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Hi all,
My car is currently at the HPC in Bristol for accident damage repair (thread and photo here) and one of the things they have found is that the TPMS receiver located above the wheel has been crushed*, along with the plug attached to the wiring loom. I actually had no idea each wheel had its own receiver but it seems that way - any ideas why there isn't a single receiver for all wheels?
Anyway, in true main dealer madness they say they cannot replace the crushed plug without replacing the entire wiring loom, presumably meaning that the loom needs to be fed throughout the whole car to each wheel and to the dash somewhere I am guessing. The price? £3k, which includes 10 hours labour. Even if they cannot source the plug separately then surely any sane dealer would take the plug off the new loom and splice it into the old one saving quite a lot of hassle!
I don't really mind how much it costs as the other party's insurers will be paying, but I'm not sure if I should be worried about everything not fitting back together quite as well after they have spent 10 hours stripping the car and feeding the new loom through. Anyone had anything similar?
Cheers,
Alex
[*] if the TPMS receiver is positioned above the centre of the wheel then from looking at the photo I can't see how it was crushed, but still.
My car is currently at the HPC in Bristol for accident damage repair (thread and photo here) and one of the things they have found is that the TPMS receiver located above the wheel has been crushed*, along with the plug attached to the wiring loom. I actually had no idea each wheel had its own receiver but it seems that way - any ideas why there isn't a single receiver for all wheels?
Anyway, in true main dealer madness they say they cannot replace the crushed plug without replacing the entire wiring loom, presumably meaning that the loom needs to be fed throughout the whole car to each wheel and to the dash somewhere I am guessing. The price? £3k, which includes 10 hours labour. Even if they cannot source the plug separately then surely any sane dealer would take the plug off the new loom and splice it into the old one saving quite a lot of hassle!
I don't really mind how much it costs as the other party's insurers will be paying, but I'm not sure if I should be worried about everything not fitting back together quite as well after they have spent 10 hours stripping the car and feeding the new loom through. Anyone had anything similar?
Cheers,
Alex
[*] if the TPMS receiver is positioned above the centre of the wheel then from looking at the photo I can't see how it was crushed, but still.