Tire Pressure Monitoring System: Notes

If equipped with the Tire Pressure Monitoring System, each of the vehicle's five wheels will have a valve stem with a pressure sensor and radio transmitter built in. Signals from the tire pressure sensors are received and interpreted by the Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC).

A sensor in a mounted wheel will broadcast its detected pressure once per minute when the vehicle is moving faster than 40 km/h (25 mph). The spare tire sensor will broadcast once every hour. Each sensor's broadcast is uniquely coded so that the EVIC can determine location. The individual tire pressures can be displayed graphically on the EVIC.