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Old 09-08-2008, 01:16 PM
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The problem with the TPM sensors is that they have to be programmed for your car (you don't want to "get" the flat from the car beside you).

The programming for the Rogue is about 100$ from what I understood.

Now the bad news: Due to poor design and poor care about people who have to own two sets of tires in their part of the world, Nissan engineers choose to put ONLY 4 TPM sensors references for the car (meaning that you won't know that your spare tire is deflated until you have to use it).

So, if you want to use the nice TPMS feature (nice to know that you have a depleted tire while staying in your warn car) during winter, you will have to ask a Nissan dealer to reprogram your TPMS with the new references each time you change your tire, therefore twice a year. Total: about 200$ for a nice feature and no light on the dashboard.

No thanks, I will live with the light, but it would be good for Nissan to do a little TSB and some space in the electronic unit to install 10 TPMS references with few lines of codes indicating that as long as it receives 5 good tire pressure readings in the 10 listed for the car, everything is good.

Maybe I will write to Nissan Canada about that, because it seems to be a cheap improvement which will make a lot of people happy.
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