Snow/Ice winter tires

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#215 of 708 How does this pressure monitor work? by anonymous02 Dec 04, 2002 (1:52 pm)
Is it just an idiot light on your dash panel? Something for which the fuse can be removed? I wonder how it will work when you air down your tires to 10-15 PSI for trails. ???
#216 of 708 tire pressure monitor by krzyss Dec 04, 2002 (2:44 pm)
There are two kinds: - telematic (?) pressure monitor inside each tire (possibly mounted to the wheel) transmitting pressure to receiver (it can be portable or in the car). - ABS based - it deducts loss of pressure from different rotating speeds and because of it it might be prone to error. I guess if all 4 tires lose pressure simultanously it wil not detect anything. Krzys PS It might not be true, just my knowledge.
#217 of 708 I've always wondered by idletask Dec 04, 2002 (2:55 pm)
about that ABS based stuff. Traction control also uses the same sensors, I wonder how the whole system differentiates a pressure loss from a wheel slippage.
#218 of 708 of course... by anonymous02 Dec 04, 2002 (3:13 pm)
It is useless for those who disable their ABS systems... (rolls eyes!)
#219 of 708 pressure monitors by hpulley4 Dec 04, 2002 (4:59 pm)
Of course the consumer pays, the same way they pay for other mandatory safety equipment like airbags. It is a light on the dash. It can be reset at any time by pressing a button so that it doesn't go off after changing wheels, adding or removing air, etc. How does it tell the difference between traction loss and air loss? I'm not sure myself but I suspect the engineers thought about it for a little while My car has both traction control (which also has an idiot light in case you don't notice the system kicking in) and a pressure sensor run off the ABS and when I changed wheels & tires the air pressure light went on -- when I am in snow the traction light goes on (flashes) so it seems like they got it right. If you pull the fuse for ABS then of course you lose traction control and pressure monitoring as well. I like all three systems so I leave the fuse in, thanks!
#220 of 708 traction vs air loss... by robr2 Dec 04, 2002 (5:30 pm)
...by reading NHTSA's description, it sounds like the indirect systems compare current rotational speed to some average stored in the system. I presume that it will need to be programmed to ignore short differences in the rotational speed to deal with traction loss. If not, the idiot light will come on every few seconds if you are driving a car in snow/ice without traction control. More than likely, the system will measure differences over a set time period before warning.
#221 of 708 re: traction v. air loss by tidester HOST Dec 04, 2002 (8:46 pm)
I wonder how the whole system differentiates a pressure loss from a wheel slippage. Why would it have to? Fluctuations from slippage would be transient and readings should be correct when traction is recovered. tidester, host
#222 of 708 tidester by idletask Dec 05, 2002 (6:31 am)
"Fluctuations from slippage would be transient and readings should be correct when traction is recovered" Well, that's the whole problem. Please define "transient"
#223 of 708 idletask by tidester HOST Dec 05, 2002 (6:38 am)
Please define "transient" If you're slipping regularly for more than a half hour at a time I don't think you're too concerned about pressure loss! tidester, host
#224 of 708 Nokian WRs by theiceman Dec 06, 2002 (3:49 pm)
I just got a set of these installed this week on my '00 Bonneville. 225/55/17, V-rated and loaded rated at 101. So far, they've already outperformed my OE Eagle RSAs on snow, ice and wet - and they seem to be comparable on the dry. This is almost unthinkable - a performance V-rated* all-season which also carries the severe service emblem. Perfect for a guy like me who doesn't like to switch to snows for the winter. I am very impressed. the (well-named) iceman *note the V rating is rare for WRs - most sizes earn a T or H rating; mine just happens to be V-rated. Oh yeah, and a few other points: Nokian lists the WR as both an all weather and a winter tire - whereas they list the NRV (with which I was more familiar)exclusively as an all-weather tire don't go by the tire sizes you find on the web - Nokian is constantly adding new ones to their list. I couldn't find mine on any list I found on the web. there are two WR classes - the WR and the WR SUV - with the latter tending to be higher profile and higher load ratings.