TPM serial-numbers identifiers: two options

The third option is to take the car to a tire dealer and have them install four new TPMS sensors in the tires and then program the new sensor ID numbers into the car's ECU. Call around to a few tire dealers in your area for pricing.

What I did was buy four aftermarket TPMS sensors on Amazon for $40, and I took them to a tire shop to have them installed for $25 per tire. Then, I used Techstream software to enter the new sensor ID numbers into the car's ECU. My total cost was $40 for the sensors +$100 installation =$140 +tax.

 

A full-coverage scan tool (like Toyota Techstream, or third-party ones like the Autel AP200 that's often mentioned here) can retrieve those IDs from the TPMS ECU.

I've read some posts saying the Autel flakes out trying to program new IDs. (I didn't want to read that, because I have an Autel, and I need to do that.)

Also, the old transmitters have their ID numbers printed on them (assuming they're originals, and not earlier replaced with the programmable kind), so once you've demounted the tires and taken the old transmitters out, you can just read the numbers.

Somewhere near you, you probably do have a tire shop. And with one of those, you don't even need the $300 tool of your own. They just do the work and usually don't charge you very much.

The last time I asked my regular tire shop to replace a dead transmitter for me, they charged me $0, and I wasn't fast enough to stop them using their fancy tool to re-register all my IDs.

I had already used Techstream and registered the ID of the new transmitter I gave them to put in. They went ahead and used their fancy tool to re-register all four anyway.

 

Edit: This is now the third thread that you have created for the TPMS (tire pressue monitoring system) sensors in your 2010 Prius. Please do not create any more threads for this issue. It is much better to have only one thread, so information about your TPMS sensor problem is not spread across three separate threads.

 

You are making something easy and inexpensive hard and pricey.

You can't reprogram Toyota tpms sensors with new ids. Same for all the low cost sets on Amazon and ebay.

There is one Autel tpms sensor (MX) that can be reprogrammed to clone existing ids in the car's tpms ecu but they cost $30 each, are not bluetooth and require an expensive Autel tool to do so. You could be in for $400 and still have to dismount the tires, replace the sensors and try to remount without breaking the new sensors. Makes no sense when a tire shop can take your $40 set and install them for $60. You do nothing.

 

It is very easy if you already have Techstream available to you and you know how to use the software. If you do not have Techstream, then you will need to install Techstream software onto a computer and buy a USB interface cable to use between the car's OBD2 port and the computer. Installing the hacked version of Techstream can be very difficult for most people.

 

The correct way is to create a new post in this thread with any new questions or concerns.

The TPMS sensors that you linked to on eBay should work fine. The Toyota part number listed is the correct one to use for your Prius. The problem that you will have is getting access to Techstream software or a scanner that is capable of uploading the new sensor ID numbers into the car's TPMS ECU. You would be better off just taking the sensors to a tire shop to install them in the tires and to also upload the ID numbers into the TPMS ECU.