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Husband was driving rig into Albuquerque (I was driving separately)....he was on I-40 when the temperature sensor indicated that the right front tire on tow vehicle was at 170 degrees. He managed to pull off on the next exit right away....upon stopping, thinking that there might be a fire, he jumped out with a fire extinguisher. However, no fire, just a warm tire. But when he tried to touch the hub, it was extremely HOT. So he dropped the rig and limped slowly with the truck to the nearest Ford dealership. Upon inspection of the tire, it turned out to be a stuck caliper. Technician said that at some point, the heat could have ignited grease, spread to engine and depending on how fast the rig could have been unhooked, it could have destroyed the rig. So YES, we will always have a TPMS system..IT IS ESSENTIAL.
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