What does the tire pressure monitoring system do?
Our government has passed legislation that requires all new passenger vehicles, beginning with 2008 model year vehicles, to be equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system. Maintaining the correct tire pressure for a vehicle is imperative for it’s safe operation. Too little air pressure will eventually cause catastrophic tire failure, which may endanger occupants safety. Studies have shown that running tires with too little air pressure is not uncommon. This means drivers are needlessly sacrificing their vehicle’s fuel economy, handling, tire durability and tread life. Legislation requires that a pressure monitoring system alert the driver when air pressure in a tire drops at least 25 % below the recommended cold tire inflation pressure for the vehicle. There are two types of air pressure monitoring systems used on vehicles today, direct monitoring systems and indirect monitoring systems. Direct systems attach a pressure sensor/transmitter to the vehicle’s wheel inside the tire’s ai
