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Good day fellow car talk brethren, today we are going to be talking about TPMS, Its use, how it works, what could go wrong with it, diagnosis and how to fix it.
WHAT IS TPMS?
TPMS stands for tire pressure monitoring system.
WHAT IS THE USE OF TPMS IN A CAR?
As the name sounds TPMS is a system designed to monitor the pressure in a tire but not only that TPMS sensors are able to monitor, the temperature of the tire, the pressure (psi), the speed at which it is travelling. But basically the purpose of the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) in your vehicle is to warn you that at least one or more tires are significantly under-inflated, possibly creating unsafe driving conditions.
WHY TPMS?
The use of TPMS became prominent in 2007 it became a law when the US government passed the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act. As a result of this legislation a lot vehicles on sale in the United States since 2007 have a TPMS. This was a result of numerous car accidents caused by underinflated tires, prior to the introduction of TPMS the only way to check your tire pressure was to use a tire pressure gauge which did not give you a live data of the tire pressure i.e. if your tire pressure is reducing on motion you wont know, the tire pressure gauge only gave you a one-off status of your tire pressure, with the introduction of TPMS you get an on-the-go information of your tire pressure.
TYPES OF TPMS?
There are basically two types of TPMS
1)Indirect and 2)Direct TPMS
1)The indirect uses data provided by each wheel speed. This is done in collaboration with the vehicles ECM using a certain type of algorithm in comparing the revolution(how fast each tire move) on each tire to determine the tire pressure.
2)The direct TPMS is the other type of TPMS that is mostly used nowadays. In this system each tire has a tire pressure sensor which is used to monitor the pressure on every tire, the data gathered by this sensor is what is sent to the car ECU which in turn commands the TPMS light to come on.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG WITH MY TPMS?
There are basically two reasons your TPMS indicator can come up.
1)When your tire is underinflated.
2)When the TPMS sensor is damaged.
3)Dead batteries
1)Under inflated tires
The number 1 reason you will see your TPMS light come on is when you have an underinflated tire, when you have loss pressure in the tire due to puncture or any other reason. The advantage of this over a non TPMS car is that it gives your on-the-go indication of the pressure in your car tire, so lets say you are on the road and you drive over a bottle and the tire begins to loss pressure, you get to see your TPMS light come on to indicate that you have a tire pressure that is below the manufacturer specific but if your car is does not have a TPMS you might not notice if your tire pressure is down which can cause a serious accident or damage your tire especially when you are on full speed and your tire is completely flat.
2)Damaged TPMS sensors
For both direct and indirect TPMS, if the sensors used to monitor the tire pressure is damaged, probably spoilt or has dirt on it (in the cause of indirect TPMS that uses data from the wheel speed sensors) you will get a TPMS MIL. In a lot of causes damage TPMS sensors or related sensors causes the TPMS MIL to come up. Specifically for direct TPMS where there are individual TPMS sensors for each wheel and on even the spare, once one or more of this sensors are bad the TPMS MIL comes up. NOTE: If your car is equipped with a direct TPMS it is important to ensure that you inform your mechanic or vulcanize of your sensor so safety precautions will be taken when working around them. TPMS sensors on direct TPMS are delicate and they should be handled with care, if broken or over stretch or not man handled they will be damaged.
3)Dead batteries
Direct TPMS sensors come with batteries which usually last for 5-10 years once the battery is dead the sensors dies thereby triggering a TPMS MIL.
WHAT SHOULD I DO WHEN I GET A TPMS MIL ON MY DASHBOARD
When the TPMS MIL is triggered on your dash follow the following steps;
1)Ensure all your tires are gauged to spec including the spare. if the MIL does not go off follow step 2
2)Get your car to a technician that has the the right tool to diagnose the fault in the system and that's where i come in. You can contact me on 08092757438(WhatsApp and voice call) to fix your TPMS related issues and more. Below is a gallery of TPMS related indicator light and sensors. Thanks for reading thus far THUMBS UP

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eyinjuege:
I must say you have done very well for yourself if your story is true. You've shown resilience, courage , determination to succeed despite all the odds against you.
Well done for that. Give yourself a pat on the back
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There are orphans who are living fine without any family.
Don't feel bad that you've refused their requests, afterall they never granted any of yours when you needed them in the past.
I would implore you to continue working hard and when you decide to marry, please marry someone who loves you and ready to help you grow further. Marry someone who is concerned about your welfare, who will be ready to stand by you through thick and thin. Do not let your partner pressurise you into getting close to your parents as they would be your downfall. You mean nothing to your biological parents unfortunately. Build your own family
I wish you the best.
Family are those who covered you from the rain and other elements, and those who you matter to.

