AiR Verified Care

The tyre warranty nobody can claim, made claimable.

Mileage guarantees, workmanship cover and irregular wear claims all carry the same clause: nothing caused by improper inflation. No driver can disprove it, so the cover quietly evaporates. A verified four-channel check every 90 days produces the record that changes the answer, on every forecourt, in every market.

Run a verified check Machine warranty is separate

Simulated real-world data being used for demonstration purposes

Check cadence

0 days

One verified session per quarter

Checks a year

The compliance threshold for cover

Evidence points per session

One per wheel, measured and corrected

Categories unlocked

Previously excluded or unenforceable

The state of cover

Every tyre already carries a warranty. Almost none of it is reachable.

These are the cover types sold across the industry today, and the clause that neutralises each one. The exclusions are reasonable. The problem is that nobody generates the evidence to sit on the other side of them.

Workmanship and materialsTypically the legal tread life of the tyre, pro-rata after a wear threshold

Treadwear or mileage guaranteeA rated mileage, settled pro-rata against tread remaining

UniformityFirst 1/32in of wear, for vibration traced to the tyre

Road hazardOptional programme covering impact break, cuts and non-repairable punctures

Retailer guaranteeFree replacement window, usually 12 to 36 months, sold at point of fitting

EV and heavy vehicle wearRarely offered, because rated life assumes a nominal load

What changes

Excluded today. Claimable with a verified record.

Each category below is decided by the same question: can anyone show how the tyre was actually run? Four checks a year answers it, per wheel, with a timestamp and a registration.

Shoulder and inner-edge wear

Unlocked

Today

Refused. Wear at the shoulders is the classic signature of running under specification, so the claim is attributed to the driver.

With a verified record

Claimable. A quarterly record showing pressure held at the placard target removes under-inflation as the cause and points the assessment at construction, geometry or load.

Evidence usedPer-wheel measured and corrected pressure at each of the last four checks

Premature centre wear

Unlocked

Today

Refused as over-inflation or misuse, with no record to argue against it.

With a verified record

Claimable. Corrected pressure is capped at the manufacturer target, so systematic over-pressure can be excluded from the diagnosis.

Evidence usedTarget pressure applied, plus the over-pressure vent event log

Uneven wear across an axle

Unlocked

Today

Usually treated as an alignment fault outside the tyre warranty, without data to separate alignment from pressure imbalance.

With a verified record

Claimable and correctly routed. Four independent channels prove the pair started level, so a wear split is referred to geometry rather than air.

Evidence usedAxle balance result and left/right delta for every session

Mileage and treadwear guarantee shortfall

Unlocked

Today

Technically offered, in practice hard to claim: the guarantee is conditional on correct inflation and rotation that nobody documents.

With a verified record

Enforceable. Four compliant checks a year satisfies the inflation condition, so a shortfall against the rated mileage becomes a straightforward pro-rata settlement.

Evidence usedTwelve-month compliance history, verified against the vehicle registration

Sidewall damage and early cord or wire exposure

Unlocked

Today

Split between a materials claim and impact damage, decided by the retailer at the counter with no history to consult.

With a verified record

Referable with evidence. A run-low or repeat-loss pattern in the record supports a structural referral; a clean record with a sudden loss supports an impact finding. Either way the decision is evidenced.

Evidence usedRepeat pressure loss trend, run-low duration and leak signature flags

Load-related wear on EVs, heavy SUVs and vans

Unlocked

Today

Rated life assumes a nominal load. Heavier vehicles wear faster, and the difference lands on the owner.

With a verified record

Priceable. Every session records the declared load and the target applied for it, so cover can be rated on how the vehicle is actually used.

Evidence usedOccupancy, luggage, roof load and towing declaration with the load score

Impact break, cuts and punctures

Unchanged

Today

Covered only under a separate road-hazard programme, where one is sold.

With a verified record

Unchanged by pressure evidence, but a verified record before the event lets a road-hazard claim be dated and accepted faster.

Evidence usedTimestamped pre-event check on the same registration

Tread below the legal limit, or competition use

Unchanged

Today

Excluded.

With a verified record

Still excluded. Verified Care evidences inflation, it does not extend cover to unlawful or track use.

Evidence usedNot applicable

The 90-day clock

Four windows a year. Miss one and cover pauses, it does not disappear.

Cover status is derived from the vehicle's own session history. Complete a session on the machine simulator and this panel moves with it.

Rolling twelve months

Not enrolled

Open window

Scheduled

Verified checks, last 12 months0 of 4

Last verified checkNone recorded

Next check dueFirst check required to enrol

Grace period14 days past the window

Current window elapsed

No verified check on record yet. Run a session on the machine simulator and this vehicle enrols instantly.

Claim test

Pick a category and the platform applies the same rule a claims handler would.

Not supported

Shoulder and inner-edge wear

No verified check on record. One session enrols the vehicle.

Simulated real-world data being used for demonstration purposes

The record

What a claims handler actually receives.

One session, one signed record. It is the same artefact whether the driver is a private motorist, a fleet or a race team support vehicle.

Identity

RegistrationRead at the machine, matched to the vehicle record

Vehicle and tyre specMake, model, variant, fitted size and load index

Site and unitLocation, unit serial, software and calibration version

TimestampUTC, signed at the edge before upload

Measurement

Per wheelMeasured, target and corrected pressure, to plus or minus 0.05 bar

Load basisOccupants, luggage, roof load, towing, pillion

TemperatureAmbient and allowance applied to the reading only

VerificationPost-settle re-read on every channel

Findings

Repeat lossRate of loss against the previous verified check

Leak signatureValve, bead or puncture pattern inferred at the edge

Axle balanceLeft and right delta, pass or review

ReferralInspection advised for sidewall, bulge or exposed cord risk

Global standard

One cadence, every market, every vehicle that carries air.

