Hey all, I was excited to see some of the successes in this forum but today was denied importation of a 19 Forester with an aftermarket installed TPMS at the Queenston Lewiston bridge crossing.
Officer said that the installed sensor must be OEM parts. I mentioned that Subaru told me that they didn’t believe a Canadian made model could be retrofitted with OEM parts, and he replied that this means the car is not importable. Officer was super friendly and seemed to feel a bit bad for my situation. I had had the TPMS “professionally installed” at a Mr Lube.
The officer also said that DMVs are being more diligent about checking for this as technically unregulated aftermarket parts don’t qualify to be insured on US roads.
I might try to see if Subaru can install this kit, or see if I can get the OEM sensors installed in the tires and get that in writing.
Overall pretty crazy this is an issue; I’d have had second thoughts about buying this car if I’d known it has this issue.
