2018 Leaf SL TPMS sensors?

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maniac1181

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Hi!

Winter is coming here in Canada and I'll soon have to put winter tires on my wife's 2018 SL. I'm trying to find the information about which sensor I should buy but I'm at a loss.

I called the dealership and the part number they're giving me can't be found anywhere. When I look around I get a part number that is not referenced anywhere for Nissan Leafs and when I go on eBay and the likes, I get a different part number than the other two options...

Does anyone have definitive information as to what sensors I should get for a 2018 leaf?
 
All I can say is the older Leaf's used 315 mhz TPMS. I would imaging they wouldn't change that as all the Nissian's I know of use 315 as well. But I can't say for certain they didn't change them.
 
I guess I would have the dealer do the job and hold them responsible for getting the right fitting part.
 
I am in the same boat; looking for a winter set up. I have been looking around and I think the 2018 Leaf uses 433 MHz. I came across this cloning TPMS from Autel (https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9TD63Y2329&cm_re=autel_maxitpms-_-9SIA9TD63Y2329-_-Product). I am just waiting on their confirmation to make sure that it will work on 2018 Leaf.
 
If your looking at Autel I would go with a TPMS that can do either 315 or 433

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FTLX2L4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have them (with the pad) and this worked on our Honda Odyssey Van for snows and I am going to try this with our 2013 Leaf shortly for the snows
 
tekkie said:
I am in the same boat; looking for a winter set up. I have been looking around and I think the 2018 Leaf uses 433 MHz. I came across this cloning TPMS from Autel (https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9TD63Y2329&cm_re=autel_maxitpms-_-9SIA9TD63Y2329-_-Product). I am just waiting on their confirmation to make sure that it will work on 2018 Leaf.

So I got a response from Autel, but not sure if it really helps.
"Good day. Well, we do have TPMS tool for Nissan Leaf, but i am sorry our device can not support it at 2018 Year. More details, you can confirm on Autel Official website below."

In checking on Autel website, they listed US Nissan Leaf 01/2013-12/2018 uses 315MHz and US Nissan Leaf 01/2018-12/2018 uses 433MHz, so I cannot make out which frequency is the correct one for my 2018 Leaf. I got the car in April, 2018. It's probably best to get the TPMS with dual frequency as suggested by one of the members. However, I would appreciated if anyone had tried the Autel MaxiTPMS Pad programmer and confirm that it works on 2018 Leaf before I order one.
 
I've ordered these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-TPMS-Sensors-Rubber-Snap-In-433MHz-for-Nissan-Leaf-2017-2018-Dec-17/332732451247?fits=Year%3A2018%7CModel%3ALeaf%7CMake%3ANissan&hash=item4d786649af:g:TeYAAOSwLpxbWPjW:rk:1:pf:0

Will have them installed in a few days. I'll let you know if there are any problems!
 
jef said:
I've ordered these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-TPMS-Sensors-Rubber-Snap-In-433MHz-for-Nissan-Leaf-2017-2018-Dec-17/332732451247?fits=Year%3A2018%7CModel%3ALeaf%7CMake%3ANissan&hash=item4d786649af:g:TeYAAOSwLpxbWPjW:rk:1:pf:0

Will have them installed in a few days. I'll let you know if there are any problems!

Can these be cloned? Did you install them yet?
 
The 2018 uses 433mhz sensors, according to tire rack. I hope so, as I'm about to order those with my new snow tires. Now, can anyone confirm to me that 17" Juke wheels will indeed fit a 2018 SL with 17" wheels?
 
FYI the Autel pad with the newest software has three choices for a Nissan Leaf,

2011/01 - 2012/12
2013/01 - 2018/12
2018/01 - 2018/12

I am guessing maybe the "S" is using the 315 sensors and maybe the SV & SL are using 433's? But you would think one of those two should work.
 
How about these?
They are much cheaper than Tirerack option.

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I'm getting a set of Michelin XICE 3's with steel rims in a week. No TPMS sensors. No need for them in Winter, I just manually check every couple of weeks with a good tire pressure gauge. Don't see the need to spend more money on sensors.

I have two other Nissans (08 Versa and 14 Sentra) and have similar setups for winter in each. No sensors.

Save the money and pay $20-$40 bucks and get a good tire pressure gauge and manually check it yourself.
 
kennethbokor said:
I'm getting a set of Michelin XICE 3's with steel rims in a week. No TPMS sensors. No need for them in Winter, I just manually check every couple of weeks with a good tire pressure gauge. Don't see the need to spend more money on sensors.

I have two other Nissans (08 Versa and 14 Sentra) and have similar setups for winter in each. No sensors.

Save the money and pay $20-$40 bucks and get a good tire pressure gauge and manually check it yourself.

That is the way I used to think and am still fine with it. But three times now we have run over a nail and had a slow leak, twice it was while my wife had the car. Luckily the TPMS lights up and makes me aware and I find it and in all three times the car could drive home or to a shop. If I didn't have the light it would have been very low if not flat before we noticed and then we are stuck with no spare and my wife would not be happy :)

I am not saying it is wrong to not, just understanding you have a normal (for me anyway) tire situation like the good old days :)

Oh and I have had more flats in the last three years than in the last 35 years, is the Leaf a nail magnet :)
 
LeftieBiker said:
We aren't buying sensors because we are too lazy to check tire pressure. We don't want the car constantly complaining that there is a TPMS malfunction.

I second this as well, although the light only bothered me for about a month, but when anyone else road in the car they were like, "You know you have a tire warning light on, right?"

Also, not sure if the Leaf is this way, but in our Van you can't shut off the traction control if the TPMS warning is on, and in winter sometimes I wanted to force it to go even if it was spinning a bit.
 
LeftieBiker said:
We aren't buying sensors because we are too lazy to check tire pressure. We don't want the car constantly complaining that there is a TPMS malfunction.

Not implying laziness, only cost savings.

Yes the light will go on too....yada yada yada. Past few years come to ignore it.

If those sensors were less expensive, then I would look probably get them. Dam technology!

That's all so don't get upset.
 
I totally agree that it is crazy what they charge for the sensors, there was no way 4 years ago I was going to pay, $500 for tires and another $400 for sensors and $80 to the dealer to program them to my car. I guess between my late luck with nails and that I have a programmer for our van and the sensors are $30 I gave in. But they should be way less and it should be mandatory that every car has a "re-learn" TPMS button. You shouldn't have to go to a dealer or get your own programmer. Also I can say if you have a nail in your tire and you get it fixed or new tire mounted, there was an additional charge of $5 for a "TPMS tire" Like what did they do different?

Oh I will stop complaining about it now...
 
I don’t mind spending the money on TPMS, but just hate having to go to the dealer or shop for reprogramming as I normally swap out the tire myself. I have never had this problem before as my last car (07 Lexus GS350) has 2 TPMS banks: one for summer and one for winter. You just have to press a switch in the glove compartment after you change out the tires. Is it that expensive to provide 2 banks of memory for TPMS?
 
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