Catchlight
New member
When I got my 2011 TE last year, I was sceptical about the need for a tire pressure monitoring system. Now, I'm a big fan.
Here's why. We were driving south on I-5 in southern Oregon at twilight last week and felt a bump as we drove over an unseen object. A few miles later in Eugene the low tire pressure light came on, so I pulled over and inspected the tires as best I could in the fading light, but couldn't see tread damage or a tire that was obviously low on air.
We continued on to Roseburg, our destination, driving in the right lane and sticking to the speed limit, just in case. In the morning when I checked the tire pressures the right rear was down from 32 PSI to 17, so I re-inflated it with our host's compressor, and drove to a tire shop.
When the technician removed the tire he immediately showed me that it was unrepairable because of a two inch gash in the tread, I realized that without the warning sensor I would probably have kept driving at 80 MPH, possibly until the tire utterly failed and caused a collision or rollover. It's amazing the the tire didn't deflate completely.
So there will be no complaining from me when I have to pay for sensor recalibration when I switch to winter tires in the fall. Has anyone else had a butt-saving experience with TPM?
Here's why. We were driving south on I-5 in southern Oregon at twilight last week and felt a bump as we drove over an unseen object. A few miles later in Eugene the low tire pressure light came on, so I pulled over and inspected the tires as best I could in the fading light, but couldn't see tread damage or a tire that was obviously low on air.
We continued on to Roseburg, our destination, driving in the right lane and sticking to the speed limit, just in case. In the morning when I checked the tire pressures the right rear was down from 32 PSI to 17, so I re-inflated it with our host's compressor, and drove to a tire shop.
When the technician removed the tire he immediately showed me that it was unrepairable because of a two inch gash in the tread, I realized that without the warning sensor I would probably have kept driving at 80 MPH, possibly until the tire utterly failed and caused a collision or rollover. It's amazing the the tire didn't deflate completely.
So there will be no complaining from me when I have to pay for sensor recalibration when I switch to winter tires in the fall. Has anyone else had a butt-saving experience with TPM?
