HELP...Tyre sensors corroded

[adambomb]

As its the last day of the holidays and its back to a thousand miles a week from tomorrow.....I decided to go and check my tyre pressure etc.

The tyre pressure gauge managed to snap the tyre valve and flatten the tyre within about 10 seconds!!!!

On finding a local Kwik Fit they told me it was a Peugeot fitting and had to be replaced and calibrated at a Pug dealer. And it would cost me.

I noticed that one of the other tyre valves is in similar condition......so do I have an alternative to the above repair, bearing in mind the dash board keeps telling me there is a tyre pressure problem?

Oh and one other thing I had to move the car by about 1 yard to allow another car to pass, will this have ruined the flat tyre too???

Thanks for any response...

[davidireland]

Tyre pressure sensors.

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Needs to be calibrated alright.

[jmkent]

Or Kwik Fit could have replaced them all for standard valves, and someone on here with Planet could turn them off - its the way a lot of people seem to go. Personally, I like the sensors... they do work

[teerak2uk]

Originally Posted by jmkent

Or Kwik Fit could have replaced them all for standard valves, and someone on here with Planet could turn them off - its the way a lot of people seem to go. Personally, I like the sensors... they do work

Agree totally French cars and tyres sensors can be a bit of a headache turning it off is a better option

[Malcolmd]

Originally Posted by jmkent

Or Kwik Fit could have replaced them all for standard valves, and someone on here with Planet could turn them off - its the way a lot of people seem to go. Personally, I like the sensors... they do work

Mine work OK as well, telling me if a tyre pressure is too low.

As jmkent says you local tyre fitter can replace them with standard valves (which mine offered to do when I first got the car, but I kept them), then you need someone near you with PP to turn them off.

Malcolm.

[colin13]

Originally Posted by jmkent

Personally, I like the sensors... they do work

And so do pressure gauges and foot pumps

[jmkent]

Originally Posted by colin13

And so do pressure gauges and foot pumps

Admitted, but when I got a slowish puncture, the sensors picked this up far quicker than I would have otherwise.... the tyre looked perfectly normal, but it said pressure was too low, so after manually checking, it was exactly as the sensor said.... too low, and with a small nail stuck in it. To me, they did what they are supposed to