TPMS failures
We hear constantly about the wonders of TPMS systems . Anyone ever have a failure ?
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Heavy Metal Doctor wrote:
I know a couple of things relating to it: The sensors are triggered on the motion of rolling along down the road and turns itself off when sitting still. Usually by the time I hit 25MPH or so the monitor is reading pressure of all sensors. So no battery life lost while parked.
Where are you getting this information?
When my car is sitting in the garage, I can turn on the TST monitor and within a few minutes I will get PSI and temp readings even if the car does not move.
It requires a bit of time for all the sensors to register with the monitor. Motion does not trigger them.
As far as I know, TST sensors do not "go to sleep".
I have read a manual for another brand that does have a sleep mode. TireTrakker, IIRC.
