2024 PRIUS XLE AWD TPMS SENSOR QUESTION

I believe the 315MHz US sensors are the "old" ones and the 433MHz Japan/European sensors are the "new" ones. I checked the OP and saw they bought the 433MHz version before I replied to them. They should be okay just letting the car do the work.



My understanding of the difference is that the 315MHz frequency band in Europe is reserved for something else. That's why they had to make 433MHz sensors. (this all happened many years ago) I assume it was cheaper to build the 315MHz sensors back then, so it was worth it to make two different versions. Since Toyota seems to be switching over to 433MHz for everything now, I assume the production costs between the two versions is now low enough that it doesn't make sense to keep making one version for North America and one version for the rest of the world.

 

Try buying from a different tire shop next time...when I got my new winter wheels they "programmed" it for free. The only scammers I know who charge to program the TPMS are the Toyota Stealerships.

Their free programming via ODB2 didn't work, I had to manually tell the car to learn the new set of TMPS through the maintenance menus.

 

The Amazon search results for '2026 Prius TPMS sensors' are littered with 315 mHz units. They call them 'preprogrammed' as well.