Ensuring adequate tire pressure is vital for automotive handling, MPG, and your tires structural integrity. The tire pressure monitoring system or TPMS helps motorists care for their cars and their tires using sensors to alert them to drops in tire inflation levels.
You may not think of your Nissans TPMS often, but its a vital vehicle component built into most modern vehicles. As a matter of fact, the benefits of a TPMS are so remarkable that road safety laws in many countries require automakers to add it to every new vehicle sold in the country ever since 2012.
There are two main types of tire pressure monitoring systems: direct and indirect; the former monitors pressure within the tire, while the latter measures tire rotations to detect imbalances in your tirescircumference.
If your vehicle has a direct tire pressure monitoring system, it leverages a Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor mounted within each tire to constantly monitor PSIs and activate a dashboard alert when something is amiss. Like the rest of your cars parts, your Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor can malfunction when subjected to impact, overuse, age, or if its incorrectly installed following a tire replacement or service.
Most of the time, the same dashboard light that alerts you to low tire pressure levels will power on if there are issues within the tire pressure monitoring system itself. Sometimes a simple reset can fix these issues, but other times, a Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor replacement is required.
Unless you really know your way around cars, changing your own Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor can be a tricky repair to do at-home. The process can involve letting all the air out of the tire, unseating the tire from the rim to remove the faulty sensor, and mounting the replacement one. Once the new sensor is installed, your Nissans tires need to be properly inflated again, and, (usually) balanced again, to boot! Additionally, depending on which Nissan model and year you own, you will likely need to take extra steps to make sure the new sensor is properly calibrated.
Whether you choose to visit your local Nissan experts for Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor replacements, or you want to try performing the replacement at home, one thing is undeniable: getting authentic Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor parts is your best bet. Select your Nissan model and year to find parts that fit your Nissan Rogue Sport 2017-2020, Nissan Leaf 2018-2020, Nissan Rogue 2015-2020, Nissan Versa 2007-2012, and Nissan Altima 2019-2019. See the What This Fits tab for more information.
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