hub seems to avoid the maintenance issue.

 

[Walter L]

if its a motor home i would change them if its a log truck i would use on out side dual , if you have a blow out on a motor home it would probably take out all the air lines and electric wires to the coach, a real expense to replace, on the out side dual of a truck or on a log trailer they could probably be safely used. But just rember all tires over 7 or 8 yrs old are a posible blow out waiting to happen even if it two years old when you bought it.