Tire pressure monitoring law

[GM-Tech]

Thought I'd post this so I don't have to listen to the usual whining about how GM is forcing something on the motoring public once again.

 

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NHTSA Releases Final Tire Pressure Monitoring Rule

 

All passenger cars will have tire pressure monitoring systems beginning with the 2006 model year according to a new motor vehicle safety standard by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA.)

 

The regulation will require that manufacturers install a system that can detect when one or more of the vehicle’s tires are 25 percent or more below the recommended inflation pressure.

 

Phase-in of the new regulation will begin Sept. 1, 2005. All new 4-wheeled vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less must be equipped with the monitoring system by the 2008 model year.

 

According to NHTSA, under-inflated tires can adversely affect fuel economy, lead to skidding and loss of control and hydroplaning on wet surfaces. It can also increase stopping distance and the likelihood of tire failures.

 

NHTSA estimates that about 120 lives a year will be saved when all new vehicles are equipped with the tire pressure monitoring systems. In addition, consumers should see improved fuel economy and increased tire life. The manufacturers’ average cost per vehicle is estimated to be between $48.44 and $69.89, depending on the technology used.

 

The tire pressure monitoring system was required by Congress when it enacted the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act in 2000. The new regulation can be found at:

 

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/ruling...inalrule.6.html.

[snoman]

Thought I'd post this so I don't have to listen to the usual whining about how GM is forcing something on the motoring public once again. 

 

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NHTSA Releases Final Tire Pressure Monitoring Rule

 

All passenger cars will have tire pressure monitoring systems beginning with the 2006 model year according to a new motor vehicle safety standard by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA.)

 

The regulation will require that manufacturers install a system that can detect when one or more of the vehicle’s tires are 25 percent or more below the recommended inflation pressure.

 

Phase-in of the new regulation will begin Sept. 1, 2005. All new 4-wheeled vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less must be equipped with the monitoring system by the 2008 model year.

 

According to NHTSA, under-inflated tires can adversely affect fuel economy, lead to skidding and loss of control and hydroplaning on wet surfaces. It can also increase stopping distance and the likelihood of tire failures.

 

NHTSA estimates that about 120 lives a year will be saved when all new vehicles are equipped with the tire pressure monitoring systems. In addition, consumers should see improved fuel economy and increased tire life. The manufacturers’ average cost per vehicle is estimated to be between $48.44 and $69.89, depending on the technology used.

 

The tire pressure monitoring system was required by Congress when it enacted the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act in 2000. The new regulation can be found at:

 

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/ruling...inalrule.6.html.

 

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This is kinda crazy as I read about this last week in the news. Why do not they just mandate that you know how to check your tire pressure yourself. (part of drivers license test maybe) I always check mine before the start of a long trip and from time to time otherwise. If checking tire pressure it too tuff for some to do maybe they should not be operating a car is too. Because most of the time you can even tell by looking at them if there is a problem.

[GM-Tech]

(part of drivers license test maybe)

 

Oh yeah, like that would help. Just look at all the crazy drivers that don't follow the traffic laws and they have licenses.

[mmmikkke]

 

We're building a society of lemmings.

[toneman]

The manufacturers’ average cost per vehicle is estimated to be between $48.44 and $69.89, depending on the technology used....

 

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Meaning, that it'll add somewhere between $100 and $200 to the sticker price after the required "let's see how much money we can squeeze out of the consumer" markup...

[snoman]

The manufacturers’ average cost per vehicle is estimated to be between $48.44 and $69.89, depending on the technology used....

 

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Meaning, that it'll add somewhere between $100 and $200 to the sticker price after the required "let's see how much money we can squeeze out of the consumer" markup...

 

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Then there is the part cost to fix it when warranty is gone and hassels from false warnings or glitches.

[snoman]

(part of drivers license test maybe)

 

Oh yeah, like that would help. Just look at all the crazy drivers that don't follow the traffic laws and they have licenses.

 

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True but twenty or thirty years ago drivers generally knew more about their cars needs than today as now some of them just get in a drive it until it will not go anymore even when it is complaining or "warning" them.

