RIP LTPWS sensor; all removed - no error light

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Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

Welcome to the FORUM. I'm just telling you what happened. These are charged by a Piezo battery its possible one simply died. Usually when these go out its a violent affair and you will notice the carnage inside the tire. I go to Discount all the time but I bring in a demonstration sensor with the band when its time to change the tires. Normally the head is mounted in the center 180 degrees from the valve stem. I dont tell you this to piss you off but to simply tell the story is not at all accurate. Its entirely possible the sensor was partially coming off as the plastic can break but I doubt it looking at this picture. As to not having bands I disagree with your statement but it is hard finding replacement bands... So some folks pull em. GC

GC,

Thank you for the welcome and of course let me first acknowledge that what I don't know about the ZR-1 is vastly greater than what I do know, so I am eager to learn.

That said, I must admit that while I am not at all pissed off at your post, I am genuinely puzzled by what you are trying to say. If I interpret your post accurately, you are saying that the pictured sensor could not have broken off inside the tire (because it would have been worse destroyed) but must have separated (as pictured) during the second time that Discount Tire broke the bead on that wheel. That is entirely possible and I have no reason to disagree.

For all the facts to fit, though, that same sensor would have had to quit working between my first and second visits, and coincidentally would have been the same sensor (and only that sensor) destroyed during the second tire dismounting. And also something else would have had to occur during that week to start a tire vibration at speed, that was not evident when I first picked up the car after my first visit (with new tires).

Anything is possible, I suppose...