Abstract: An exemplary method for monitoring tire performance includes the steps of providing a wheel assembly comprising a tire and a tire characteristic sensor, providing a vehicle sensor configured to measure a vehicle characteristic, providing a controller in electronic communication with the tire characteristic sensor and the vehicle sensor, receiving, by the controller, tire characteristic data from the tire characteristic sensor and vehicle characteristic data from the vehicle sensor, determining, by the controller, whether a first condition is satisfied, if the first condition is satisfied, monitoring, by the controller, the tire characteristic data, determining, by the controller, an acceleration of the tire from the tire characteristic data, determining, by the controller, whether a second condition is satisfied, and if the second condition is satisfied, generating, by the controller, a control signal.