Hankook Tire 'Tire Boy' Inspection Shocked..65% Proper air pressure warning lamp
Jun 26, 2025
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Hankook Tire first presented the 「Tire Boy」 event at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu. The event was planned to support a safe and pleasant driving environment for professional baseball fans in the summer through T'Station, a tire-centered automobile total service store.
During the event, "Tire Boys" with the concept of beer boys selling beer at the ballpark checked the tire conditions and air pressure of a total of 712 vehicles that visited the stadium. About 65% of them, in their 460s, were found to have insufficient or excessively high tire pressure, providing free air pressure inspection services at the site and guiding the importance of maintaining proper air pressure.
A lack of air pressure results in gneiss at the edge of the tire in contact with the ground. This is likely to lead to a shift phenomenon during sudden braking while driving, resulting in a "standing wave" in which the side of the tire repeats contraction and relaxation, which in severe cases can lead to tire damage while driving.
If air pressure is excessively injected, it is difficult to implement 100% of the performance of the tire due to expansion. In particular, braking force and handling are not properly supported during cornering, which may reduce driving stability and increase the risk of accidents. In addition, high air pressure does not absorb sudden external shocks, resulting in lower ride satisfaction.
It is important to inject and maintain proper air pressure for tires. The proper tire pressure for each vehicle can be checked through the sticker inside the driver's door or the vehicle manual, and air pressure abnormalities can also be checked with the 'TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) warning lamp on the instrument panel.
Hankook Tire is also contributing to the spread of self-directed consumption trends by differentiated service innovation in line with changes in driver awareness and involvement in tire products. TStation Dotcom's one-stop solution "all my T" provides the best customer satisfaction by managing "everyone, at once, on their own" from purchase to free inspection such as payment, tire pressure, safe operation, and professional counseling services just by registering a vehicle number.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
