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Old 11-02-2010 | 11:52 PM
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Thumbs up ** If You Have TPMS Questions Read This Please**

This link explains many things that your hearing about the dreaded TPMS problems and of course.the myths.

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http://www.moderntiredealer.com/Arti...ng-better.aspx
 
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Old 11-16-2010 | 06:17 PM
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Talking ** Hi Members, Read More On My TPMS Post's Here**

If you have been following my post in this forum about the TPMS sensors...follow this post to read more..always an Important and ever changing forum and posts...

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Funny Thing happene'd on this..More to follow...
 
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Old 01-27-2011 | 07:07 PM
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Smile ** Another New TPMS POST For All To Read **

For those of you who have been reading my threads about the TPMS sensors...here is a new thread for you installers of your own tires..

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http://www.moderntiredealer.com/Arti...MS-sensor.aspx

**after you click on the link..hit the Skip the ad and it will go to the article ...**
 
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Old 10-02-2011 | 11:24 PM
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Thumbs up A Factoid About The Sensors...

This is a fact of life on the TPMS battery life.
Battery life for sensors that were installed back when this started , 2001 have the batterys being replaced. The very early versions had a battery life of 3-5 years and now the later versions have a 5-7 years life. The tire industry really doesnt know how long they'll last because not that many have been out there that long to tell...they are just starting to trace and see what is happening.

The early wheels that had them installed are starting to fail, the ones that were out there since 2001-2002.

More to follow on the TPMS subject in future posts..
Keep up to date by looking for this every so many days or weeks..look for the up dated posts.

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Old 10-03-2011 | 01:08 PM
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Sensor batteries are not always active. The sensors incorporate a switch that works on centrifugal force of the spinning tire. So when your car is parked, the sensors are turned off. More to the point, if you have a 2nd set (for example snow tires) the sensors are switched off when they are stacked up in your garage.
(Applies to Schrader sensors, probably most others too)
 
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Old 12-19-2011 | 02:55 PM
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What car were you typing about , I didn't have one in the post...
But here's one for you to look at..This is sweet..
 
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Old 03-26-2013 | 07:14 PM
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Another post addition to TPMS...
Follow the link to see..

 
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Old 06-17-2013 | 03:48 PM
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And yet another post..this one is on Battery Life of the TPMS.

WheelBrokerAng ... go to artical..

http://autocarepronews.us1.list-mana...7&e=ff44bc58bd
 
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Old 06-17-2013 | 04:23 PM
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That links to something about corrosion of the stems & hardware.

But I asked TireRack about battery life awhile ago, because I have snow tires with TPMS sensors that sit unused all spring/summer/fall. They told me that there's a little switch in the sensor that is activated by the "centrifugal force" of the wheel spinning. So they are essentially switched off during storage.
 
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Old 06-17-2013 | 06:06 PM
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Red face Ohh-Nooooo

Aha..wrong link, I'll have to go back and look for that other link I read it on... and reputitin.How did you like that word Jim
 



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