TPMS question
07-12-2018, 09:48 AM
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TPMS question
If a sensor is going bad, does it just quit completely, or does it give erroneous readings for a while, before dying?
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07-12-2018, 10:11 AM
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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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07-13-2018, 08:15 AM
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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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07-13-2018, 08:23 AM
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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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07-13-2018, 06:35 PM
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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.
07-13-2018, 09:43 PM
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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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07-15-2018, 08:24 PM
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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.