Re: Winter tires - no TPMS

#1

webwalker (AT) neonfeather (DOT) com wrote:

Quote:

I just bought a 08 uplander. I bought winter tires and rims, and
passed on tmps. Now that's all my DIC wants to talk about. Any way to
disarm this? thanks in advance

It cannot be legally disarmed federal law (part of the TREAD act)makes
it a crime for anyone to disable or make inoperative the TPMS.

Some installers load your old tires/wheels into your vehicle. The
argument is that they didn't disable the system, even though it is
rendered useless. They know you will go home and unload the tires. You
are now the criminal who has disabled the system.

About the only legal solution is to install the proper sensors. Sorry.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/rulings/tpmsnprmpost2cir/tpmsnprmpost2cir.html

--
Steve W.

#2

<webwalker (AT) neonfeather (DOT) com> wrote in message

Quote:

I just bought a 08 uplander. I bought winter tires and rims, and
passed on tmps.
Now that's all my DIC wants to talk about.
Any way to disarm this?
thanks in advance

Stick all the sensors in a space saver tire (small tire) in your trunk.

#3

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:34:47 -0700, "Bill"
<billnomailnospamx (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

webwalker (AT) neonfeather (DOT) com> wrote in message
I just bought a 08 uplander. I bought winter tires and rims, and
passed on tmps.
Now that's all my DIC wants to talk about.
Any way to disarm this?
thanks in advance

Stick all the sensors in a space saver tire (small tire) in your trunk.

Hmm, good idea.

#4

Why not pop off the spare tire, throw the sensors in it and
refill with air? This will let you know when your spare runs
low.

"Bill" <billnomailnospamx (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

webwalker (AT) neonfeather (DOT) com> wrote in message
I just bought a 08 uplander. I bought winter tires and rims, and
passed on tmps.
Now that's all my DIC wants to talk about.
Any way to disarm this?
thanks in advance

Stick all the sensors in a space saver tire (small tire) in your trunk.

#5

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:23:22 -0500, "Nightcrawler"
<Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:

Why not pop off the spare tire, throw the sensors in it and
refill with air? This will let you know when your spare runs
low.

"Bill" <billnomailnospamx (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

webwalker (AT) neonfeather (DOT) com> wrote in message
I just bought a 08 uplander. I bought winter tires and rims, and
passed on tmps.
Now that's all my DIC wants to talk about.
Any way to disarm this?
thanks in advance

Stick all the sensors in a space saver tire (small tire) in your trunk.

That's what he said !!!

#6

Sort of, but not.

"Ashton Crusher" <demi (AT) moore (DOT) net> wrote

> That's what he said !!!

#7

Well, unless the Outlander uses a space saver.

"Nightcrawler" <Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote

> Sort of, but not.

#8

"Ashton Crusher" wrote in message

Quote:

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:23:22 -0500, "Nightcrawler"
Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote:

Why not pop off the spare tire, throw the sensors in it and
refill with air? This will let you know when your spare runs
low.

"Bill" <billnomailnospamx (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:7ju30cF36s2k1U1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net...
webwalker (AT) neonfeather (DOT) com> wrote in message
I just bought a 08 uplander. I bought winter tires and rims, and
passed on tmps.
Now that's all my DIC wants to talk about.
Any way to disarm this?
thanks in advance

Stick all the sensors in a space saver tire (small tire) in your trunk.

That's what he said !!!

Actually I was thinking about an additional small spare tire which you would
never use. If you placed several sensors in your *real* spare tire, then
needed to use it, the sensors would rattle around in there and it would not
be balanced. And maybe the rattling around when starting/stopping would
damage them?

#9

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:16:05 -0700, "Bill"
<billnomailnospamx (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

"Ashton Crusher" wrote in message
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:23:22 -0500, "Nightcrawler"
Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote:

Why not pop off the spare tire, throw the sensors in it and
refill with air? This will let you know when your spare runs
low.

"Bill" <billnomailnospamx (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:7ju30cF36s2k1U1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net...
webwalker (AT) neonfeather (DOT) com> wrote in message
I just bought a 08 uplander. I bought winter tires and rims, and
passed on tmps.
Now that's all my DIC wants to talk about.
Any way to disarm this?
thanks in advance

Stick all the sensors in a space saver tire (small tire) in your trunk.

That's what he said !!!

Actually I was thinking about an additional small spare tire which you would
never use. If you placed several sensors in your *real* spare tire, then
needed to use it, the sensors would rattle around in there and it would not
be balanced. And maybe the rattling around when starting/stopping would
damage them?

Ah, I see what you are doing but why not just properly install one (or
all) of them in the real spare and make them useful. Nothing worse
when you have a flat then finding out your spare only has 10 psi in
it.

#10

Not if you glued them.

Ideally, you should of had them mounted to your rims.

It shouldn't cost that much to do so, now.

"Bill" <billnomailnospamx (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Actually I was thinking about an additional small spare tire which you would never use. If you placed several sensors in your
*real* spare tire, then needed to use it, the sensors would rattle around in there and it would not be balanced. And maybe the
rattling around when starting/stopping would damage them?