The Mighty Minute - Ep 23: Direct TPMS Service Tips

[@stevehayes6661]

Another awesome video

[@pantherplatform]

When I was a tire tech at Mazda, in Florida, I'd over inflate tires during service appointments in the fall so the tpms warning indicator lamp wouldn't illuminate on the first cold day of winter due to the tire's pressure dropping below the threshold because it was already getting low from not having been filled in a few months. Most passenger car tires lose about 1 psi per month from permeation.

[@billyr9840]

Nice !

[@bobneuman8124]

I found out on Nissan vehicles that if you set the air pressures while the vehicle is running, it will beep the horn each time you set the correct pressure for each wheel.

[@jpol3808]

I would like to see manufacturers add to or replace the system with, an imminent flat tire warning indicator. When a tire would drop to a low enough pressure or be losing air at a fast enough rate for that cars tire size, that it's either time to fill it, fix it, or your risking a flat and will be getting out the Jack real soon, that's the time I want to see a warning light. Like the other comment said about overfilling ties in cold climates. It's a pain in the old bazooka when winter hits and you live in a northern climate. I don't agree with over inflation but I have done that myself because of that darn light and the expectant drop in temperature that was coming. Most of the time in winter that light is on and I just glance at the tires before I drive to see if it's low enough that I should get air, vs risking a flat. The only time that light ever saved my bacon, was when a railroad spike punctured a tire, a few blocks from home and I turned around, pulling in the driveway as the tire went completely flat. But I could actually hear the air escaping while I was driving home. That's the kind of TPMS I want in my car. One that will sense a pound pressure drop per minute and then trigger the light, also with a low trigger point that means get air real soon or I'll be walking. The current system was just designed with gas mileage in mind and not with real time warning functionality in mind. Jpol.