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Tire pressure
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. |
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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. Or stop by a tie center and ask them |
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On 4/15/19 1:32 AM, 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. I'm told that you'll get better gas mileage if you air the tires up to 200 psi or so but never had a rental car to test that hypothesis on. |
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On 4/15/2019 1:32 AM, 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? No, does not seem right. Mine goes on if a tire is low. Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. Pretty simple system and shows which tire is low. In my case, it alarms at 28 psi. |
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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. IMO, cars should never have had computer nonsense added. Wouldn't a very basic, no computer new car be nice to buy...for so less price too. People are way too spoiled these days. |
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On 4/15/2019 10:19 AM, Gary wrote:
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. IMO, cars should never have had computer nonsense added. Wouldn't a very basic, no computer new car be nice to buy...for so less price too. People are way too spoiled these days. You don't need much for a quick trip to the store. On a long trip, I really like the goodies. I listen to satellite radio with no commercials, the temperature is where I want it without touching a control, the navigation even shows me what lane to be in at the exit ramp. Yeah, I'm spoiled, but I'm worth it. |
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Ed Pawlowski writes:
On 4/15/2019 10:19 AM, Gary wrote: 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. IMO, cars should never have had computer nonsense added. Wouldn't a very basic, no computer new car be nice to buy...for so less price too. People are way too spoiled these days. You don't need much for a quick trip to the store. On a long trip, I really like the goodies. I listen to satellite radio with no commercials, the temperature is where I want it without touching a control, the navigation even shows me what lane to be in at the exit ramp. Yeah, I'm spoiled, but I'm worth it. Truth. Also, never need to change points or distributor cap, or use a timing gun. Plugs last 125,000+ miles or more (most people never need to change them). Tires that last 50k to 75k miles. Cars that don't rust out in five years. Much better gas mileage. et cetera, et alia. |
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On 4/15/2019 11:30 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Ed Pawlowski writes: On 4/15/2019 10:19 AM, Gary wrote: 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. IMO, cars should never have had computer nonsense added. Wouldn't a very basic, no computer new car be nice to buy...for so less price too. People are way too spoiled these days. You don't need much for a quick trip to the store. On a long trip, I really like the goodies. I listen to satellite radio with no commercials, the temperature is where I want it without touching a control, the navigation even shows me what lane to be in at the exit ramp. Yeah, I'm spoiled, but I'm worth it. Truth. Also, never need to change points or distributor cap, or use a timing gun. Plugs last 125,000+ miles or more (most people never need to change them). Tires that last 50k to 75k miles. Cars that don't rust out in five years. Much better gas mileage. et cetera, et alia. I put my timing light and dwell tack meter in the Good Will bag years ago. I remember changing or cleaning spark plugs every 6 month and changing oil maybe every thousand miles. My first new car, a '66 Chevelle, got 16 mpg on an interstate drive. Current car is getting 34 mpg all around mileage and that is with all wheel drive. |
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 06:06:21 -0400, Max wrote:
On 4/15/19 1:32 AM, 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. I'm told that you'll get better gas mileage if you air the tires up to 200 psi or so but never had a rental car to test that hypothesis on. At 200psi you definitely won't burn much gas - but you won't go very far either. |
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"Gary" wrote in message ... 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. IMO, cars should never have had computer nonsense added. Yes, you actually are that stupid. No ABS, having to fart around when a sensor dies instead of the car telling you which one has died. Having to fart around doing the timing and points etc by hand again. No thanks. Wouldn't a very basic, no computer new car be nice to buy... Nope. And if you really want one, you are free to buy an old one that has no computer in it. for so less price too. People are way too spoiled these days. Odd that you don't use a pencil and paper to communicate with too. People are way too spoiled these days. |
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In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:42:55 -0400, Ed Pawlowski
