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The sensors physically measure the tire pressure in each tire and report it to the vehicle's instrument cluster or a corresponding monitor. Some units also measure and alert temperatures of the tire as well. These systems can identify under-inflation in any combination, be it one tire or all, simultaneously.
HOW A MAP SENSOR WORKS. MAP sensors are called manifold absolute pressure sensors rather than intake vacuum sensors because they measure the pressure (or lack thereof) inside the intake manifold. When the engine is not running, the pressure inside the intake manifold is the same as the outside barometric pressure.ut the MAP sensor doesn't care because it just monitors the absolute pressure inside the intake manifold. On engines with a speed-density electronic fuel injection system, airflow is estimated rather than measured directly with an airflow sensor.