I highly recommend. I did a lot of research before making this purchase. No regrets form me. My brother’s friend has one already and had great feedback about his unit. I was able to use it on my gen 3 Tacoma on a second set of tires and able to do a full five tire rotation and able to learn by OBDII new tire locations with no issue… this was after being told it wasn’t possible by a manager at tire discounter who told me that it wasn’t possible to do a five tire rotation on a Tacoma or a Lexus and update by ECU. I explained what I was looking to do twice and he was unable to give me confidence. I decided to not pay him for his recommendation that would limit me and instead trusted the reviews of others and input from an actually user of an Autel system. I am glad I didn’t listen to him and stick with a 4 tire rotation setup and not update by OBDII. Clearly not all techs or managers are up on technology. That or they are trying to con you into buying their product to maximize their profit. .
Here are many pros.
Updates a free for life. Verse a lot of the other brands where you have to pay for them. That can be more than $100 a year.
It can update via Wi-Fi. No PC needed. Took a minute to figure it out but once I registered on line the devise and ran the update a second time it ran through with no issue.
It can do quick learn procedure and advanced.
It can update ECU by OBDII.
It can program blank Autel MX sensors. You can clone or create new ID’s.
It can create ID’s for Autel Sensors from 1-16 sensors at a time. I did all 5 of mine with one step verses 5 individual processes. This would be very hand for those that have to do a fleet of vehicles.
It can read and update the ECU for a majority of all OEM and after market brands.
Only con is it cannot program blank sensors from other brands, but not an issue for me.
I went with creating my ID’s and I have two full size (summer/winter) sets of tire five tires to do a five tire rotation. It worked perfect and had no issues. Did exactly what it was advertised to do.
Ps. I broke the bead of the tire by using a car jack under my hitch and raised the jack while it pressed down on the side wall of the tire as it pushed against the hitch till the bead broke on the one side with the valve. There a videos to walk you through this. I was able to pull out all 5 valve steams and install the MX sensors and then inflate the tires. You need a real air compressor though. Not a 12v air compressor. The sensors are light enough that they extra weight didn’t cause an issue with the balance. I was able to install all these at home myself saving $30-$50 per tire depending on the tire shop. Saved $160-$250.
Manufacturer | Autel |
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Brand | Autel |
Product Dimensions | 10 x 8 x 15 cm; 2.12 kg |
Item model number | TS508WF with 8PC Sensors |
Manufacturer part number | TS508WF with 8PC Sensors |
OEM part number | WiFi Update & USB Update, 3200mAh Battery |
Item Weight | 2.12 kg |