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Sharing this because of some significant information just learned about catastrophic failures of TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS. -------------------------------------------------------------- Lanas youngest daughter experienced a SUDDEN tire failure on her newer model Jeep - DURING RUSH HOUR WHILE IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE OF A LOCAL INTERSTATE. You can imagine the immediate danger, not to mention that three or four police cruisers passed her without stopping while she waited for AAA - all while she could barely get off into the narrow median shoulder by the high speed lane. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael R. Smith Chapter Two: Learned something disturbing about Karas sudden tire failure. Preface - While having dinner with her, before she had the tire repaired, I went to inspect her flat tire with all the swagger of any decent shadetree mechanic, Ill see what caused it to go flat. After at least five revolutions of inspecting the tread and sidewalls I found absolutely nothing, in fact the tire was/is in good shape. I decided the tire bead had failed or the cast aluminum wheel had cracked, letting the air out suddenly. (I forgot to check one VERY obvious thing . . . duh . . . keep reading.) She took the tire/wheel to a local tire store which almost immediately found the air pressure sensor had totally failed, i.e., it literally fell inside the tire/wheel! The tire store found another cracked sensor, and replaced both. ($75/EACH) When I asked Kara how much warning she had before the tire went flat, she said, The pressure lights blinked on the dash, and I felt the tire go flat, all in no more than 10 seconds. Tire pressure sensors are new to me (Im an old guy), and I had no idea they could fail like this! Valve stems can be knocked out, e.g., NASCAR racers sometimes hit things and knock them out, but these are VIOLENT IMPACTS! DID YOU KNOW THEY COULD FALL OUT !?!? Im just beginning to research this whole rotten deal (in travel status right now), but my Internet search has already unearthed some disturbing information about catastrophic failures of tire air pressure sensors, with Jeep models in particular (Kara has a different jeep model than the one in the following link):
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 11:48:33 +0000

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