I need to replace a TPMS sensor. Will be getting new tires soon so will replace the sensor at the same time. I could turn it off via JScan but I kinda like having the sensors.
Any favorites?
Any favorites?
What brand of TPMS sensors work well?
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Deleted TPMS. If you can wait till summer, I'm looking for new rubber then and will give you mine.
What year is your Jeep not all of the years use the same frequency of TPM's?
That's nice of you. I picked up a Standard Motor Products one and will have it installed when I get my new tires installed.
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FWIW, I've used the ones at Discount Tire twice on Jeeps and they've been perfectly fine...
I know a lot of folks disable the TPMS, but for me, it's one of those things that could actually save some skin, and is otherwise completely passive until needed. Dropping air pressure down for a trail ride and having the light come on doesn't bother me one bit, at least not for normal trail rides, even ones that last a full weekend.
I know a lot of folks disable the TPMS, but for me, it's one of those things that could actually save some skin, and is otherwise completely passive until needed. Dropping air pressure down for a trail ride and having the light come on doesn't bother me one bit, at least not for normal trail rides, even ones that last a full weekend.
I turned off the TPMS in my F150 because it's only a light. Doesn't show individual tire pressure. I like the individual tire pressures showing on the TPMS in the Jeep. So, I'll keep it.
I ended up buying 4 sensors from Extreme Terrain (sent the single one back) and replaced them all when I had the new tires mounted and balanced a week or so ago. All are working well. It was around $40-50 for all 4.
Agree. I don't know why they get the hate that they do. It has proven to be worthwhile on every vehicle I own alerting me to an issue (puncture on the Wrangler and Escape, leaky valve on the SuperDuty) before I would have seen it otherwise. I don't know about most people, but I certainly don't walk around my vehicle and check tire pressure every time I drive.
Admittedly, I still don't understand that reasoning... Our Grand Cherokee and our Wagoneer both have the newer, individual pressure data going to the dash. That said, I can't say that I check it with any regularity (other than scrolling across it when I accidentally hit the menu up/down button on the steering wheel). For me, the big selling point is the fact that should something happen that isn't immediately apparent (like picking up a nail on the highway), I would get a warning even when I may not otherwise notice.
A perfect and somewhat recent example of this was when we were last in California. We were cruising back to Phoenix after spending the day in Knott's Berry Farm, and about an hour into the trip home, the TPMS light came on. We were still in somewhat busy, post-rush hour traffic (cruising at ~60 mph), but the light came on and I quickly exited the highway. We were able to make it off the road with a quickly flattening tire.
Upon inspecting, I picked up a small piece of construction debris that was completely unnoticed. By the time I unloaded our luggage from the back and got the spare out, the tire had gone completely flat (the rental was a minivan FWIW). Had I been cruising down the highway for another mile or two, who knows what could have happened, especially with the congestion and the fact that the damaged tire was the steering tire as well.
I believe it's because people don't want to deal with yet another idiot light is what it comes down to. I don't mind my '07 not having TPMS because *I* do walk around my vehicle every day, it's a habit from having to inspect my patrol unit before every shift.
Perhaps, though I do find that a little hard to believe still, since these systems are highly reliable, and with the exception of failed/dead sensors, I don't know of anyone having a serious issue with them after nearly 20+ years of time on the market. Heck, my silver JKU is a 2008 and has 209,000 miles and the system works just fine still. Same for our 2010 Islander (though only 88k miles). Collectively after nearly 200,000 miles of total travel over 7 different vehicles, plus hundreds (literally!) of rental cars over the past 15 years, I have only had to replace dead sensors (the Islander being the most recent).
FWIW, I also walk around my vehicles and inspect (at least on the "first drive" of the day), albeit quickly and informally, but still thorough enough to catch a flat tire. That said, since the day I turned 16 + 30 days old many, many moons ago and got licensed, I've experienced only ~5 flat tires that I can remember (one of which I was a passenger on), and all of which happened while the vehicle was moving.
For me, the only time I would ever both disabling the TPMS would be if I had a JKU that was a trailer queen and dedicated trail rig, where I indeed would not want any warning light glowing nonstop.
Use your TPMS….disable your TPMS….do whatever makes you happy. I dont understand the whole “stop liking what I don’t like” mentality. I dislike the whole duck thing. There is not a single duck in my Jeep. But if you like ducks in your Jeep….duck away. Doesn’t change my life if I dislike something you like.
Take some time for humor in your life. Maybe even laugh at yourself once in awhile.
The AI errors in the AI video make it even funnier.
Take some time for humor in your life. Maybe even laugh at yourself once in awhile.
The AI errors in the AI video make it even funnier.
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lol, that video above is why I stay off most of the FB Jeep pages 
It should have been clear that my comments have zero to do with "stop liking what I don't like", and everything to do with trying to understand the logic/reasons behind those decisions... When people say "I like xyz...", I'm always the curious cat that tries to understand why, particularly when there's not a reason that is apparent to most. There are usually reasons why, and those reasons are often interesting to understand, even if I don't necessarily agree with them
It should have been clear that my comments have zero to do with "stop liking what I don't like", and everything to do with trying to understand the logic/reasons behind those decisions... When people say "I like xyz...", I'm always the curious cat that tries to understand why, particularly when there's not a reason that is apparent to most. There are usually reasons why, and those reasons are often interesting to understand, even if I don't necessarily agree with them