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outwestbound
Explorer
Jul 19, 2017

Are tire pressure monitoring systems accurate?

Hello. Just wondering, do users of monitoring systems find the TPMS's reported pressures to be consistent with mechanical measurements, like gauges? I have a couple gauges, one of which is a fancy...
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Second_Chance
Explorer II
Jul 20, 2017
My TPMS (TireMinder) reads several PSI higher than my two gauges. This is the case for the six tires on the truck at 65 PSI and the four on the trailer at 110 PSI. I just set the TPMS for the pressures indicated when everything has been verified by a known-good gauge. The TPMS alarms based on percent variance and it has saved us on at least one occasion.

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