Best advise, especially that downfall part.

SecretSpy666:
The got to know of where I'm working. I don't know who told them. They arranged with someone I was relating with to bring them to my house. When I got Intel about it. Warned the person not to bring anyone to my house and dissociated with the person. Now they are saying I'm rich and don't want to help anyone but I don't care.

bros,no answer anybody, forgive them but dont give them space into your life, never.

Lol.....is this meant to be a justification for all his wring doing.

double3:
Have u ever asked ursef why people climb mount everest....some people love taking up challenge.
As we speak I just tore down my generator engine, it cost more(time and finance) doing it myself cos I had to buy some tools which I don't have; its not about the cost but the idea of challenging one's self and the fulfilment that comes with achieving a goal.

Ok.

adanny01:
When I buy brake pads for N4,500. It costs me N500 to pay my mechanic to install them. But no, I take it home and install myself. Its not about the N500 installation fee.

80% of the time I wash my car myself. Its not about the N500 fee.

Within this same period that I created this thread, I have painted a car. I have the painter's number to call him?

Do you drive? I guess yes. Why do drive? As in, why don't you hire a driver instead of driving yourself? Its just 40k a month am sure you can afford it. You get what I mean?

In my own case, clearly I can't afford 60k for a paint job, do you want to volunteer? I would gladly, accept and appreciate your offer.

As an update to the thread, I have ordered 2 items and it has been 2months now, no show. Stuffs i ordered February were refunded last month, its not easy to get what I want.

Besides, after my accident, I have bought a bumper, headlight, bumper bracket, inner fender mudliner and engine splash shield. All I need is to drop the car with my panel beater in Jos.

If at any point I cannot proceed as planned, I would have no regrets to call it off. I have seen far more expensive ventures on NL that have not yielded desired results. I know when to quit except if you order me to quit by stepping up right now.

Just go and study medicine so that you can be treating yourself.

Kriss216:
Truth be told,

Borbrisky as a lady is prettier and more classy than 98.8788% of Nairaland girls.

so??

gScales:
Help!!!

solved?

Where is your location?

Following.

Lol.....are you feeling intimidated by someones car key?

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Na wa ooo......i no get money for iphone o.

Garrieveryday:
Vanity upon vanity. Everything is vanity

shut up

buy a new 4.0l engine.best advice

Why not turbocharging tho?

autologic:
Just Diagnosis hmmm

I laugh in Madarin.���

Following

Chaii........i love this ride.Happy sales.

Where in the north are you based?

Goodevening guys, please how much does it cost to fix Xiaomi mia3 screen, it still works but the outer glass has a terrible crack.

Buy a vw passat instead. And get a competent technician like billiebaba to maintain it for you.

cynacob28:
My reasons is that golf 4 engine always have electrical fault and thought golf 3 is stronger but I like the look of 4 and a friend of mine did same thing and it's working perfectly OK. Well thanks for the advice

Electrical problem?..........Get yourself a competent technician like Automotech and billiebaba and forget that myth, nothing like electrical problem with golf4.

WTH is pap.....abeg na ogi.

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Abdulabuh21:
Just watched the video now, and is spelt
Out most of the problem with faulty coolant temperature sensor it send wrong signal to d computer, but still i dont have a good technician, can u help a broda

Autologic can help you.

flyingpig:
yes I want to discuss privately with him to let him know of my own conditions, he thinks he's having it tough, wait till he hears my own story. I can't share it here. Maybe he'll feel special after hearing worse stories. Pm me bro.

is it a competition?

He still looks dead

Heathrow44:
Africa hasn't earned the right to be defended! Don't be too emotional that's y u av failed to grow! U run away from the truth and live in ur own little fantasy of how Africa is bigger than Europe , wake up and smell d coffee oga! This isn't the tym to put Africa first, this is the tym t show Africa to the world by building hospital, good roads, transparency, accountability, strong institutions, independent agencies, separation of powers, freedom of speech, protection of lives and properties, encouraging entrepreneurship, making socialism, communism and capitalism work hand in hand in nigeria in particular, cos right now "Nigerian Lives matter" "I can't breath"

lol......socialism and communism working hand to hand, you dont even know what you are saying..........when you write waec and pass come, you can come and talk to me. For now argue with your keyboard

Heathrow44:
Is u that is ignorant! Explain this abracadabra to the white people and see if they won't take u t a mental institution for evaluation!

so a white man is your yard stick to judging everything, so ones "white man" does not agree it is not possible?.You must so look down on the African race.