Tire Pressure Monitoring and Maintenance Systems Performance Report

This project is one of several performed under the provisions of Section 5117 of the
Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21). The primary objective of this project
was to explore the performance of commercial vehicle tire pressure monitoring and
maintenance systems. The work performed under the project included:
Conducting a market study to identify and select commercially available tire pressure
monitoring and maintenance systems for testing.
Developing a test matrix and test procedures to profile the performance and operation of
the selected systems.
Installing selected systems on representative tractor-trailer and motorcoach test vehicles,
along with a robust instrumentation system for collecting and recording test data.
Performing testing on a high-speed test track.
Analyzing test data.
Presenting research findings at a public forum.
Developing a report detailing the results of the data analysis, observations, and conclusions
(this document).
The study focused on commercially available tire pressure monitoring and maintenance
systems. This information should prove useful to motor carriers in evaluating the capabilities
and limitations of these systems. The findings should also be helpful to the systems‘
manufacturers and suppliers. This is the final report of the study performed under Task Order
8 of a multi-task research contract and does not supersede an earlier report on the subject.
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