wrote: On 4/15/2019 1:32 AM, 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? No, does not seem right. Mine goes on if a tire is low. I'm sure at least one tire was low, and that the same tire was low the second time. Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. But you also have to push a button on the dash, right? Pretty simple system and shows which tire is low. Mine doesn't show which tire. In my case, it alarms at 28 psi. Okay, I got the manual for a 2017 Mazda2 and it says '' To allow the system to operate correctly, the system needs to be initialized with the specifed tyre pressure (value on the tyre pressure label). Follow the procedure and perform the initialization. Each tyre, including the spare (if provided), should be checked monthly when cold and inÀ ated to the inÀ ation pressure recommended by the vehicle manufacturer on the vehicle placard or tyre inÀ ation pressure label. (If your vehicle has tyres of a different size than the size indicated on the vehicle placard or tyre inÀ ation pressure label, you should determine the proper tyre inÀ ation pressure for those tyres.) As an added safety feature, your vehicle has been equipped with a tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that illuminates a low tyre pressure telltale when one or more of your tyres is signi¿ cantly under-inÀ ated. Accordingly, when the low tyre pressure telltale illuminates, you should stop and check your tyres as soon as possible, and inÀ ate them to the proper pressure. Etc." So, IMO, I'm right, the system is of no value for me because I don't know when a tire is correctly inflated. I will add an undertermined amount of air every time the light goes on and when I return the car, I will tell them that the light went on 2 (or more maybe by then) times. |
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On 4/15/2019 2:36 PM, micky wrote:
No, does not seem right. Mine goes on if a tire is low. I'm sure at least one tire was low, and that the same tire was low the second time. Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. But you also have to push a button on the dash, right? No, just add air and the light will go off once above minimum pressure. No resets, no buttons. |
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In Ed Pawlowski writes:
Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. But you also have to push a button on the dash, right? No, just add air and the light will go off once above minimum pressure. No resets, no buttons. As we used to say back when Usenet and AFU were a thing, "the world is a very big place". Just because that's the way the TPMS on your car works doesn't mean that's the way it works on his. -- __________________________________________________ ___ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] |
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In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:44:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski
wrote: On 4/15/2019 2:36 PM, micky wrote: No, does not seem right. Mine goes on if a tire is low. I'm sure at least one tire was low, and that the same tire was low the second time. Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. But you also have to push a button on the dash, right? No, just add air and the light will go off once above minimum pressure. No resets, no buttons. That would be nice. I guess I have the cheap model. But that's why it would be in their interest to explain what I'm supposed to do. Another reason I'm not going to bother to ask them is that I don't mind driving on a tire that is slightly low. The car still handles the same. They are the ones suffering a little extra tire wear, and I'm not going to chase them to find out how to fill the tires. Actually, I reserved a the cheapest AT model they had, but they didnt' have it when I landed, so they gave me the Mazda2, one or 1.5 levels better, and said they'd call me in about a week to trade it in for the really cheap one. They didn't so I wrote them and reminded them that I was ready to go back to cheaper. I hope they remember that when I return the car. This car is supposed to carry 5 people. (The really cheap one carried four, or course.) That means there is a head restraint in the middle of the back seat, and at least once it kept me from seeing what was going on in the car behind me. Plus I presume the car is a bit wider than the really cheap car, and there are narrow streets clogged with cars and it might be better to thave a narrower car. Maybe by now all the cars have bluetooth** but that wasn't true last year. The rental companies here keep cars for several years. **I've gotten more calls while driving in the last 6 weeks, 5 or 6, than in a whole year or two at home. |
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:44:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 4/15/2019 2:36 PM, micky wrote: No, does not seem right. Mine goes on if a tire is low. I'm sure at least one tire was low, and that the same tire was low the second time. Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. But you also have to push a button on the dash, right? No, just add air and the light will go off once above minimum pressure. No resets, no buttons. The button is to CALIBRATE the system (to reset the preferred pressure). Of coarse Micky will screw with it and then complain the TPMS system doesn't work properly |
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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.". |
