Tyre pressure monitors. EC EU ruling to reduce CO2

[Snoopy]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/233966/ec_rule_means_tyre_monitors_for_all.html

I cannot seem to find anymore info about this on the net. I did find a site that said it was going to be phased in from 2012. Anyone else know whats happening?

Is this an Autoexpress mixup as they have reprinted it in part in the latest addition too?

[avalon]

New one on me though can understand the logic.

[any news on your car yet, Snoopy?]


Ava

[Snoopy]

[any news on your car yet, Snoopy?]
Ava

I hope to have news in the next 3 days of which way im going to jump. If VW help me, i will continue with the order. If not im going to cancel as i have simply had more than enough.

[avalon]

Fingers crossed that it goes the way you want it; bloody frustrating, like your life's on hold.

Ava

[mac7]

Saw this info on TPMS dated Feb 09:
http://green.autoblog.com/2009/02/06/tire-pressure-monitoring-systems-to-become-mandatory-in-the-eu/

It was agreed back in October to have all new cars sold in Europe fitted with some form of pressure monitoring by 2012. It's already a requirement in the US, I believe.

Personally I don't care about CO2 but I do care about safety and fuel consumption, so I've had TPMS on my last two VW's.

[Radek]

Ah, regulations:) It feels like work now!

TPMS will be mandatory on new vehicle types from November 2012 and new vehicles from Nov 2014 under UN ECE Regulation 64-02. What's the difference? The first time a model is introduced to the market (and whole EU counts a single market) it's a new type. After that it's a new new vehicle. So Golf VII will be a new type and if it comes out after Nov 2012 must have it. If it comes out before Nov 2012 it has to have TPMS only after Nov 2014.

Don't trust what you read in car magazines regarding regulations would be my advice... They cannot even tell the difference between turbo lag and turbo threshold!

BTW you may hear a similar story with DRL (even from the dealer). "The DRL will be mandatory from 2011" I was told when I asked them to switch the xenons off. Not true again, they will be mandatory from Feb 2011 but on only new types (see above) and only in a form of separate, dedicated lamps (think Audi's LED). Anything VW put on their cars at the moment will not do.