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@richardGG24 - thanks for the information. How sure are you the Schrader system will work on the Sensus XC60? From what I see from parts stores, these are the applicable Volvo models: S60, S80, V60, V90, XC90.
I believe the Volvo part number is 31362304 for all Sensus cars, matter fact this is the part number you need to use when programming Autel MX sensors, you can cross reference it back to the OEM Schrader 28304.
 
I believe the Volvo part number is 31362304 for all Sensus cars, matter fact this is the part number you need to use when programming Autel MX sensors, you can cross reference it back to the OEM Schrader 28304.
Has anyone actually done this?
 
Has anyone actually done this?
If you mean enabling TPMS in Sensus, @Power6 did it with Orbit

 
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If I'm off by 2 PSI, I don't care, unless it moves to 3. I'd rather know I can keep going. Fortunately, that is most relevant when I'm towing and I'm in our cheaper, but brawnier, Chevy Tahoe, and it tells me the PSI right on my dash... To me, that's more luxury.
Last year we were coming back from Nashville to Missouri in our Equinox and got an alert for a low tire. I could watch as it was getting lower, stopped for fuel, and reinflated the tire. The rest of the way home I could keep an eye on the tire pressure and made it home only getting down to 29 psi. Had a screw in it.
 
I have my eye on the TST system. Would you suggest others to consider? My priority would be reliability/quality, followed by having something that works for me for the in-cabin unit. I don’t want a tire monitor sitting on my dashboard all of the time or stuck in the cigarette lighter. Ideally it would be stored but active, such that I would hear a pressure alarm. I would prefer 12V hardwire or replaceable batteries.
 
Ah, okay, anyone see a DTPMS solution for P1?
 
just use a gauge and set it before the trip and take the gauge with you. The TPMS system is a PITA anyway
Sure, I'll do that on my trip to the store. Or to go down the street to pick up the kids at the bus stop. And then when I go to pick up dry cleaning. And.....

A flat can happen anywhere at anytime. There are massive holes to this type of TPM system. Another hole is that it is WAY too slow to warn on a fast leak...

The S90 gets cracked rims like they are wear items. I had a cracked rim that allowed the pressure to drop about 5psi an hour. I drove 8 miles before I got a low pressure warning and it was already down to 15psi. I filled it up with my compressor to 40psi and ran it for a few hours before needing to fill up again.

I got a puncture that caused a tire to go flat in about a half mile. Made it over to the I-93 breakdown lane just before it went completely flat. No low tire warning.
 
I had a direct TPMS on the first SPA platform car, a 2016 XC90 D5. Worked like a charm.
Then I had two cars (XC90 T8s) with this indirect system and it just did not work. I had all issues - false positives, tons of those, but also failure to detect 10 psi+ drops. It is pure garbage, and a totally puzzling choice for a brand that pretends to care about safety. Because trying to save $100 for sensors on car with $80k list price somehow makes sense to somebody?
Yet, we have beaten this horse to death. Volvo won't bulge, and I won't buy another one... but TPMS is, of course, only a minor contribution to that decision.
Same here. Nice idea, poor implementation.
 
If I'm off by 2 PSI, I don't care, unless it moves to 3. I'd rather know I can keep going. Fortunately, that is most relevant when I'm towing and I'm in our cheaper, but brawnier, Chevy Tahoe, and it tells me the PSI right on my dash... To me, that's more luxury.
Yep, buy a base Toyota or Hyundai and you have exactly how much air in each tire easy to display. Which, when you have a slow leak is very nice.

I've had Lincolns that only will warn one is low, not which one and no psi numbers. Just a cheap system. But it worked. This Volvo system is not effective. And it gives almost no info. At least it tells you which tire is low.........if it tells you in time. Which it often does NOT.
 
Yeah, that article is at least 20 years old. I'm kinda with D on this one.

I have no gripes with the ITPMS. Anecdotally, it worked perfectly when I got a nail in my tire. Very slow leak and it caught it when the pressure reached low 30s (down from 39).

Nice to not have any sensors to replace. I do see how it could potentially lead to people to ignore their tire pressure for longer, though basic car maintenance seems be highly neglected in general by many these days.
For slow leaks, sure. I got a nail and had a very fast leak. I'm very sensitive to how my cars drive and felt the rear was a little squirrelly and started moving towards the slow lane immediately. Within a half mile I was pulled over and the tire was almost completely flat. No warning, ever.

Another time when I was losing about 5psi per hour(only knew that after the fact), it took about 8 miles for the system to tell me I was low. 15psi. Filled it to 40 and it took hours to go low again. I was monitoring with my needle gauge....because owning this Volvo forces me to have one in the glovebox(honestly, I would have it anyways)...

An awful system that may leave you in more trouble than you should be in.
 
I like gauges, dipsticks,TPMS and anything else that can allow the driver to see things before a bigger failure occurs. A climbing temp gauge can alert the driver that a issue is about to happen before it overheats. The color of oil can show you if there is a water intrusion issue happening before bearing damage occurs. Lower engine oil pressure is also a helpful telltale. Same goes for a tranny, pink is good but brown is not. I am a very hands on car guy rebuilding and restoring many cars and the more information that I have at my disposal the better. As far as TPMS its nice that it alerts me immediately that my wifes tire is going flat especially after my car sits overnight and it's also much easier to fix with my floor jack, compressor and tools then driving a few blocks away and then alerted with a flat tire. I have no issue with failsafe systems as they certainly work but sometimes maybe too late. Didn't a Volvo have a car fire recently and the driver was alerted to get out of the car because battery temperature was too high and the good news they got out safely but maybe a gauge or just a LED display showing battery temp rising may have stopped the total loss of the car and the very close call to the lives of the occupants.
Yeah, the oil level gauge in my S90 is utter trash.
 
I am confused by your statement as I have a 2017 xc90 T8 with a panoramic roof. US car

They could have easily recouped the cost by
It’s not an option. It’s mandatory on every US destined car. If it were an option, where you could opt out, you’d never have the ongoing epidemic problems Volvo continues to have.
 
I am confused by your statement as I have a 2017 xc90 T8 with a panoramic roof. US car

They could have easily recouped the cost by
Ok gotcha. Sorry, my bad. - I purchased mine preowned and not from a Volvo dealer, so I’m learning so much as time goes by that has me way behind the curve. Most all that I’ve come to understand about my vehicle has from this website, so I definitely appreciate the info.
 
So we're using an article that references an Oldsmobile as a current model? Every problem they mention has a programmable solution. What was the last Olds 2004?
Again, your wonderful system let me drive 8 miles on the highway before letting me know there was low pressure. And seeing after I inflated the tire how long it took to go low again, it was low the moment I left the house. The system doesn't work well enough. And, again, when I got a nail in one tire, the car started to wobble and I could feel air going down, and then pulled over ASAP just before it went totally flat. Zero warning from the system. It's garbage. I have 2 use cases clearly against it.
 
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