It was about 60 miles at least before TPS went off. That's unacceptable.

I just re-read your post there and I see 'many tens of miles' - I was reading quickly and thought it was 10 miles! I agree that's unacceptable alright. You'd do a lot of damage to a tyre and alloy after 60 miles !

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I had replacement front wheels fitted by a Skoda dealer a few weeks ago. (Long story)

After many tens of miles the warning went off. My wife checked tyre pressures to find that the two fronts were at 1.8 Bar instead of 2.2.

Another black mark for the dealer in Scarborough, and further proof to me that TPS is an erratic and flaky system.

0.4 bar is 5 PSI, so allowing for differences in how tyre pressure gauges read I would say that that is not a 'flakey' system but one that is working OK. 1.8 bar was not dangerously low, you were given a warning before major damage likely to be done to the tyre or major degrading of handling ( I guess you didn't actually notice any difference in the steering otherwise you may have checked earlier?)

It is all down to expectations. I think the system works well for it's intended function, which is not as a substitute for a regular check of pressures. I always check pressures with my own gauge after any tyre change etc.

I guess we will have to agree to disagree. In my view it is an excellent aid if one understands it intended function and not expect it to work with very small changes in pressure. If it were very much more sensitive, you would get many more false alarms.

Edited 26 May, 201511 yr by Bristolf2b

I adjusted my tyre pressures from 2.2 bar all round to fully loaded plus to tow caravan 2.7 F and 3.2 B in prep for the trip, I covered a good 16 miles then the warning light came on.

I was quite impressed but thought it may come on sooner, the trip was one way about 9 miles then come on the way home

Edited 27 May, 201511 yr by Snapper1725

Do people really walk around their car and visually inspect all 4 tyres before every single journey they make? If people really do do a visual inspection each and every time, I clearly haven't been living all these years!

Yip, I do.

I admit that it's mainly to check that there is no panel damage from clumsy parking heroes but with these stupidly expensive alloys and tyres I do a check every time on either side. Only takes a cursory glance and 30 seconds. It's also a habit from my caterham driving where I double check tyres visually (and sometimes pressures) when using daily.

When I had the wheels changed from winter to summer ones on the 3.6 the monitor light came on but I had read the handbook and re-set the sensor (switch on console by gear shift) and hey presto, job done.

Dave

Not convinced here to.

 

If only skoda offered the Direct TPMS system,even as an option.

 

Bong  Bong 

It's saved me driving on a soft tyre (That didn't look visibly down) twice in the last year. The first time I left the screw that did the damage in the tyre, topped up the pressure (I always have a track pump, and usually a couple of bikes :P, in the boot) and headed for the puncture repair centre without even needing to get the spare out. The second time it was a newly installed tyre that hadn't sealed properly at one point on the rim. It's great for slow punctures, mine will spot a drop of about 5 psi. No system will work for sudden punctures of course.

 

I think the direct pressure monitoring system can be added, but the parts aren't cheap, not to mind labour costs (Especially if the tyres have to come off to fit the sensors) or just the cost in your time if you can do it yourself. I'd save the money as it would probably cover most of a set of new tyres. What is a shame though is that the ABS based tyre pressure monitoring isn't available by default on every car with ABS. The cost is very small and the safety benefit for motorists who don't check their tyre pressures regularly (And the people they crash into when their tyres fail) would probably easily justify it.

I've been following this for a few days but wasn't going to post as I had nothing to add that hasn't been said already - until this afternoon.

 

I was within 3 miles of home when the warning light came on, the car felt ok so I waited until it was safe to stop, got out and had a visual look at all four tyres. They all looked fine. Got home, out with the tyre pressure gauge and sure enough one rear tyre was down on pressure. Visually it looked fine.

 

The system worked perfectly, exactly as I would expect it to work. No complaints from me, I think all new cars have to have tyre monitoring these days by law (from November 2014?). 

 

The downside is I have just had to order two new tyres to be fitted tomorrow, so there goes my Saturday morning.

Further to my post yesterday I have just had two new tyres fitted this morning. I forgot about resetting the system so a few miles down the road the warning came on again. I pulled into a layby and tried to reset the system several times, without success (or so I thought)

 

Rang the dealer who said 'No problem, bring it in right now', so off I set in the direction of the dealer. I suddenly realised on my way, without thinking I'd been pressing the 'Auto Stop/Start' button, not the 'TPMS' button   :clap: .

 

I rang the dealer to inform him of my foolishness and he told me there is/was an update for the TPMS software, and the first car they'd had in to update took two weeks to sort out as there was a problem with the update from the factory. Mine was serviced not long ago so I suspect mine is up to date, but next time you take yours in for a service they should check car for any updates and if necessary do it as part of the service. It may explain why it works well for some and not for others if old software is still installed.