How often do you check your tire pressure?

[Squisher]

Daughter bought a 97 Malibu and asked if I'd do a brake job on it. One tire looked low. It was 16 lbs. so checked the rest. 32, 39, 59. 😵😵😵

What ever happened to dealerships even those shady used car places making their cars look and feel their best? I wonder if anybody test drove it before my daughter and said there's something wrong with this thing.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Daughter bought a 97 Malibu and asked if I'd do a brake job on it. One tire looked low. It was 16 lbs. so checked the rest. 32, 39, 59. 😵😵😵

What ever happened to dealerships even those shady used car places making their cars look and feel their best? I wonder if anybody test drove it before my daughter and said there's something wrong with this thing.

One of the tires was low so they added some air.

 

[foghorn67]

lol the monitoring system sounds like it takes more work than manually checking

Lolwut?
What's hard about TPMS telling you the exact psi for each tire?

 

[halik]

Answer honestly.

I probably check my car tire pressure about twice a month. I check my motorcycle tire pressure at least weekly, I might go a couple days riding without checking it, just looking over the tread for a nail.

Where's the never option? My car shows a light when theres a significant change in tire pressure.

 

[PricklyPete]

I would say once a month unless something feels or looks funny.

 

[Cstefan]

All of my vehicles have pressure monitors but I still check every 2 weeks. I want the pressure systems to be more usable with exactly what tires are low and what pressure is in them. Meh.

 

[jlee]

Lolwut?
What's hard about TPMS telling you the exact psi for each tire?

Most of them don't - there's just a warning light when any random tire drops below 'x' pressure.

 

[KentState]

I hate mandated TPMS. If you want TPMS, fine, but don't force me to have it because some moron ran his tires low, had a blowout, and crashed. His stupidity shouldn't make my new car cost more. Same thing with the backup cameras.

Granted, I've never owned a vehicle newer than 2002 (my current one) so it doesn't apply there, but eventually I'll have to deal with it.. I might just yank the bulb in the dash 😛

They are just not for people that don't check their tires. If you have run flats, you can get a puncture while driving and not know it.

 

[bruceb]

Cars from GM do show individual tire pressures. They did on a rental I had a year ago and I think it is still the same.

 

[Raduque]

Cars from GM do show individual tire pressures. They did on a rental I had a year ago and I think it is still the same.

My dad's 08 Solstice shows the tire pressures in pairs. It's also accurate and fast; you can, with the key on, watch somebody filling up the tire on the dash.

 

[foghorn67]

Most of them don't - there's just a warning light when any random tire drops below 'x' pressure.

He made a generalized statement. I merely pointed out some do not have just a dummy light.
Using deduction, he can gather there are multiple types of panel indicators.