TPMS on Vehicle - Your experience

[bdGreen]

My next car should I need one will be a 1970 Monte Carlo.

BTW I am headed to the garage to check my tires now.

I love that I can check the tire pressure on both my vehicles on my cell phone. Isn’t technology wonderful? Ha.
bdGreen

 

[soFlaNative]

Geeez, and I thought my auto door unlock was a problem...

 

[bobsguns]

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Your link proves my point. I saw nothing of brands other than GM or Ford.

$199 for a tool for resetting a sensor? No thanks.

 

[LVSteve]

I recently went through this issue with two vehicles. Discount Tire tested the sensors and recommended replacing the one that shown defective. It was $66.00. About 1 month later I got another TPMS light on my dash. Discount Tire tested and found another sensor bad. At the age of the tires and mileage I had them replace all for tires and replaced the other 3 sensors. The sensors were $140 total for all 3.

I have noticed that when the ambient temperature drops low, the tire pressure drops and I see a light on my dash when I start the car. After about 5 miles down the freeway the TPMS light goes off.

I have pumped up all the tires to max cold, but I don't like it because the car rides rough and generates more road noise.

There's only one digital tire pressure gauge I use... ETENWOLF

https://a.co/d/7OwTlSs

Tires typically lose 1 PSI for every 10°F of temperature drop. That's why the light comes on in the winter, unless you get ahead of it and put more air in as soon as the weather starts to cool.

I can second the ETENWOLF tire gauge recommendation.


What do you mean by "I have pumped up all the tires to max cold, but I don't like it because the car rides rough and generates more road noise." Please don't tell me that you typically inflate your tire to the max number on the sidewall. The recommended pressures are either on a plate/sticker on the door jamb or on the insdie of the filler door on European cars.

 

[S&W Fan]

2010 Nissan Titan 4wd, just under 96k miles, warning light has been for a few years. It’s the receiving unit that has gone bad. Too expensive to replace, just got a new set of tires. The guy at Big O jokingly kidded me about still not replacing the unit. I told him I’m good checking the pressure on my own lol.