37 minutes ago, gsd41 said:

Hi all, Does anyone know if the TPMS sensor is inside the tyre or is it picked up from the ABS sensor. My car is a Superb 2025 2.0 TDI SE L. The manual I have shows a TPMS sensor inside the wheel, but I'm not sure. The TPMS system on my car just shows a warning light and no pressure is shown for the individual wheel.

Hello, welcome to the forum.

If your TPMS system does not display actual tyre pressures, it sounds to me as if it is the 'Indirect Type' - I.e. it uses the vehicles ABS system to monitor individual wheel rotation speeds and, therefor, pressures.

1 hour ago, gsd41 said:

Hi all, Does anyone know if the TPMS sensor is inside the tyre or is it picked up from the ABS sensor. My car is a Superb 2025 2.0 TDI SE L. The manual I have shows a TPMS sensor inside the wheel, but I'm not sure. The TPMS system on my car just shows a warning light and no pressure is shown for the individual wheel.

I'm pretty sure your 2025 superb will use the ABS wheel speed sensors for tyre monitoring.

Mine is from Q3 2025 and didn't have sensors.

Thanks guys much appreciated. I just looked at the manual and it showed a sensor in the wheel.

I think it was only very early MK3 Superbs that has the active sensors fitted to the wheel...

It definitely wasn't an option when I bought mine.

I wanted without so I could cheaply swap my winter/summer wheels without needing a garage to mount/configure them

2 hours ago, gsd41 said:

Thanks guys much appreciated. I just looked at the manual and it showed a sensor in the wheel.

... So do your tyre valves look the same as in that diagram - are they fixed to the rim with a union-nut, or do they look the same as normal tubeless valves?

Mine look the same as a normal tubeless valve, no nut on it.

1 hour ago, gsd41 said:

Mine look the same as a normal tubeless valve, no nut on it.

That answers your question - you have indirect (ABS) type TPMS.

Have to admit, I was a tiny bit disappointed that the Superb (mines a 2024 L&K) doesn't have active TPMS - just seems to be a passive system which, once set, monitors wheel rotation through the ABS sensor and throws a warning if there's any imbalance across one of the wheels. Coming from a 2016 4-series with active TPMS, I sometimes miss the ability to check actual pressures on the screen. Seems like a strange thing to sacrifice when looking for things to value-engineer out of a new model.

7 hours ago, gareth71 said:

I was a tiny bit disappointed ........

Any tyre fitter won't be disappointed, it's easy to damage them when replacing tyres.

My experience of the Skoda/VAG system is that it works well.

Me too.

It's an expensive system that has no huge benefits for me.

I don't need expensive sensors on my winter tyres and can swap them myself.

The system with ABS has proven effective on my 2014 Octavia several times detecting a leaking valve and nail in the tyre on separate occasions so I think it's quite effective.

From an OEM point of view a system like this, where a good free alternative exists is a win-win from a cost save point of view.

If a sensor costs $10 x4 and Skoda sells 100k Cars, deleting the sensor saves them $40m a year where they don't need to reduce the cost of the car for you as they still have the TPMS funding just using a different sensor.

Same here, I check my tyre pressures regularly anyway. I have just purchased a second hand set of 17" alloys for winter tyres. Tyres are my next purchase.

I’ve driven VAG vehicles since 1992, the last 3/4 models have had the ABS system and have proven their worth a few times. The Superb hasn’t yet need to alert me 🤞

The active TPMS (with sensors in the wheel) is optional for the Mk4 Superb. Most do not have it (and use the ABS sensors).

15 hours ago, JohnMack said:

Any tyre fitter won't be disappointed, it's easy to damage them when replacing tyres.

I think that's more to do with the driver's choice of tyre fitter than the TPMS system! I came to Skoda after two BMWs which, combined, saw me through about 16 years of motoring. They both had TPMS. Multiple tyre changes, and my local trusted tyre place never had a problem with the TPMS valves. I guess it depends on whether the fitter knows what they're doing.

41 minutes ago, gareth71 said:

I think that's more to do with the driver's choice of tyre fitter than the TPMS system! I came to Skoda after two BMWs which, combined, saw me through about 16 years of motoring. They both had TPMS. Multiple tyre changes, and my local trusted tyre place never had a problem with the TPMS valves. I guess it depends on whether the fitter knows what they're doing.

You're tyre place will be glad you've got a Skoda ! 😉

17 hours ago, JohnMack said:

You're tyre place will be glad you've got a Skoda ! 😉

I don't think they'll care either way, to be honest - they're competent enough to be able to deal with any sort of TPMS system they might encounter. If anything, I think they were probably more put-out when I got the 4-series - the previous 3-series did like to go through tyres! Its replacement was much better. The Superb is, as far as I know, still on its original tyres out of the factory. Currently at about 12k miles, and they've got a good bit of life left in them yet...

Some of them, maybe many are competent, then there are the likes of Halfords / Kwik-fit and a different matter all together....

... Neither of which are 'my' tyre place. I've got my local independent tyre-fitting shop who I've been using for years.

Hi, just a quick follow up, here is how the 225/55 R17 winter tyres look on the car. No problems at all with tyre pressure monitoring system. All working fine.

No reason there should be TPMS issues. You just reset the TPMS when you adjust pressures or change tyres. Then reset or check and rest periodically.