Hi Everybody, Happy Christmas .
We took delivery of a new tonga green with alpaca leather TDV8 on christmas eve and are very very pleased with it.It is a 2008.5 model with tdv8 badge and electric steering column adjustment,not sure as yet whether the tyre pressure monitoring system is fitted as standard (land rover are advertising this on the website)how do i tell if this is fitted and should it be?
More importantly though there is one niggle that is causing us some concern,it was ordered back in sept and specified with the straight grain walnut interior trim,it has turned up though with the rhodium trim throughout.The dealer could not explain this and said he will not be able to get back to us until the new year about it.Now we are confused about the next course of action,will land rover be able to swop the trim over for the desired one or are we stuck with it and do we need to strike some sort of deal with them or should we reject the car.What is so annoying is that everything else about the car is absolutely perfect and having owned many Audis & Bmw,s in the past none of them ever gave the same thrill of ownership that the TDV8 has.
Any views or information would be much appreciated.

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Not sure how the TPMS works but it will tell you in the owners manual how it does and how to see if it is fitted. It is a factory fit option and not standard so maybe somebody doing your spec at ordering time got the boxes mixed up. As VA says it is relatively easy to change the "wood-a-like" and not an issue for rejection. The job will require the car to be in the dealers though to replace the door cards. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Fermier wrote:

...not sure as yet whether the tyre pressure monitoring system is fitted as standard (land rover are advertising this on the website)how do i tell if this is fitted and should it be?

Just look at the valves on the wheels ..... if their like little metal stems then you should have TPMS.... you could also deflate a tire and then you should get a warning light come on.

I have TPMS fitted (think its std here in the US as I didnt order it) and it works a charm Brit across the Pond
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My TDV8 was delivered with rohdium but I had ordered it with the straight grain walnut, , car was delivered for the 1st Oct and just had the call from the dealer that the trim is finally in stock and the car is booked in to get it replaced. Dosn't help that I am about 1000 miles from the dealer  Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
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Tim in Scotland wrote:

Approximately how much below normal pressure do you get a warning?

Just a little write-up, Tim...

System Operation

Each time the vehicle is driven, the TPMS module transmits a Low Frequency (LF) (125 KHz) signal to each initiator in turn. This is received by the tire pressure sensor which transmits a Radio Frequency (RF) (315 or 433 MHz depending on market) signal to the module. This signal contains coded data which corresponds to sensor identification, air pressure, air temperature and acceleration data.

The system enters 'parking mode' after the vehicle speed has been less than 12.5 mph (20 km/h) for 12 minutes. In parking mode the tire pressure sensors transmit a coded signal to the module once every 13 hours. If the tire pressure decreases by more than 1 lbf/in2 (0.6 bar) the sensor will transmit more often if pressure is being lost.

The spare tire sensor transmits a signal every 13 hours in the same manner as the road wheels when in parking mode. If the tire pressure decreases by more than 1 lbf/in2 (0.6 bar) the sensor will transmit more often if pressure is being lost.

As each wheel responds to the LF signal from the TPMS module, it is assigned a position on the vehicle and is monitored for the remainder of that drive cycle in that position.

When the vehicle has been parked for more than 15 minutes and then driven at a speed of more than 12.5 mph (20 km/h), the initiators fire in turn for 6 seconds on vehicles fitted with 433 MHz systems or for 18 seconds on vehicles fitted with 315 MHz systems in the following order:

Front left
6 second pause (for the TPMS module to detect a response from the tire pressure sensor)
Front right
6 second pause
Rear right
6 second pause
Rear left
6 second pause.

Each tire pressure sensor responds in turn so the module can establish the sensor positions at the start of the drive cycle. This process is repeated up to three times but less if the sensor positions are already known in the module. The process is known as 'Auto Location' and takes 3 to 4 minutes on vehicles fitted with 433 MHz systems and 7 to 8 minutes on vehicles fitted with 315 MHz systems to complete. During this period the tire sensors transmit at regular intervals, once every 5 seconds on vehicles fitted with 433 MHz systems and once every 15 seconds on vehicles fitted with 315 MHz systems. For the remainder of the drive cycle the tire sensors transmit once every 60 seconds or if a change in tire pressure is sensed until the vehicle stops and the system returns to parking mode.

Once the wheel position is established, the initiators stop firing a signal and do not fire again until the vehicle has been parked for more than 15 minutes. The signal transmissions from each wheel sensor continue at 1 minute intervals whilst the vehicle is being driven. This transmission is to monitor the tire pressure.

At 25% deflation the amber warning indicator in the instrument cluster is illuminated and an appropriate message displayed in the message centre.

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I picked up my TDV8 08.5 up at the beginning of Dec and the monitor is an extra.
Waste of money as a good old foot pump comes in a treat once a week!

Its a good truck though

Dave