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Wheel/tyre rotation and TPMS (Gen4)

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05 May 2020 04:34 #221903 by Lambert

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Bob1050 wrote:
Scimike wrote: Are Suzuki deliberately making a simple task difficult or are all TPMS equipped vehicles this involved?
I have never owned a vehicle with TPMS and your are not selling it to me as a feature I would want.

I have had a couple of cars fitted with TPMS and as an electronics design colleague described it to me "It's another piece of technology looking for a home"! The marketing guru's have bought into it as another 'chargeable technology feature' to impose on customers. It delivers negligible benefits to owners and increases the opportunities for further profits in the future.

It's also another device that protects Suzuki as a manufacturer from being sued for negligence in the event of a situation that could be attributed to a tyre pressure issue eg a tyre getting a nail and going soft and causing a roll over being claimed as a design defect putting Suzuki at liability, with tpms they are able to say you as driver ignored a warning and obviated their liability.

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05 May 2020 07:49 - 05 May 2020 08:13 #221909 by Scimike

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"you as driver ignored a warning"
That's the other problem I have seen with TPMS, the warning is on / off with the changing of the season's to the point that eventually the driver may just ignore it, its a bit "cry wolf". A high proportion of hire vehicles I have used, my son's Corsa and even the new Jimny I test drove all had TPMS warning on, when I asked, "just ignore it" was the response. Good idea, poorly executed and mostly ignored by the owners that need it the most.
I'll stick with my pressure gauge and weekly checks.

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05 May 2020 12:11 #221915 by Busta

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So how complicated is it to deactivate altogether? Or can it simply be ignored and warning messages removed? It sounds like a bit of a nightmare, especially for someone who regularly changes tyre pressures for different terrain.

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05 May 2020 21:44 - 05 May 2020 21:46 #221923 by Scimike

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Just noticed that the subject of tyre rotation nearly has a page for each tyre, we are at 4 ~~pages~~ tyres as I type, will this post tip the subject to 5 and include the spare?

Drum roll

Edit Nope, looks like the spares not included at the moment :laugh:

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06 May 2020 04:27 #221929 by Lambert

Replied by Lambert on topic Wheel/tyre rotation and TPMS (Gen4)

Our 2016 has tpms and at the moment as a road car it's just there doing nothing quietly. In the fullness of time though when the car gets promoted to farm work and is therefore running softer pressure more often it's going to be interesting to see if it is recalibrateable it being an older version of the system.

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