Ccmano
07-01-2018, 03:21 PM
I have always thought that the giant and ancient design TPMS sensors on our cars was a problem and possibly an accident waiting to happen. I had my wheels refinished last week and happened to be at the wheel shop when they dismounted the tires. What came out was a bit shocking. Mind you my car has 180k miles, so this could be considered extreme testing. Only one sensor was intact. Two had separated from the band and had been tumbling around in there. This was apparent by their beat up look. The fourth was in pieces. Interestingly other than an out of balance feel from the tires I never felt anything. With that mileage who knows how many times tires have been replaced and what if any care was taken by the tire shops. Still 28 year old plastic and in this case high miles do not make for a happy combination.
In my personal opinion unless the car is an NCRS vehicle I would remove the sensors or have a second set of wheels for regular driving.
Here’s a view of one of the pieces that came out.
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http://a64.tinypic.com/2mq6xb4.jpg
In my personal opinion unless the car is an NCRS vehicle I would remove the sensors or have a second set of wheels for regular driving.
Here’s a view of one of the pieces that came out.
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:fahne:
http://a64.tinypic.com/2mq6xb4.jpg