I parked my new (to me) 2015 Lexus ES350 during the recent series of snow storms in Seattle. Went to drive it today and LF tire was completely flat and wouldn't let me put air in it. The valve stem seemed to be doing something strange, not letting the button push in all the way, but after several unsuccessful tries to inflate the tire, I took it off and down to Discount Tire. They didn't find any leaks but did say the TPMS sensor was broken on the inside. They've ordered a new one so I'm back in business with just a rubber stem for now. Silly me, I forgot to ask to see the broken sensor...
I guess some ice must have made the stem crack because for sure it flattened the tire. But I'm not seeing why I couldn't put air in... It's been above freezing for several days now so I doubt there could still be ice blocking the stem. Although there still was snow on the ground around the vehicle when I started it up this morning. By the way, I added pressure to the other three tires so I don't think my air-chuck is faulty.
Anybody know what might have caused this? I'm struggling to understand how water could get into the tire to break the TPMS sensor from the inside...
I guess some ice must have made the stem crack because for sure it flattened the tire. But I'm not seeing why I couldn't put air in... It's been above freezing for several days now so I doubt there could still be ice blocking the stem. Although there still was snow on the ground around the vehicle when I started it up this morning. By the way, I added pressure to the other three tires so I don't think my air-chuck is faulty.
Anybody know what might have caused this? I'm struggling to understand how water could get into the tire to break the TPMS sensor from the inside...