Your car's tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) can fail, but you can still drive. Learn why sensors break and what to do when they stop working.

Is there any more aggravating automotive warning device than a tire sensor? You know the drill: You’re merrily tooling down the road when suddenly the “low tire ...

Dear Tom and Ray: The tires on my wife’s ’05 Infiniti FX35 are about 6 months old. We had no problems with them until three weeks ago. When I was driving down the highway, the tire-pressure warning ...

If you drive a relatively modern vehicle, chances are that it has an integrated tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). These systems work with the car's central computer and are designed to monitor ...

Nearly all roadside tire failures can be traced back to underinflation. A TPMS system can reduce such incidents and pay for itself in less than 8 months. Photo by Jim Park Making the case for a tire ...

DEAR CAR TALK: My 2010 Chevy Impala keeps telling me that I don't have a left-rear tire! But I can see it right there on the car. And it's even correctly inflated to 32 psi. It happened soon after I ...

Tire shops have turned a once simple errand into a surprisingly technical decision point: when you buy a fresh set of rubber, should you also spring for new tire pressure sensors hiding inside each ...

A TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) sensor is a device that is installed in a vehicle's tires to monitor the air pressure and temperature of the tires. The primary function of the TPMS sensor is ...

Tyre manufacturer Continental has developed a new tire pressure sensor that is capable of reading tire pressure, load and tread depth, helping keep drivers safer. The new Continental Future tire tread ...