Originally Posted by abe

Agree with all the above. Is it a federal DOT mandate or are there cheaper new cars without the TPMS warning?

My wife has a 2016 Honda Odyssey. When the weather changed to cold a certain tire lost pressure. I told her it's the weather change but it kept losing after I pumped it up . So I took it to the shop where we bought the tires. They cleaned up the aluminum wheel and it was good for a while. Lately the TPMS light comes on instead of just low pressure. Yesterday I checked the tire pressure and all 4 are good. So maybe the TPMS unit is bad or batteries are bad.

BTW, a tire shop says the pencil pop up gauges are more accurate than the gauges with a dial and a needle. I had the old pop up type for years then bought the needle type at Tractor Supply. I thought my Harbor Freight compressor gauge wasn't accurate. Then the tire shop said the tires on my wife's van were over-inflated.

How much should I expect to pay to replace TPMS?

Originally Posted by abe

Tom, haven't you read that Earth's gravitational force is stronger now than it was 30 years ago so that is why objects feel heavier now.

Originally Posted by pineconeford

Ok, this is a new one for me. I fully understand why professional tire shops won't want to mount an old tire - can can be dry-rotted, cracked or have damage to the bead. These are mostly easily detected visually.
Last month I brought my wife's daily driver to have the snow tires put on. After they brought the car in to the bay, the shop manager came up to me and said they couldn't mount the tires I had brought. He said they were too old. The tires are six years old, as indicated from the date stamp on them. This shop (part of a national chain with over 1,200 shops nationwide) apparently has a new policy to refuse to mount, service or repair any tire over FIVE years old.
Five years?????????

Now snow tires are only used here in the north about five months a year. So they can last a number of years if you aren't beating the hell out of them or driving all over creation.
So I had to leave the shop with a sour attitude, as the tires are still in great shape with plenty of tread remaining. New snow tires are wicked expensive so I went to find a shop that will install them. I went to another local chain and asked them what their age policy was..........the said SEVEN years, subject to an inspection first. They looked at my tires and agreed to put them on. Now the tires in 2026 will be seven years old. I know I can look around for a small private shop that will probably let me continue to use those those tires, but what the heck is going on with a five year policy at a major chain? Is anyone seeing this? I know the shops like to sell new tires but isn't this just putting good tires in the landfill?
Are we looking at a another form of greed or is tire quality dropping so that they cause safety issues after five years?

I'm posting this here since we often don't put many miles on our trucks and our tires can last a long time. Be prepared that the chain shops may turn you away.

Tom