Tire pressure storage with TPMS
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Tire pressure storage with TPMS
It is the first time I own a car with TPMS. I live up North in Canada and I have a set of tires for the summer and another set for the winter all mounted on separate set of wheels. In the past, when I stored my unused tires, I used to deflate them because I read somewhere they last longer that way. With TPMS, should I store the tires inflated so that the battery in them don't become dead always sending a signal that the pressure is low? Thanks.
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I have never heard of such a thing. I would just leave them filled. Maybe get them filled with Nitrogen as some think it makes tires last longer and it holds pressure longer and more consistently.
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The TPMS sensors turn themselves off when they're not rolling in order to save the battery life. Once you start rolling, they "wake up" and transmit their data. I see no problem storing them inflated or deflated.
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