Tire pressure monitoring systems

rgatijnet1 wrote:

MarcW wrote:

the silverback wrote:
Haveing read the above comments I will stay with my hand held tire pressure gauge. However, be sure to get a good one. Not a $9.99 special. I am luckly that I can have mine checked at least once a year at lab that is tracable to the national standards.

And when you run over something in the road that starts a leak down of one of your front tires, resulting in heat build-up, that in turn results in a sudden blow-out, that tire guage will be one of the items flying about as you leave the road. Be sure to grab it as it goes by because it's a good one.

And as you read the posts on this topic, there are people that say how their sensors have gone bad and their TPMS was junk. So if one of YOUR sensors goes bad on your front tire, and you go off of the road when the tire goes flat, be sure to send that sensor back and wait for a replacement. That is the problem with putting too much faith in an electronic gadget. They are operating in a harsh environment and they do occasionally fail.

I havent seen any evidence that a faulty sensor would cause the problem you stated. It may keep you from having the ability to monitor that specific tire but it wouldnt be a case of you thinking it is working when it isn't. If a sensor fails you will know immediately as it wont report back to the main unit. I have traveled many miles without a monitor mostly because they werent available years ago, but there is NO way I will ever be without mine. The damage that can and probably will occur if you have a flat on the trailer far exceeds the cost of having a TPMS. Do what you like, but for me there is just no good reason to be without. BTW the same goes for a good CO alarm.