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"TPMS sensor light is on (major safety risk)" It really isn't. (very) low tire pressure is a major safety risk. The TPMS sensors I've had all seem to go off at
by sfasfsafd 7y ago
"TPMS sensor light is on (major safety risk)"
It really isn't. (very) low tire pressure is a major safety risk. The TPMS sensors I've had all seem to go off at minor deviations (few psi) from the tire pressure; deviations that aren't a safety risk.
A useful reminder that the winter is coming, but hardly a major safety risk.
- matt-attack 7y agoClose to 300 people died [1] in the 90s due to improperly inflated tires. Sorry, but I don't screw around with safety factors like this when I'm being hurled down freeway interchanges at 70 mph. > The TPMS sensors I've had all seem to go off at minor deviations Good (IMHO) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_contro...
- throwawayaway12 7y ago300 deaths seems like a very insignificant figure to be worked up over.
- dTal 7y agoSeriously. Ten times that number die in traffic accidents in the US daily. If that's your level of risk sensitivity, don't get in a car.
- ls612 7y agoWhat? About 100 people die from road vehicles per day in the US, not 3000.
- dTal 7y agoAh sorry, that's the global statistic, not the US statistic. Still, both statistics illustrate the point - 300 deaths a few decades ago involving faulty tires that may have been exacerbated by manufacturer-recommended underinflation have basically 0 bearing on the marginal risk of driving with a TPMS warning light illuminated.
- schwap 7y agoUh no, according to your own source they died because of tread separation caused by a number of factors, one of which may have been underinflation. But in this example the 'underinflated' value was manufacturer recommended, so a TPMS wouldn't have helped anyways.