Bosch launches intuitive yet advanced TPMS tool

With EU legislation making TPMS mandatory on vehicles, the Bosch TPA 200 is a powerful tool for ensuring workshops achieve fast and accurate TPMS diagnosis.

The tool is used in conjunction with Windows-based software called TPA Startcenter, downloadable via the Smartcenter website, which provides technicians with a wide range of support data.

With recent changes to MOT requirements, making a TPMS fault light an MOT failure, the opportunities for companies to capitalise on identifying TPMS issues with the TPA 200 are impossible to ignore.

The Bosch TPA 200 has coverage on both direct and indirect TPMS systems, and is also able to diagnose and service TPMS sensors and valves, giving workshops the chance to capitalise on MOT opportunities.

Originally appearing on vehicles from 2001 onwards, TPMS has gradually gained popularity over the years. While it has been mandatory on all new vehicles since November 2014, it was required on all new model year vehicles since November 2012. The first wave of MOT tests for these cars are now imminent.

Allowing workshops to exploit lucrative tyre work on vehicles while improving customer retention, the remote control-sized kit promises to have broad market appeal, ranging from small to large workshops to fast fit firms. The TPA 200 is also quick to set-up and intuitive to use for technicians,

Able to read and display data independently, the Bosch TPA 200 also complements both KTS modules and ESI[tronic] to provide a complete diagnostic TPMS solution. Compatible with both direct and indirect TPMS, advanced functions on the TPA 200 include a copy mode, useful when swapping sensors on replacement wheels and fitting universal TPMS sensors.

Offering charging and software updates via a USB port, Bluetooth connectivity also allows the TPA 200 to communicate with a PC, giving workshops the opportunity to record TPMS servicing work. Handily, the device does not timeout, ensuring a long service life for workshop productivity.

The TPA 200 also comes with Windows-based software called TPA Startcenter, which provides technicians with a wide range of support data. This includes the type of TPMS system on board any given TPMS-equipped vehicle, torque settings relating to the valve stem/nut, OEM and universal sensor part numbers, and TPMS relearn instructions. The Startcenter software is downloadable via the Smartcenter website.

The TPA 200 is available from leading Bosch distributors