GRRF-84-33
TPMS and Tyre Inflation Pressure Field Study 2016/2017

OICA presentation on a field study undertaken to collect data on tyre pressures of vehicles in use towards assessing the effectiveness of direct and indirect tyre-pressure monitoring systems on the maintenance of correct inflation levels.

UNECE server
Excerpts from session reports
GRRF | Session 86 | 12-16 Feb 2018

39. The expert from OICA introduced GRRF-86-17 containing the field study report on the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) fitment and tyre inflation pressure which was mentioned in GRRF-86-33 presented at the eighty-fourth session of GRRF.

GRRF | Session 84 | 19-22 Sep 2017

41. The expert from OICA introduced GRRF-84-33, presenting the results of a study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems in general and especially indirect and direct systems by comparing the actual tyre inflation pressures with the individual recommended pressures. The expert offered to share the details of the study on request. The expert from ETRTO offered to review the study.

42. No information was presented on existing regulations and laws on the mandatory use of TPMS.