Have you used wheels that do not have TPMS?

[jay2000]

I am thinking about winter tires. In the past I have bought a separate set of wheels for my winter tires. That was before the days of tire pressure monitoring systems.

 

I am happy to buy the separate wheels without the TPMS installed, and live without the benefit of the sensors. I know that the dash board light will come on. My question is will it be a solid warning light or a flashing warning light? Pages 199 and 200 of the owner's guide are not very clear about this.

 

Have you done this yourself? and what did the light do?

[rfruth]

yea the manual is clear as mud on this but I interpret it as saying (not tried it) if there is a hard error (such as in 4 non TPMS snow tires) the light will be on solid but if soft error (not tire pressure wise) the TPMS light will blink (such as spare in use) - Ford changed to a new sensor in 2010 so asking a 200x owner wont cut it.

Edited September 27, 2010 by rfruth

[ralteredstates]

Yes, I use snow tires on wheels that have no TPMS. Light stays on all the time. No problem. Just check tire pressure monthly at least. (should do this anyway). I don't trust the standard tires for the winters in CT. I am putting

TPMS on the snow tire wheels for my new Vette. The tires are so "thin" you would have a hard time telling if it is flat but the FFH tires will be obvious.

Edited September 27, 2010 by ralteredstates