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Nov 15, 2011 | 05:17 PM

Silver48

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We are going on an over night trip so I check the tire pressure because the sensors show 2lb and 3lb low. My hand held gauges (two different ones) show 30lb on the nose. Do you trust the senors over gauges?

Had the senors rebuilt when I got new tires about 1,000 miles ago.

Nov 15, 2011 | 05:19 PM

TorchRedRocket

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In my case, my sensors are dead on. Do you have another tire pressure gauge you can check them with?

Nov 15, 2011 | 05:23 PM

MAC5

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I'd go with what the tire pressure gauges show for setting pressure on all four tires. Then use the TPMS as a reference.

Nov 15, 2011 | 05:55 PM

Silver48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TorchRedRocket

In my case, my sensors are dead on. Do you have another tire pressure gauge you can check them with?

Yes One is straight line and the other is a dial motorcycle gauge. They check the same.

Nov 15, 2011 | 06:09 PM

Paul Wood

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The "pen style" tire pressure gages are notoriously inaccurate. However, if you are within a couple of pounds I do not believe that it will cause you issues. Having the same pressure in all tires is probably more important than the actual reading off of a gage. Having said that, I would probably put an extra pound of air in to make the TPMS show the proper amount and then use them as a reference as suggested in another post. Good Luck .

Nov 15, 2011 | 06:11 PM

87SAM

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Both sets I've had read a pound or so low also. For those whose monitors match the gauge, maybe they should try another gauge

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Nov 15, 2011 | 11:52 PM

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I'd trust the gauge.

Nov 19, 2011 | 09:18 AM

fatboy999

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Tire pressure sensors

Just wondering if the tire pressure sensors can be recalculated either by the dealer or a tool that we could purchase? I have the same problem, with all sensors reading low (being compared to 2 different digiatal gauges). The computer keeps popping up a warning about a tire being low, I clear it from the display, then it displays a different tire being low.