In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:04:59 -0700, T
wrote:

On 4/14/19 10:32 PM, micky wrote:
I don't remember if my car at home has tire-pressure monitoring but the
rental car does and of course the rental company gave me no information
about how to use it.

It seems to me that when the light goes on, and I add some air to one or
two tires that accept the air, even if I don't add enough, or maybe I
add too much, then I hold the button in until the light goes off, and
even if I have low pressure in a couple tires, even if the tires are
uneven, the light will go off and will stay off because I said that that
was okay. Is that right?

It seems very unreliable, especially since I didn't bring a tire
pressure gauge, and though you can set the pumps here to the desired
pressure, they don't seem to make any noise when filling or done
filling.


Call the 800 number on your rental your contract.

The rental contract doesn't say anything about tires. They rent more
than one make and model of car, so if they are all similar, I'm asking
here. If they are all different, I doubt customer service will know
about my specific car. It's a Mazda 2.

I'm not in the US and there is no 800 number, but there is customer
service. Still I doubt they'll know about something as small as the
tire pressure, .

Also, I'm interested in how these things work in general, not just this
particular car

Or stop by a tie center and ask them

I've been here for weeks and haven't noticed any tire centers. There are
auto repair shops, but a good chance the mechanic won't speak English,
or if he does, not well enough to explain details of tire pressure.
He'll just say "Push the button.".