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In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 15 Apr 2019 20:44:41 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:44:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 4/15/2019 2:36 PM, micky wrote: No, does not seem right. Mine goes on if a tire is low. I'm sure at least one tire was low, and that the same tire was low the second time. Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. But you also have to push a button on the dash, right? No, just add air and the light will go off once above minimum pressure. No resets, no buttons. The button is to CALIBRATE the system (to reset the preferred pressure). Of coarse Micky will screw with it and then complain the TPMS system doesn't work properly You're so full of baloney. |
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On 4/15/19 10:10 PM, micky wrote:
I've been here for weeks Where? |
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 08:10:50 +0300, micky
wrote: 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, . The tire pressure in Kpa will be listed on the sticker on the driver's side door post. 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.". The Mazda TPMS system is very basic (and somewhat brain-dead) in it's function. However, getting information on uit's operation is SIMPLE Google mazda 2 tpms. You will find something like this: https://www.holidaymazda.com/blog/ho...da-tpms-light/ What should you inflate my Mazda tires to? Every vehicle and even every Mazda is different, but luckily there is an easy place you can go to reference what your tire pressure levels should be. Open up your driver’s door and somewhere on the sill should be a sticker that gives you a lot of information including what your front and back tire pressures should be. Remember, your TPMS light doesn’t tell you which tires are low, and it’s possible that more than one is low. Check all four tires and inflate them to the proper levels. If you over inflate, you can always let a little air out usually with the backside of your tire pressure gauge. Turn the TPMS light off in your Mazda Turning the light off is simple. All you have to do is hold in the TPMS button typically located to the left of your steering wheel. After holding it in for a few seconds, your car will let you know that it’s reset with a beep, and then you can release. Now you may be tempted to just turn the light off as soon as it comes on, but do not do this. When you press the button, it resets the sensors. So if one or more of your tires is underinflated when you press the button, it will use the new reading as a baseline. This means you could run your tire pressures dangerously low without even getting a notification. For your own safety, and for the fuel efficiency of your car and longevity of your tires, always check your tire pressure and inflate them properly before resetting your TPMS light. Also. google Mazda 2 tire inflation pressure and you will find https://www.carsguide.com.au/mazda/2/tyre-pressure which shows you the sill sticker and also states "This tyre placard recommends a minimum tyre pressure of 33psi for the 2016 Mazda2 Genki hatch. This is equal to 230kPa and 2.3 bar." The average 10 year old could figure this out!!!!! |
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 08:12:16 +0300, micky
wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 15 Apr 2019 20:44:41 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:44:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 4/15/2019 2:36 PM, micky wrote: No, does not seem right. Mine goes on if a tire is low. I'm sure at least one tire was low, and that the same tire was low the second time. Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. But you also have to push a button on the dash, right? No, just add air and the light will go off once above minimum pressure. No resets, no buttons. The button is to CALIBRATE the system (to reset the preferred pressure). Of coarse Micky will screw with it and then complain the TPMS system doesn't work properly You're so full of baloney. OK - I was wrong on one point. The "brain dead" Mazda system needs to have the button pushed to shut off the light - but I WAS RIGHT in that the button also RECALIBRATES the system to whatever pressure the tires are at when the button is pushed. I have just posted in a previous post links to the information supporting my statement - and I am also 100% positive of my assessment of your part in the whole saga. |
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Clare Snyder posted for all of us...
On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:44:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 4/15/2019 2:36 PM, micky wrote: No, does not seem right. Mine goes on if a tire is low. I'm sure at least one tire was low, and that the same tire was low the second time. Only way to get it off is to add air to the tire. But you also have to push a button on the dash, right? No, just add air and the light will go off once above minimum pressure. No resets, no buttons. The button is to CALIBRATE the system (to reset the preferred pressure). Of coarse Micky will screw with it and then complain the TPMS system doesn't work properly He will calibrate himself into stratosphere. -- Tekkie |
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T posted for all of us...
On 4/15/19 10:10 PM, micky wrote: I've been here for weeks Where? Hopefully, far away... -- Tekkie |
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On 4/18/19 1:07 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
Hopefully, far away... How does the saying go? Be careful how you treat your children. They will be the ones choosing your rest home. Think of a facility thousands of miles away AND YOU WILL GET YOUR OWN ROOM! Be fun to know where he is residing. |
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