TPMS

your right.. Gramps didnt pay $100 K for a car.... Of course he could not afford that , making $ .31 per hour !!   

jaybmiller wrote: Hay Steve, bet your grandfather didn't have to fork out $100K to replace his car at 60,000 miles !!! I remember driving pop's 77 caddy to North Bay(6hrs...), towing a '57 Willys Sedan Delivery  when it went 100,000 mile ! Next day came back with '57 Willys Pickup(overloaded with 'spares' ) using same homemade towbar. Kinda miss them all ,sniff,sniff.

you can’t stop doing the math at the price of the car. Gotta look at income (yes, not yours, I know you don’t have one since 1944 blah blah blah), life of the product , etc. Just imagine what tires cost, versus income versus miles they last, the abuse they take. Tires are cheap!!!

jaybmiller wrote: TPMS, like nearly every other 'safety' feature or 'innovation' is to 'dumb down' the vehicle owner, remove responsibility from them as 'technology' will do it for you.It also makes a huge amount of cash for  those who make/sell/install/repair the gadgets.

Ok. Now, so what?

COME ON TBONE... You know they put ELECTIC windows and LOCKS in the cars because the new generation is to STUPID to PULL OP ON THE KNOB !!!  

steve(ill) wrote: the REASON they put all the electronic gadgets on cars ( and appliances and everything else) is due to the old saying "keeping up with the Jones"....... EVERYONE wants to say "LOOK WHAT I GOT"....... "I GOT SOMETHING YOU DONT"....... and eventually it becomes a real Convenience that you " cant do without"...

Yep!
Except not QUITE everyone….

Edited by Tbone95 - 28 Dec 2024 at 1:16pm

The current modern auto driver can barely adjust a mirror, cannot operate a clutch and stick, no concept of NOT Driving without Phone in one hand a Large Diet drink in the other, all too busy wheeling and dealing to even operate a key switch to start one. Insensitive to any thing or any one else around them. TPMS can go full alarm they will still get in and drive off.

Numb as the mental midget rocks they have grown to be.

The problem with Tesla car or truck is they ALSO have a 12v auto battery in the Frunk on the cars, do not know where on the truck, those get ignored and die door latches, frunk or trunk latches do not work, a BS way of building.

your sensors ( batteries) are 15 years old... Might think about ALL new sensors... especially if getting a new set of tires.

All too funny as to FOB devices, wife’s exploder uses that, she got in one day, car would not start, had her fob/key.

Took battery out and tested it, still hot at spec volts. Took out key Inside FOB, placed it where required still no start but all alarm lights coming on. Checked car battery 8v.

Enough power to engage the dash electronics, not enough to do anything else. Changed battery in car, all good again.

All the major manufacturers can unlock your car by Satellite, they can also shut them off, a Hacker hits GM FORD and STELLANTIS all at once could shut off every car built since 2006 or maybe 2007, earlier versions not so much. Per a engineer at Freightliner, every machine out there with late model electronics can be ‘watched’ in real time by the manufacturer, just cannot display to the world that data as is a privacy violation. The class 6,7,8 trucks out there today are just like the cars, can be switched off at any time by the production company.

Edited by DMiller - 29 Dec 2024 at 5:35am

Know numerous people, HAVE NOT EVER opened the hoods on their cars/trucks.  Some in over five years, 'Get Regular Services' so blame issues on the garages that did last service.  Sheesh!

Tbone95 wrote: DMiller wrote: All too funny as to FOB devices, wife’s exploder uses that, she got in one day, car would not start, had her fob/key. Took battery out and tested it, still hot at spec volts. Took out key Inside FOB, placed it where required still no start but all alarm lights coming on. Checked car battery 8v. Enough power to engage the dash electronics, not enough to do anything else. Changed battery in car, all good again. All the major manufacturers can unlock your car by Satellite, they can also shut them off, a Hacker hits GM FORD and STELLANTIS all at once could shut off every car built since 2006 or maybe 2007, earlier versions not so much. Per an engineer at Freightliner, every machine out there with late model electronics can be ‘watched’ in real time by the manufacturer, just cannot display to the world that data as is a privacy violation. The class 6,7,8 trucks out there today are just like the cars, can be switched off at any time by the production company. I had a car that would power up everything but wouldn’t start exactly as you described. It had a key switch though, not a push button and fob. Put a new battery in and fixed the problem. A voltage level had to be seen by the computer or it wouldn’t allow a start. Frustrating to find and pretty dumb yes, but nothing to do with the fob system.

WF owner wrote: Tbone95 wrote: DMiller wrote: All too funny as to FOB devices, wife’s exploder uses that, she got in one day, car would not start, had her fob/key. Took battery out and tested it, still hot at spec volts. Took out key Inside FOB, placed it where required still no start but all alarm lights coming on. Checked car battery 8v. Enough power to engage the dash electronics, not enough to do anything else. Changed battery in car, all good again. All the major manufacturers can unlock your car by Satellite, they can also shut them off, a Hacker hits GM FORD and STELLANTIS all at once could shut off every car built since 2006 or maybe 2007, earlier versions not so much. Per an engineer at Freightliner, every machine out there with late model electronics can be ‘watched’ in real time by the manufacturer, just cannot display to the world that data as is a privacy violation. The class 6,7,8 trucks out there today are just like the cars, can be switched off at any time by the production company. I had a car that would power up everything but wouldn’t start exactly as you described. It had a key switch though, not a push button and fob. Put a new battery in and fixed the problem. A voltage level had to be seen by the computer or it wouldn’t allow a start. Frustrating to find and pretty dumb yes, but nothing to do with the fob system. I had one do the same thing (key start). When you tested the battery with a meter, it tested over 13 volts, but load testing it showed it was bad.

I’ll admit, it had me stumped. It started doing it one winter, sometimes would go sometimes not. A jump or charger and it would go, battery date was good, when running it showed a good charge. No idiot lights or codes. Then it was fine. (Spring came, I didn’t put two and two together). Next winter it did it again. Put a new battery in and never had the issue again. Kinda weird that battery was fine for 7 more months after the first issue.

Well you fellas just summarized why I still drive my 1987 Ford F250 4 wheel drive