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flat tire..no low pressure light!!
i woke up with morning to go to work and i take off and hear the horrible sound of rim on pavment so i get out pump it up and everything my ? is.. why didnt my low tire light come on??? good news tho had a spare stock size tire and its still lose air so thats a bent rim so that means new rims!!
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It could be faulty or if it happened suddenly it doesn't pick that up. I think it measures tire speed and if you didn't get the chance to drive it then the computer didn't have time to calculate a problem with the pressure. I think I'm close to it but may not have said it right, anyone else out there that can help?
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i don't have low pressure sensors, i'm sure the idiot light is there...
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The TPMS is ABS based. It takes some driving to set it so it can see a difference in the wheel speed = rolling diameter. So if you had a flat when you got in the car, it wouldn't have set right away - not until you drove a few miles at a fairly consistent speed.
Active TPMS (which is now required on new cars) would have told you that you have a flat right away, but that requires (expensive) sensors in each tire. |
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MissLindsey is right again... THere is direct and indirect tire pressure monitors. Unfortunately you will have indirect which calculates wheel speed differences of 12 psi or more. Direct actually has a sensor on the wheel that is pressure sensitive. |
^^Thats what I was trying to say. Thanks Guys/Girls!
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