Should (tpms),tire pressure monitoring systems be mandated on all cars and trucks?

Question

How meny that are killed or injured is exceptable to your governments economic
well being,Knowing that a TPMS would cut the numbers of tire related deaths by half.
Not to mention the number of cars on the road with under inflated tires.How meny
times a month should I check the air in my tires?

Answer 1

It really isn't a common problem. If one tire blows, the rest will keep the car on the road. The only real benefit is possibly longer tire life because of having properly inflated tired. Check the air in your tires once or twice a month, depending on how much you drive. They shouldn't lose air quickly unless you have a slow leak or old, dry rotted tires.

Answer 2

I check my tire pressure and fluid levels whenever i bring my truck into the shop i work at, pretty much every other day (either jsut topping up windshield washer fluid, or doing an oil change, or jsut checking my tire pressure, and wheel nut torques). I find the TPMS systems actually unreliable and more of an annoyance then anything. I have this one customer, if the light turns on, she will come into the shop and have us check it out for her, we don't charge her for this, she is a good cliante, and she gives me a sub whenever I go over to her shop for lunch (she's the owner of a Subway by my shop). 99% of the time, she was parked in the shade and one wheel was in the sun, or vice versa. Amazingly, that is enough to set the sensors off. Out of all the cars I have seen with this system installed, only about 5-10% of them actually had a problem.

Side note, I do believe it is 2009 that all vehicles must be equipted with TPMS, I do believe it was schedualed to be 2007 but was changed to a later date.

Answer 3

You SHOULD check tire pressures when you get fuel. Every time you get fuel. At least once a week, if anything.

The problem is that people don't pay enough attention to their tires, period. Underinflated is bad, so is over-inflation. Tires are worn when they are down to the TWI ( tire wear indicators) or wear bars, not when they are completely smooth and bald.

Better drivers education is needed. Most people panic and slam on the brakes when a tire fails. This the worst thing you can do. Ease off the gas, and ease into the brakes, a little as possible.

The reason all those Ford Explorers crashed wasn't only due to their "defective" Firestone tires or a "suspension problem" with the Explorer. It was due to the fact that when a tire deflates suddenly in a top heavy, two-ton SUV and the driver slams on the brakes, you get an instant loss of control, leading to roll-over because of the physics.

The rear wheel flew off, totally left the vehicle, wheel and tire both, of our large conversion van at 65 mph when I was young. I'm still here today because my dad knew how to handle the situation. We need better driver training in this country.

Answer 4

It does not need to be mandated, its one of those options that are such a good idea that TPMS will soon become standard on most vehicles anyway. I check my tire pressure twice a month and do a quick visual glance every day.

Answer 5

In the coming years they will be standard equipment on all the Ford models. I believe it will be in the next 2-3 years.

Answer 6

it good to have but take the one off the spare tire. my sis has a jeep and the thing goes off and on when the weather changes from hot to cold.ground tires are perfect, its just the spare changing with the weather.