How to Install a Tire Pressure Monitoring System in Your Car
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Date: 2021-02-01
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douglasheld
PSA, the market is now flooded with low quality external sensor TPMS systems similar to this one. Some of them plug into the cigar lighter like this one, some of them plug into USB, and some of them have solar power chargers. The real scam appears to be sets that are sold without the specialized tool shown at 4: 24 which is required to open it up and replace the sensor batteries. I have yet to buy a set that includes the tool, grr.
There are some other interesting problems with the design. First is that you no longer rely on your valves in your valve stems to keep the pressure in the tire. Instead, the sensor opens that valve and the seal with the sensor on the valve stem is what maintains the pressure. Chris was really good to emphasize the soapy water check before continuing. Second problem is that these little devices add some outward force to the valve stems when the wheels are rotating at high speed. I have seen users report that their valve stems failed after a short amount of use.
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PSA, the market is now flooded with low quality external sensor TPMS systems similar to this one. Some of them plug into the cigar lighter like this one, some of them plug into USB, and some of them have solar power chargers. The real scam appears to be sets that are sold without the specialized tool shown at 4: 24 which is required to open it up and replace the sensor batteries. I have yet to buy a set that includes the tool, grr.
There are some other interesting problems with the design. First is that you no longer rely on your valves in your valve stems to keep the pressure in the tire. Instead, the sensor opens that valve and the seal with the sensor on the valve stem is what maintains the pressure. Chris was really good to emphasize the soapy water check before continuing. Second problem is that these little devices add some outward force to the valve stems when the wheels are rotating at high speed. I have seen users report that their valve stems failed after a short amount of use.
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Frank
I have an 07 Chevy Cobalt and it didn't come with TPMS because it was made in late 2006 and sold as a 2007 model. TPMS became mandatory on all vehicles made after 09/01/2007. Purchased the kit shortly after buying new tires a few years ago. The tires are low profile and is difficult to tell if they are low on air. One day, around a year after buying the tires, I got into the car and the monitor was beeping. Showed the front right tire was low. Looked at the tire and it looked ok. Checked the tire and it had a nail in it. Aired it up and later on got the tire fixed. Saved me from driving on a low/flat tire which would have ruined it. A new tire alone would have cost over 100.
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I have an 07 Chevy Cobalt and it didn't come with TPMS because it was made in late 2006 and sold as a 2007 model. TPMS became mandatory on all vehicles made after 09/01/2007. Purchased the kit shortly after buying new tires a few years ago. The tires are low profile and is difficult to tell if they are low on air. One day, around a year after buying the tires, I got into the car and the monitor was beeping. Showed the front right tire was low. Looked at the tire and it looked ok. Checked the tire and it had a nail in it. Aired it up and later on got the tire fixed. Saved me from driving on a low/flat tire which would have ruined it. A new tire alone would have cost over 100.
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Dan
Bought several sets of a less expensive model last year and had very good luck with them on several cars EXCEPT they came with aluminum (silver) security lock nuts, not brass as in your video. Over time, galvanic corrosion froze the lock nuts in position, requiring me to cut them off the stems using diagonal or side cutter pliers (the nuts need to be out of the way to refill the tires. Put the sensors back on, and no one has ever stolen a single one, and none have loosened on their own. So, my advice is DON'T install the lock nuts if they are aluminum!
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Bought several sets of a less expensive model last year and had very good luck with them on several cars EXCEPT they came with aluminum (silver) security lock nuts, not brass as in your video. Over time, galvanic corrosion froze the lock nuts in position, requiring me to cut them off the stems using diagonal or side cutter pliers (the nuts need to be out of the way to refill the tires. Put the sensors back on, and no one has ever stolen a single one, and none have loosened on their own. So, my advice is DON'T install the lock nuts if they are aluminum!
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Jay
Similar to this I do hear about a gadget called Mobileye. If you are looking for a collision avoidance system to put in older vehicles that dont come with it, this is it. It does not brake for you nor substitute you being alert but in a critical emergency where you have under 3 seconds to brake it will beep and you can slam the brakes to avoid collision or reduce impact. It has many other features.
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Similar to this I do hear about a gadget called Mobileye. If you are looking for a collision avoidance system to put in older vehicles that dont come with it, this is it. It does not brake for you nor substitute you being alert but in a critical emergency where you have under 3 seconds to brake it will beep and you can slam the brakes to avoid collision or reduce impact. It has many other features.
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BlueKnight001
I wanted to get tyre pressure sensors for my motorbike but after doing research I found out that you should install metal tyre valve stems as the sensors were too much weight for the rubber ones and it eventually ripped it off causing a instant flat tyre while going 60mph and causing the guy to crash his bike.
Same thing applies to cars, dont fit tyre sensors to rubber valve stems
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I wanted to get tyre pressure sensors for my motorbike but after doing research I found out that you should install metal tyre valve stems as the sensors were too much weight for the rubber ones and it eventually ripped it off causing a instant flat tyre while going 60mph and causing the guy to crash his bike.
Same thing applies to cars, dont fit tyre sensors to rubber valve stems
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Deven
This would a great gadget for my older cars too but already have a dual dashcam plugged into cigarette lighter port. Also, tire pressure not much of an issue anyway since filled with nitrogen; hardly any fluctuations.
In any case, great video as always Chris!
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This would a great gadget for my older cars too but already have a dual dashcam plugged into cigarette lighter port. Also, tire pressure not much of an issue anyway since filled with nitrogen; hardly any fluctuations.
In any case, great video as always Chris!
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autos
btw is the weight of tpms will damage the tire stem (where you put air in, Because, if the tire spin faster and faster the weight of it can increase.
Just curious, really want to buy one.
Live in Thailand ssry for bad english or grammar of some sort.
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btw is the weight of tpms will damage the tire stem (where you put air in, Because, if the tire spin faster and faster the weight of it can increase.
Just curious, really want to buy one.
Live in Thailand ssry for bad english or grammar of some sort.
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jesus
I check pressure all the time and recently on my trip from SC to NY I had a tire basically melt 200 miles in before I made any stops to do a walk-around. I considered getting something like this after. No fun changing the spare on the side of the interstate
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I check pressure all the time and recently on my trip from SC to NY I had a tire basically melt 200 miles in before I made any stops to do a walk-around. I considered getting something like this after. No fun changing the spare on the side of the interstate
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autos
saw it on clearance at walmart for 13. i should have bought it. but i figured i don't want to keep buying batteries for the sensors. instead i just got the ryobi air pump that you set it to the psi you want and let it fill it up and it stops.
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saw it on clearance at walmart for 13. i should have bought it. but i figured i don't want to keep buying batteries for the sensors. instead i just got the ryobi air pump that you set it to the psi you want and let it fill it up and it stops.
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666dynomax
I'd like to get rid of the US mandated TPMS shit in my canadian cars. (my toyotas didnt come with them here! HORRAY) but Chris Fix adds them. They are a nuisance system that serves little purpose.
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I'd like to get rid of the US mandated TPMS shit in my canadian cars. (my toyotas didnt come with them here! HORRAY) but Chris Fix adds them. They are a nuisance system that serves little purpose.
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