[GM Dude]

and how much do you want to bet that the people that don't check their tire pressure now will not check it when the DIC tells them its low.

[snoman]

and how much do you want to bet that the people that don't check their tire pressure now will not check it when the DIC tells them its low.

 

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I know because I see people nearly everyday in cars in traffic with warning lights lite in dash. This may be more of a CYA for Detriot than a benifut for consumers.

[ToBNamedL8r]

Uncle says you have to have a speedometer, too, but that doesn't mean you used it!

If you don't check your pressure now you won't when some light says to either!!!

[jhm]

I read that news story last week also and they mentioned the Firestone ATX tire fiasco as being the catalyst for this. I ran Firestone ATX for years, multiple sets and never had a problem , no tread seperation, nothing. So one batch of bad tires by one mfr and we are stuck with this BS? Some govt agency with too much time on thier hands.

[GM-Tech]

and how much do you want to bet that the people that don't check their tire pressure now will not check it when the DIC tells them its low.

 

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Of course they won't. The idiots actually bring them into our service department for warranty repalrs because the "low tire pressure" light is on. Well duh, did you check the tire pressure? No, of course not.

 

I'm sorry, there are just a lot of really stupid people out there.

[snoman]

I read that news story last week also and they mentioned the Firestone ATX tire fiasco as being the catalyst for this. I ran Firestone ATX for years, multiple sets and never had a problem , no tread seperation, nothing. So one batch of bad tires by one mfr and we are stuck with this BS? Some govt agency with too much time on thier hands.

 

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That was a fiasco because the real problem was Ford for under inflating the tires for ride control in door label cause tire failure and for making a SUV so unstable that the loss of a tire (especailly in rear) at speed is almost a sure ticket to a roll over. They went after the wrong company there because tire issue or not, no SUV rolled as regularly after tire failure as a Explorer.

[jhm]

I read that news story last week also and they mentioned the Firestone ATX tire fiasco as being the catalyst for this. I ran Firestone ATX for years, multiple sets and never had a problem , no tread seperation, nothing. So one batch of bad tires by one mfr and we are stuck with this BS? Some govt agency with too much time on thier hands.

 

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That was a fiasco because the real problem was Ford for under inflating the tires for ride control in door label cause tire failure and for making a SUV so unstable that the loss of a tire (especailly in rear) at speed is almost a sure ticket to a roll over. They went after the wrong company there because tire issue or not, no SUV rolled as regularly after tire failure as a Explorer.

 

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Right, Ford was responsible for lowering the inflation spec to try to reduce roll overs, but Firestone did produce bad tires in the Decatur Ill plant. There big mistake was sticking with Ford as a supplier on the Explorer. If they had simply recalled all ATX tires made in Decatur and not supplied anymore to Ford, we would still have the ATX tire today which in my opinion was the best light truck tire made.

[snoman]

I read that news story last week also and they mentioned the Firestone ATX tire fiasco as being the catalyst for this. I ran Firestone ATX for years, multiple sets and never had a problem , no tread seperation, nothing. So one batch of bad tires by one mfr and we are stuck with this BS? Some govt agency with too much time on thier hands.

 

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That was a fiasco because the real problem was Ford for under inflating the tires for ride control in door label cause tire failure and for making a SUV so unstable that the loss of a tire (especailly in rear) at speed is almost a sure ticket to a roll over. They went after the wrong company there because tire issue or not, no SUV rolled as regularly after tire failure as a Explorer.

 

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Right, Ford was responsible for lowering the inflation spec to try to reduce roll overs, but Firestone did produce bad tires in the Decatur Ill plant. There big mistake was sticking with Ford as a supplier on the Explorer. If they had simply recalled all ATX tires made in Decatur and not supplied anymore to Ford, we would still have the ATX tire today which in my opinion was the best light truck tire made.

 

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I have seen more than one of them sitting on a dealer lot than had been rolled and still with a blown tire on rear on them too. And the sad part is that is that some rolled without Firestone tires on them to but Ford kinda skipped that part of it.