"Frank" "frank wrote in message
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What's more annoying is when the sensor fails and it costs over $100 to
fix it at the dealer. Happened on my wife's Subaru and even though I set
pressure on all the tires a few pounds higher, would not stop.

Another example of dumbing down America by requiring these sensors.

I am just glad the state inspection does not require them to work. I have a
2008 car with about 25,ooo on it and a 2007 truck with about 55,000 on it
and both have a bad sensor in atleast 1 tire. Probably a dead battery in
them. A tire place told me they would be about $ 60 for each tire. I am not
about to spend around $ 500 or more just for some stupid sensors if I don't
have to.

That is similar to a car I had years ago . A milage counter came on around
50,000 that was to replace a sensor that later was determined not to need
replacing at 50,000. The factory fix was to cut a wire that turned the
light on.