So all "discernable advantages" should be paid for by someone else and provided to you for free?? Sounds a little bitopportunistic anda lot like a bad case of "entitlement"
I have a 2007 and 2008 and the TPMS have failed on both of them. I have no intention of getting them replaced. I think I was quoted a proce of about $
60 to $ 80 for each wheel. That is getting close to the price of a tire.
The 2007 has about 55,000 miles on it and the 2008 has about 25, 000 on it. I hae replaced the factory tires on both of them with some 80,000 mile tires. I should trade by the time I need tires again.
Over the years I've had at least four vehicles can remember had TPMS systems and have yet to have the first failure. The last Le Sabre was over 10 yo and 180k miles when it went. I don't recall the previous one's age (it was folk's when we came back so didn't have quite the direct connection for total recall). The so-equipped two vehicles presently are '10 and '11 so they're still almost brand new by my counting scheme...
Is that your car? I don't have TPMS on my car, but I keep a tire gauge in my glovebox, and occasionally check all tires. If leakage is excessive I get it fixed. That seldom happens. If I had TPMS and it worked, I would do the same, less the check. I haven't had trouble with tire wear.
Oil change is the only one on my car. What others are available? I don't understand this sudden interest in nitrogen. Tire Rack says: "Overall, inflating tires with nitrogen won't hurt them and may provide some minimal benefits." "Rather than pay extra for nitrogen, most drivers would be better off buying an accurate tire pressure gauge and checking and adjusting their tire pressures regularly."
Doubt I'll ever put nitrogen in my tires. None of the "minimal benefits" even apply to me, or most drivers. But if it's free I won't turn it down.
Either tires are a LOT cheaper in the USA than in Canada (I know they are somewhat cheaper) or you are buying crappy tires. I haven't bought a tire for less than $118 on sale in quite a few years - and I don't have 17 inch or larger rims or super low profile tires.
I was somewhat low on the tire prices. I put a good grade of Michelin tires on. They are about $ 125 each. This is just a standard Toyota. Still that $ 60 to $ 80 just for the sensor is way too high. I bet they only cost about $ 10 or less to make. Especially in the large quantites they are mass produced in. The tires did come with free rotation and flat repair. If you have to pay someone to rotate the tires two times a year, you might say the tires are almost free after 5 or 6 years.
Heh, I refill my tires most of the time the same way. Home air compresssor, no dryer. And I don't have early tread failure, warranty claims. I'm not running back to Costco screaming, OMG my tires failed! Warranty claim! Maybe my tires are unique, or maybe someone else here is full of BS.
Costco charged $45 for an after-market sensor for a 2007 Toyota Camry. There would be no extra installation cost if replaced at the time tires are replaced.
The manufacturing cost is immaterial, but it's probably about $3, not $10.
My Yaris, which is the bottom of the Toyota lineup, came with TPMS, ABS, traction control and stability control as standard equipment. The traction/stability control isn't bad in the winter but it makes playing in the dirt difficult. I'm used to getting a little sideways but the computer will have none of it.
Supposedly there is some arcane set of actions you can take to turn it off but that only last until you turn the engine off.
I had an instance where stability control kicked in on my car during an evasive move on wet roadway. My guess is if I had my other car I'd be going sideways across the median, possibly rolling. Great system that kept me solid like I was on rails.
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