TPMS question
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If I can remember mine just died...no warnings !!...might as well replace them all...the others aren't to far behind !!
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I know, but it's not like my "good old days", where I had access to a tire machine, at the corner gas station, to break down the upper beads and sneak the old sensors out, and the new ones in. Believe me, if I could easily do this myself, I'd do it in a heartbeat! When you have to pay people to do things for you, it changes your outlook on things....you aren't as willing to just throw parts at a situation, and hope you guessed correctly.
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From: Cape Coral, Florida
I know, but it's not like my "good old days", where I had access to a tire machine, at the corner gas station, to break down the upper beads and sneak the old sensors out, and the new ones in. Believe me, if I could easily do this myself, I'd do it in a heartbeat! When you have to pay people to do things for you, it changes your outlook on things....you aren't as willing to just throw parts at a situation, and hope you guessed correctly.
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My current sensors are about 10 years old. And in my case, my RF tire starts out showing a pound, sometimes two pounds low, then after about 4-5 miles of driving, it "catches up" to the LF.
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Mine is starting to give me a " Service Tire Monitoring Sys" or to the like. Then goes off. 1st time, I pulled the codes and saw it was the right front failure. Cleared the code and then a week later, came up again so I quickly went to the tire pressures on the GAUGE readout and was Getting RF XXXXXX But the LF was reading 32 psi. As was the backs. Then a few miles down the road it cleared and started reading normal. I did get a new on in this week and will change it sooner or later.
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I had a C5 'zombie' TPMS. After it failed, it was dead for several months.. then it would wake up some days.. Readings could be off.. or exactly right... then it would die again.
I had a C5 'zombie' TPMS. After it failed, it was dead for several months.. then it would wake up some days.. Readings could be off.. or exactly right... then it would die again.
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