No more physical TPMS sensors on newer VWs?

[Flipper Dog]

My 2007 Jetta's TPMS worked for me over Christmas/New Year. On Christmas day, I was heading up the freeway from Sydney to Newcastle, when the light and chime came on. I pulled over, and wandered around the car, and didn't see anything obvious, so I reset it and continued on. A few days later, the same came on, so I checked again and didn't see anything obvious and reset again. The third time I was able to pull into a servo, where I could see that the right rear was a bit low. I put it on the pump, and it was about 22psi when I like the tyres at 38. I also then saw the nail that was in the tyre. I got the tyre repaired and all is good now. So, for a very slow leak, the tyre pressure monitoring works an absolute treat! I am very impressed with the system.

Exact same situation here. First time warning came up I done the visual check, then warning come on the next day where I checked the pressure (which was just down a minimum amount), third time warning came on, again pressure check was down more and this is where I found a worn off nail hiding in the tyre tread.

Great system.