XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: "@frank.net   
      
   On 1/14/2024 10:03 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
   > On 2024-01-14, micky  wrote:   
   >> In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 09:00:08 -0500, micky   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 14 Jan 24 11:23:02 UTC, Slevin   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> micky wrote:   
   >>>>> There's a battery?  I thought it used the tire rotation speeds and the   
   >>>>> sensors were powered by the electrical system.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> My car is 18 years old.  I've had it for 5, never replaced a battery,   
   >>>>> and the tire pressure thing works.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Sounds like a better system than wife's 2016 Toyota.   
   >>>> I was quoted $350 to have all 4 sensors replaced. F' that.   
   >>>   
   >>> FWIW, it's also a Toyota, 2005 Solara convertible.   I don't remember if   
   >>> the manual is on this laptop or only the desktop at home but I hope to   
   >>> remember to see what it says about tire pressure monitors. But this   
   >>> thread will be 2 weeks into history by the time I'm home.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Tire Pressure Monitor For Toyota   
   >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJJabCQaqA   
   >>   
   >> I missed that y ou had this link.  I'll look at it.   
   >>   
   >> FWIW, either because it's toyota, or because it's Japanese or Asian, or   
   >> because it's years later, the shop manuals for Olds, Pontiac,  Buick,   
   >> and Chrysler that I owned were books that you could learn from, get to   
   >> understand your car.  The Toyota manual is full of tests using their own   
   >> diagnostic and repair tools   
   >   
   > It's all about the computers nowadays.  Welcome to the 21st Century.   
   >   
      
   Years ago they said if cars were like computers they would crash every   
   few days.   
      
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