Table 1 shows one common tire related problems of the 2009 Jeep Cherokee.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Tire Pressure Monitoring System problems |
I was writing to you to complain about tpms sensors that are required on vehicles these days. As a fast lube operator, we are experiencing more and more tpms sensors breaking apart when just trying to get the cap off to air up a customers tire. We have also had instances where the sensor broke as soon as we put the air chuck on the valve stem to air up the tire. As you can imagine, when this happens, the customer expects us to pay for the replacement of the sensor because it wasn't broken when they got there. Something needs to change. It might force us to quit checking peoples tire pressure which is why they were invented to begin with (the whole firestone-Ford explorer saga). These sensor need to be made out of a different material or removed from vehicles all together.