The title may seem self-explanatory, but let me explain further. It's been rather cold here in Michigan, so the PSI in my tires had dropped to 27-28. The recommended PSI on the side of the door says 35, so I added air to each tire to get it back to 35. Well, the low tire pressure warning still comes on when I start the car, the the light stays illuminated. There doesn't appear to be any sort of leaks....any ideas? Has anyone else encountered this? Doesn't seem like something I should have to reset, or do I?
You need to fill them up while the tires are cold...if you drive on them first (warming them up), you could still get a low-pressure warning when the tires get cold again.
Check the tire manually to see if it is at 35. If it is, the tire sensor may just need time to reset itself. Sometimes that does happen. If you did lose pressure and its not just the sensor use water to check for leaks.
I know you know a lot about this car, however anytime I've put air in my tires with the light on (including this morning) I do so with the car running. When I reenter my car the light is already off.
How long has the warning been illuminated? Is this just something that started happening very recently? Do you have different winter rims, or are these the original rims that came with the car? If winter rims, do you have extra sensors in them, where are your OEM rims stored in relation to where you park your car (proximity). This could be TPMS sensor issue depending on what answers you give.
this happened to me just look in the manual how to reset that thing and it will stop showing up... for me it was just incorrect, everything was balanced
The wife's car did this too. The light came on about 8 miles from home on her way to work and the psi in all tires was 27. I wonder if it's the sensors or the tires causing a loss of air. Seems to be a common occurrence on these cars.
A dealer can usually fix this in about 5 minutes without an appointment if the light doesn't go out after driving a few miles after the tires have been refilled... Mine did it to me at the end of Fall and filling the tires plus 60 miles round trip didn't get the tire warning light to turn off.
Just had mine filled back up last week. Took it to the dealer after 3 days (we were waiting to see if the lights went off if the temperature rose); the lights came on when we were expereincing -20C temps. Service advisor pumped up the tires to 35 PSI in the reception bay. Started the car and the lights were out. Note this is on my winter tires, mounted on steelies.
Just get someone to fill them for you and inspect them. Gas station did mine free, dealer found a nail, so they charged me for fixing it. It was small, too. Didn't feel the tire lose that much air, and it was it the 20s/30s. Better safe than sorry.
it happened to me a week after I had just bought the car. I just drove around on it and the light finally went off
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