"Nibby" (nibby68)
10/25/2013 at 11:01 • Filed to: TPMS
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"Nibby" (nibby68)
10/25/2013 at 11:01 • Filed to: TPMS | 0
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It could be cold temperatures.
Cixelsyd
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 11:03 |
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Yup. Happens every year in my wife's RAV4. Temps go down and the TPMS light comes on.
I also know exactly which tire it is every time: the spare hanging off the back.
BJ
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 11:07 |
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On our Passat, we get the "check gas cap" light coming on when it gets really cold, somewhere around -15 C. We ignore it and it goes away.
Squid
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 11:11 |
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Yup, it should go away within a few miles of driving. If it doesn't I guess you might be fucked.
Jayhawk Jake
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 11:13 |
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Onstar emailed me about my tires yesterday. Pretty sure it's just the temperature.
TheBaron2112
> Jayhawk Jake
10/25/2013 at 11:19 |
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That is actually really awesome.
The FieSTa has a diagnostic thing I can run, but I haven't yet, so I'm not sure what all it checks.
MIATAAAA
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 11:27 |
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Just happened the other day on my NC. It's the colder temps for sure.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 11:32 |
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Along exactly the same lines as the whining in my cousin's Cobalt.
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 11:34 |
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this happens often with my mother's Odyssey, as it has TPMS, and it worries her a lot.
On a related note, my father's BMW has a passive system, and I believe it compares the difference in the diameters.
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Jayhawk Jake
> TheBaron2112
10/25/2013 at 12:01 |
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Awesome in the free trial, expensive afterwards.
I think it's like $20 a month or something, not sure I'm going to keep it.
GreenN_Gold
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 12:06 |
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As long as all the tires still have air it's no big deal. Just correct the air pressures as soon as you can. And after you have the air pressures correct, don't freak out, because it takes a bit of driving before the light goes back out.
andriukas
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 13:01 |
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got that light a couple days ago when the temperature dropped 10 degrees from the day before although only one tire was low though at 25PSi and the rest of them were at 35PSi cold
eovnu87435ds
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 14:53 |
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TPMS is just one of those annoyances that needs to go away. Those that won't eyeball their tires aren't going to care about any lights that come on in the dash either.
I have experienced about 4 cars with TPMS. They all are absolute crap. Even the ones that tell you which tire is low. I have even checked the pressures with an air gauge. That light lies!
Just4GP
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 16:22 |
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A friend of mine got this on her Mini Cooper S all the time. The tires were always properly inflated though. The two times she did actually get a flat, the damn thing never came on.
Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey
> Nibby
10/25/2013 at 17:29 |
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Definitely the cold. I've had so many people come in to work complaining of a tire light over the last few days.
GRawesome
> Nibby
10/26/2013 at 10:41 |
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I don't know about cold weather (Florida). But I had that light in my car the other day, ended up being a huge screw in drywall anchor in my tire. Worth checking the tires for nails/screws to be sure.