Hi team, can someone tell me how to read the date code on these sensors? None of the numbers look anything like dates to me.

 

I have been troubled with one failed sensor on a 2011 X164, The vehicle has reported a lost sensor at left front wheel for quite some time. Last Thursday night driving home on the highway @65mph, I was unable (passing traffic doing 90) to avoid two sheets of plywood at the last second. Friday morning, the dash lit up with a flat tire warning. Both right (run-flat) tires were flat. I took my pickup truck to work, instead. I was already shopping for replacement tires, as the tread depth was getting low. Maybe it was a good thing I hesitated to purchase new tires last month. One reason is because I may have damaged the new tires, and secondly, I wasn't going to replace them with run-flat tires. I may have had a tough time managing the car with regular tires having sudden pressure loss.

Now I'm shopping for new TPMS sensors, and I was interested in reading the date codes on the packaging of new sensors which people are selling on Ebay. I saw one box say "Best if Installed by 2023-03-04, yet most are in plastic bags, and have an unexplanatory number sequence "11.10.20" on the bottom of the package's label.

Google says that the date code is a four digit number sequence, such as the first week in February 2006, would be "0605" signifying the last two digits of the year, followed by the week of that year, I suspect that this may be within a longer sequence of digits, as I too can't seem to make sense of this. They also said that there is a way for the MFG to decode the ID code to determine when it was made. I want to buy OEM, but at a fair price, and asap, and also be confident that the batteries are not dead from sitting on a shelf for a decade or more.

I am ready to spring for new tires, with several alternate suppliers. I spoke with one place that includes a full install (with new TPMS seals) with the purchase of a full set of tires. I had already bought a cheap set of after-market sensors that I guess I'm going to return, because he said that they will only replace sensors with either OEM sensors which I provide, or the sensors that they provide at $45 each. Good luck to both of us...I hope.

 

Based on what you shared, it's possible these are original TPMS then, with the code "06341" on them. I'm not sure what the 1 at the end would mean, but since the vehicle was an 07, it's possible these sensors have lasted the past 20 years. Probably best for me to not sell them then and just donate them out. If you'd like them for your own setup, let me know.