Just need to vent...

Thanks, this makes sense....especially since it seems fine (after clearing the codes and resetting) but after a short drive pops back on. The tech probably didn't properly reprogram it in....will find out Friday.

 

Lawn Care Companies who send kids into your neighborhoods going door to door selling Lawn Maintenance Service.

If I wanted this service, I would call someone - I don't need a personal sales call at my front door.

 

Yep the TPMS is fixed. Technician had to re-read the sensors and stick them into the computer and reset it....problem solved.

I thought about buying an aftermarket TPMS reader to do the job myself (I have an Xtool D7 scanner) but it's really not worth the expense. (Not enough ROI.)

 

A TPMS in cars that only report pressure and not temperature is just a half-baked design.

Bob Wilson

 

It takes about 20 minutes of driving for the comm fail to reappear after it has been cleared with a scanner.

A working system will transmit as soon as you exceed 20 mph and will clear the tpms flashing/on light automatically.

 

The sensors in the wheel do report temperatures, and I can read them on my old ScanGauge. That puts the "half-baked design" problem at the car's user interface display end, not the sensor end.

 

Agreed! Both my 2014 and 2017 BMW i3-REx were coded to show pressure and temperature. My new 3d party Tesla scanner plans to show both.

Bob Wilson

 

I bought a TPMS tool set (separate RF reader and OBDII-port writer-reader at that time) after acquiring the household's second TPMS car that would be getting seasonal wheel swaps. Three dozen seasonal swaps among them later, it has been worthwhile. But for someone with just a single TPMS car, or without snow tires on separate rims, it likely is not worthwhile.

 

I've been reading about the new Hybrid Max system available in the Toyota Crown...pretty impressive:
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The base XLE grade comes equipped with the 2.5-liter THS, AWD, three selectable drive modes, 19-inch alloy wheels, heated and powered woven fabric front seats and the all-new Toyota Multimedia System. But the HYBRID MAX is the one to get on the upper-level trim. The HYBRID MAX makes 340 horsepower and still gets 28 mpg, combined.

The HYBRID MAX gas motor makes 275 hp, but adds two EV motors for a combined 340 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque. It’s the most powerful Toyota sedan ever. It has almost 100 horsepower more than the base version. With the Hybrid Max you can expect a 0-60 mph time of about 5.5 seconds.

The other big bonus to the HYBRID MAX system is that you get a direct shift 6-speed automatic transmission instead of the broing continuously variable transmission (CVT) in the base care. But, those batteries and motors do add up. The car weighs 4,200 pounds, which is near pickup truck weight.
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Is anybody else wondering if, in the future, they'll offer a Prius with the Hybrid Max?

 

Its not a feature. U.S. Congress passed the TREAD Act in 2000, mandating tire-pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) in all passenger cars and light trucks sold as of Sept. 1, 2007.

 

In older (10+ years) cars, I know folks who don't want to fork out the hundred dollars, or so, for new TPMS sensors inside their wheel so, instead, add this device. (I have the same type for my RV camper and works great...tells me temps and pressure in real-time.)

Dang, they've gotten a LOT cheaper...

smart car tpms tyre pressure monitoring system digital lcd dash board display

 

Which is not to say that all cars display tire pressures in local units of pressure. My loaded '19 Rav4 will show me low compared to the standard when set but doesn't show the PSI. My wife's '22 Avalon does show the pressures in PSI. There is a small aftermarket addition which would enable the display in mine.

 

That might work for our Sprinter chassis motorhome ... but our MB has dual wheels - so we would need 6 sensors ... requiring buying 2sets.

GEEEZ - a whopping 22% of buyers saying these are a POS. Batteries cost more than the units, selling used, wrong readings Etc.
pass .... too bad.
Which brings up a gripe .... that Amazon seems to knowingly sell stuff that way too many people hate when they get it & have to go through the return policy or miss it by just a day & then they're SOL.
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i've had pretty good luck with amazon as a prime customer. they often stand behind products the mfg's/resellers won't. nothing major though.
and if your in the 30 day window, returns are prepaid through the ups store, kohls or whole foods

 

Is Amazon really standing behind those products? Or are they just taking a pound of flesh out of the reseller's hide for that purpose?

 

I haven't used the power switch on my vacuum in years. Can't see it's purpose

 

It’s all the same to me