On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 7:50:51 PM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On 1/5/2016 8:43 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Newer cars have a TPMS and warn you when the pressure gets low. Now that
cold weather is here,check to see that your tire is at least the
recommended pressure. I forgot about it and this morning it was 7
degrees. One tire was 1 pound under and set off the warning. It would
not reset after driving as it had to come up even more than driving did.
Filled it up when I got home.

Not a major deal as I knew the pressure was adequate to drive, but it
annoys me to have that yellow light on when driving. I understand this
is a common happening for the first really cold snap.

What's more annoying is when the sensor fails and it costs over $100 to
fix it at the dealer. Happened on my wife's Subaru and even though I
set pressure on all the tires a few pounds higher, would not stop.

Another example of dumbing down America by requiring these sensors.

If you regulary check the tire pressure, decline any services to the tire pressure monitor.


Andy