tire pressure monitor

Eddie G wrote in news:88581e2a-a7c9-4d5b-93a0- snipped-for-privacy@r1g2000yqb.googlegroups.com:

The computer only knows the specific tire on 2006-and-under models. Those vehicles had "initiator" type sensors that communicated with little transponders above each wheel. Those transponders then talked to the TPMS control unit.

2007+ vehicles have "initiator-less" sensors. With this system, the computer has no information on which specific tire is low. You must check the pressure in /all/ tires, including the spare (if it has a sensor).

"Scott" wrote in news:Q9ednYaC8aeSO0LWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.com:

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That's just the tire /number/, not the tire /location/.

Where is that tire number on the four corners of the car? The initiator-less TPMS does not know. That's why you need to check all four.

2010 RDX graphically shows 4 tires and their corresponding pressures

"BF" wrote in news:431d4$4be1634c$4831cbd9$ snipped-for-privacy@FUSE.NET:

OK, I made a mistake.

I just checked Honda's Techinfo site (

). I used not to be able to get access to this site because it was for US-only. This meant I had to rely on other documentation, which was not always complete. Well, now Techinfo is available to Canadians as well, so I have access to more info than before. So, the upshot is that it looks like...

MOST 2007+ Honda models have initiator-less TPMS. Higher-end models (e.g.: Odyssey Touring) have initiator-type TPMS.

ALL Acura models with TPMS (except for Civic-based vehicles) have initiator-type TPMS.

Therefore, all (non-Civic) Acuras with TPMS are able to tell you specifically which tire it is that's low, because they have a little transponder above each specific wheel that communicates directly with the sensor in that wheel.

Tegger,

Pardon my ignorance, but what are the Civic-based Acuras?

Thanks,

bob wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:

CSX and EL (which are Canada only), RSX, and the Integra.

I think only the CSX has a TPMS.

Thank you. I was trying to figure what current production models in the U.S. were civic-based and now I know why I couldn't think of any.

bob wrote in news:MPG.264d37b93957da48989782 @news.eternal-september.org:

American Honda does not market any Civic-based vehicles under its Acura brand.

Canada's standard of living is lower, so Honda Canada needed to give its Acura dealers a Civic-based car so they'd have something cheap to sell.

U.S. Acura dealers sold the RSX until the 2007 model year.

I thought the whole idea of the entry-level/near luxury vehicle was to attract young buyers to a particular brand when they are young and keep them as customers as they age and their income increases. For example sell the person just out of university an RSX, then a TL several years later, and finally an MDX or RL.

Now, I think a TSX starts around $30K U.S.