I've just read that a German car specialist in Singapore has managed to do this in an A4 B9. Anyone seen this offered in the UK yet?
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Try our site sponsor @DJAlix to see if this can be done
He does retrofit as well.Ah ok thanks Sandra - I thought he just did coding. This needs hardware as well.
AhemRS4 has this so cant be too bad to retro fit/code...can it???
For me, this would be a nice to have but just another thing for me to become obsessed over and check constantly.,. Then I’d have to keep checking pressures manually to reassure myself the system is working & accurate lol.
Ahem
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Ha ha no sorry it's a RS4. DJAlix might be able to sort something though.Is that the RS4 display coded on an A/S4?!
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On the left of terminator x's post it says the rs4 group, plus rs4 is displayed in the rev counter and only one person has suggested that could be coded...
Ha ha no sorry it's a RS4. DJAlix might be able to sort something though.
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I just called HazzyDayz on the off chance and he reckons they might be able to sort this, I'll keep you posted
I'm betting it will be eye wateringly expensive!!
Yes I have been caught out in the same way before now. Now I've stopped using tapatalk...Unfortunately I can’t see any of that on my mobile phone, hence the question.
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interesting I saw a video of an RS3 on Facebook too that happen to have it displayed at the time he was hooning it
surely if we have a sensor that detects a drop in pressure, the pressure must be monitored ??otherwise why do we reset it when we check pressures?
gotta be a little bit of fancy coding surely
I think our cars have indirect TPMS which uses the ABS system to detect a difference in wheel speeds. It's really only useful if you've got a flat tyre.
I think our cars have indirect TPMS which uses the ABS system to detect a difference in wheel speeds. It's really only useful if you've got a flat tyre.
On the car (B9 avant) I have ordered it says "direct". Perhaps they've changed it for MY18?I think our cars have indirect TPMS which uses the ABS system to detect a difference in wheel speeds. It's really only useful if you've got a flat tyre.
Reply from HazzyDayz. What a good company - I've used them before for a SatNav install in my previous car and thought they were excellent.
Hi,
I've ordered a kit for R&D purposes in my own vehicle and will add this to our website and drop you an email once available.
This will most likely be early July.
Best Regards
HazzyDayz Ltd
The optional one on the RS4 is called ‘tyre pressure monitoring display’ which I think is still different than the direct tyre pressure monitoring which I’d assume is ‘directly’ from the ABS sensors?
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The RS4 has TPMS, doesn't use ABS sensors. The "tyre pressure monitoring display" allows you to view the pressures on the screen, rather than it just bonging when a tyre looses pressure.
RS4 has "trick" dust caps which presumably are measuring the pressure?
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Interesting, mine is MY18, built in Jan, picked up last Sat in Jan, and mine does (see screenshot upthread).Just to assist in working out which cars might have it. I have a MY18 made in Jan car and I don’t have it. I only have this as shown at the bottom of the image
You need to have a receiver unit in the car to get proper pressure measurement (direct) from any direct sensors in the wheels .. This receiver costs about $4 for an OEM to buy , and is basically a 433MHz receiver unit (TPMS units in the wheel transmit @ 433MHz ) and CAN interface. TPMS unit on the wheel measures pressure directly and also temp.. transmits it about once a minute to the receiver unit (To preserve battery life).
If you want to retrofit something, you can now by Bluetooth low energy TMPS sensors , though they connect to your phone and not MMI displays. So you can check real measurement on an app...
I was pretty pixxed off that on a £54K MY18 S4 it only has indirect TMPS... pretty poor from AUDI. My last 3 Bmw all had direct TPMS.