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The VAG system circa 2014 - which i think is a Bosch system used by many manufacturers unchanged, i can’t remember the name of the system but i recall it was ve
by CraigJPerry 4y ago
The VAG system circa 2014 - which i think is a Bosch system used by many manufacturers unchanged, i can’t remember the name of the system but i recall it was version 9.5 of Bosch’s system - was able to notify me of a fairly rapid puncture (hit a pothole at high speed) within around 300 yards. The tyre deflated slowly enough to continue for another 4 miles (albeit at much lower speed) so there would only have been a few PSI lost at the time it triggered.
On the whole in that car (Golf R mk7) it did seem pretty switched on at noticing pressure loss from a slow leak i had after a tire replacement one time, which was handy because the tyres were pretty low profile that meant visual checks were utterly useless. It’d look perfectly fine at 10psi in a tire that should be at 34psi.
One other benefit of the ABS system is that when it goes wrong and the money light comes on, the user’s probably more likely to respond to a “brake service now!” Type message than a “TP-something or was it TS or oh i dont know but the car still seems to drive fine so…”