What happened to the tire pressure gauge and speedo in the middle gauge cluster?

RedlineHR · 01-22-2009, 02:51 PM

US Law requires that all new cars sold have a TPMS system.

The 370 does have TPMS. Nissan stopped providing displays for PSI reading in each tire in the 2007 model year.

All we get now is an indicator light on the dash if the pressure in any tire drips significantly lower than the other tires.

I am assuning this is a liability thing. In the cars that said what the tire pressure is in each tire, people would get confused about which tire was low and air up the wrong one (idiots!). Also, people should not rely on TPMS to determine the amount of air in the tires, but they were so Nissan eliminated it.

I really miss having that data, but TPMS is still there.

You can also tell that it has TPMS by the bolt-on, rigid valve stem...

Robert_Nash · 01-22-2009, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiz-n-herz

US Law requires that all new cars sold have a TPMS system.

The 370 does have TPMS. Nissan stopped providing displays for PSI reading in each tire in the 2007 model year.

All we get now is an indicator light on the dash if the pressure in any tire drips significantly lower than the other tires.

I am assuning this is a liability thing. In the cars that said what the tire pressure is in each tire, people would get confused about which tire was low and air up the wrong one (idiots!). Also, people should not rely on TPMS to determine the amount of air in the tires, but they were so Nissan eliminated it.

I really miss having that data, but TPMS is still there.

You can also tell that it has TPMS by the bolt-on, rigid valve stem...

Wow...I can learn something...who would have thought it!!!

Actually, I was thinking that the requirement was "coming" but not actually required yet...my bad. But yes, what you related makes perfect sense.

It also explains why I wasn't familiar with the "readout"...my '04 didn't have TPMS at all and by the time I got my '07 and '08 the readout was already gone!

Thanks for the info.

dad · 01-22-2009, 05:49 PM

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01-22-2009, 02:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
RedlineHR Base Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CA Bay area Posts: 71 Drives: Red 07 Z, SS 06 Z Rep Power: 242	US Law requires that all new cars sold have a TPMS system. The 370 does have TPMS. Nissan stopped providing displays for PSI reading in each tire in the 2007 model year. All we get now is an indicator light on the dash if the pressure in any tire drips significantly lower than the other tires. I am assuning this is a liability thing. In the cars that said what the tire pressure is in each tire, people would get confused about which tire was low and air up the wrong one (idiots!). Also, people should not rely on TPMS to determine the amount of air in the tires, but they were so Nissan eliminated it. I really miss having that data, but TPMS is still there. You can also tell that it has TPMS by the bolt-on, rigid valve stem...