The standard travels because it depends on the manufacturer placard, not on local convention. The unit reads the market, the units and the drive side, and applies the maker's own figure.

Units and convention

Bar, PSI and kPa presented in the local default, with the placard value as the single source of truth. Conversion never leaves the driver.

Drive side and layout

Right and left hand drive handled by hose routing, not by asking the driver to reposition the vehicle.

Vehicle classes

Cars, SUVs, vans and light commercials on four channels. Motorcycles on two, with pillion and luggage declared.

Climate

Ambient compensation applied to the reading across the operating range, so a Nordic winter and a Gulf summer produce the same specification.

Regulatory fit

Sits alongside type approval and periodic inspection rather than duplicating them. It records what neither of them records.

Data residency

Records stay in region by default. The mesh shares anomaly patterns, not personal data.

Participation

Who underwrites what.

Tyre manufacturerExtends mileage and irregular wear cover to vehicles with a compliant record. Receives anonymised wear-versus-pressure evidence in return.

Retail and fitting chainSells the guarantee with the fitting, and settles claims faster because the history arrives with the claim.

Forecourt and charging operatorHosts the unit, drives dwell and repeat visits on a quarterly cycle that the warranty itself enforces.

Fleet operatorEvidences duty of care per vehicle, recovers warranty value it currently writes off, and cuts unplanned tyre spend.

InsurerPrices a verified pressure history into motor and gap products, and uses the pre-event record in liability assessment.

Vehicle manufacturerAligns the placard value and the service schedule with a check the owner can actually complete in three minutes.

Claim path

From a flag at the machine to a settled claim.

Eight steps, none of which require the driver to have kept a receipt or remembered a pressure.

Anomaly flagged

At the unit

A channel shows repeat loss or a wear-risk pattern against the previous verified check.

Referral raised

Same session

The driver is advised to have the tyre inspected, with the reason written in plain language.

Record sealed

Immediate

The session is signed at the edge and added to the vehicle's compliance history.

Inspection

Retailer

A fitter examines the tyre: shoulder wear, bulge, sidewall injury, exposed belt or body cord.

History attached

Automatic

The last four verified checks are attached to the claim automatically from the registration.

Cause assessed

Assessor

Inflation is either excluded as a cause or confirmed as one. The argument becomes evidential rather than adversarial.

Settlement

Manufacturer

Pro-rata against tread remaining for a mileage guarantee, or replacement for a materials finding.

Loop closed

Network

The outcome feeds the mesh, so wear-versus-pressure evidence improves for every future claim.

Impact damage from kerbs and potholes outside a road-hazard programme, tread below the legal limit, non-conforming or sidewall repairs, competition and off-road use, and fitting outside the manufacturer's approved sizes. Verified Care evidences inflation. It does not extend cover to unlawful use.

Cover enters a 14 day grace period at the end of the 90 day window. Past that it lapses, and a re-entry check restarts the clock from that date. History before the lapse is retained and still supports a claim for the period it covers, but the gap is visible and is treated as a gap.

No. It is the compliance layer that existing warranties already ask for and cannot currently receive. The cover is written by the manufacturer, retailer or insurer. AiR supplies the verified record and the cadence that makes it credible.

No. The check works from the registration at the machine, with one question per screen and large high-contrast type. The app is optional and only adds reminders and a copy of the record.

Measurement, correction and verification all happen on calibrated channels inside the unit, and the record is signed at the edge before it leaves. A record cannot be created without a physical connection to four valves.

Two channels, pillion and luggage declared, same cadence and same record. Motorcyclists carry the highest consequence from a pressure error and currently have the least support at a forecourt.

Driver status

Cover status, days to the next check and the record to share with a claim.

Open

Fleet compliance

Which vehicles are inside the window and which are about to lapse.

Open

Machine warranty

Cover for the AiR unit itself: parts, labour, response and spares.

Open

Evidence base

Why a verified record changes what can be warranted

Tyre warranties already exist. What is missing is proof of how the tyre was run, and that absence is what turns published cover into an unclaimable document.

Every warranty excludes improper inflation

Manufacturer limited warranties cover workmanship and materials, then exclude damage caused by under-inflation, over-inflation, overloading and misapplication. Without a pressure history, an irregular wear claim falls into the exclusion by default.^2024,2024

Mileage guarantees are conditional on maintenance

Treadwear and mileage guarantees are written against documented care. The condition is reasonable and almost never evidenced, so the guarantee is rarely enforced by an individual owner.^2024,2024

Structural damage has a published boundary

Industry repair guidance treats sidewall injury and exposed belt or body cord as non-repairable. Whether that is a materials finding or impact damage is the whole argument, and a pressure history is the evidence that separates them.²⁰²³

The statutory test never looks at pressure

The MOT assesses tread depth, cuts, bulges and exposed cord. Inflation pressure on the day is not an inspection item, so nothing in the legal regime creates the record a warranty needs.²⁰²⁵

Shoulder wear is a pressure signature, not an opinion

The relationship between inflation, contact pressure distribution and abrasion at the shoulders is long established. That is exactly why an assessor attributes it to the driver, and exactly why a compliant record rebuts it.^2006,1981

Load is the missing variable on modern vehicles

Load capacity is a function of achieved pressure, and electrified and heavy vehicles sit far higher up the load table than the nominal case a rated life assumes. Declared load recorded per session lets cover be rated on real use.^2025,2006

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