Does anyone else's car give them annual reminders that winter has arrived?

"mazda616" (mazda616) 12/10/2016 at 17:40 • Filed to: TPMS

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Mine does.

Last night, my wife and I were out of town and that was the first time my 6 has sat outside all night. Normally, it and my wife’s CX-5 stay in the garage, which has an average temperature of 50 degrees or so.

My 3 did this for the whole six years I owned it, and my 6 has done it last winter and this winter both. First real cold, and the TPMS comes on. Tires are all about 5 PSI low. All at roughly the same pressure. Just low. I air them up once and no more trouble. Until next winter, of course.

Annoyance: The car tells me a tire is low. Cool. But does it tell me WHICH tire is low? Or what their individual pressures are? Nah. My grandma’s SRX and my mother-in-law’s Town & Country both do that and it makes a hell of a lot more sense than just turning on a light. “Hey. Low tire. No idea which one. Or how low it is. But, it’s low.” *eye roll*

Wacko > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 17:55

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My car tells me the pressure of each tire, and will also honk when the correct pressure is reached when filling air.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 18:01

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I get a warning chime whenever the ambient temp drops below 37f

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 18:07

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All newer GMs tell you individual pressures for each tire, which is what all makes (cough Ford cough) should do IMO. They also warn you when it’s cold out and say “Ice possible drive with care” on the DIC.

The M3 would chime when it got to be 37° or lower. My S10 just cranks slower and creaks more...

Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 18:09

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I have the most annoying one. My Alfa 147 has an always on, huge snowflake on the display, that is triggered when the temperature is under 3 ° Celsius, warning you that there maybe ice on the road. It is literally the most infuriating things, because you can’t disable it and it treats you like an idiot, staying always on.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 18:18

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Yes, It refuses to start because carburetors and no choke.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 18:20

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*GONG* Temp display below 38 degrees flashes in the BMW cluster

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 18:21

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Nope.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 18:24

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nope mine are all too old. Also i dont need a warning light to tell me to check my tires

My bird IS the word > Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa 12/10/2016 at 18:27

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My mini displays a snowflake, fortunately it is only briefly. It’s cold outside car? no shit! I couldn’t tell when I was just outside!

bhtooefr > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 18:27

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My TDI would start getting hard to start if I didn’t idle it to recharge the battery every morning, with my short trips.

My Prius flashes the cabin temperature display for 10 seconds after startup if it’s 37 F or colder (or, it’ll flash if it falls to that temperature while driving, as well).

duurtlang > Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa 12/10/2016 at 18:39

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My Peugeot 406 warns me about the same thing when it’s 3 or below. “Risk of ice” it tells me. The warning disappears quickly though.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 19:14

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Mine did at least a month ago. My tires are shaved rubber bands though, so there isn’t much to begin with.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2016 at 19:15

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My VW chirps when it goes below 40 Friday, I was really confused when it went off the first time as I bought the car in June and had no idea such a feature existed.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 12/10/2016 at 19:15

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Chances are if the TPMS light is on, I’m going to have to check the pressure while adding anyways. GM’s seems to be a gimmick more than anything, as our tires at work on the truck with that always read low when they aren’t.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 12/10/2016 at 19:20

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According to the manual, black ice can actually form at temps above freezing so that’s what the warning is for

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 12/10/2016 at 19:21

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All the newer ones I’ve dealt with at work have been surprisingly on the money. The older versions of the sensors have a tendency to be a little off sometimes though.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 20:05

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Mine plays a warning tone and flashes the temperature in place of my speedo whenever it drops below 37F. It never fails to scare the shit out of me.

comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 12/10/2016 at 20:15

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If my vehicle ‘warned’ me that it was cold out...I too, would refer to that piece of equipment as “the DIC”.

jkm7680 > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 22:13

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My Jetta makes a door chime noise and flashes “32 DEGREES”

Whenever it happens, I automatically think somethings broken.

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 22:19

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The choke starts sticking on on the ‘74 Corvette, does that count?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 22:40

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The “one of your tires is low” thing is frustrating. I want to know which one. The 5-series tells us what tire, but neither my FoST nor the wife’s Mazda3 tell us.

The light comes on in her car every time it gets cold, so she considers it a sign...

Leadbull > mazda616 12/10/2016 at 22:43

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Mine doesn’t have a TPMS.

But does give me daily reminders that it’s below 37 degrees outside!