View Full Version : Tpms problem!


Twiztog43
10-14-2009, 02:29 AM
Ok, Before the flames get too high, i searched and all i found was how to cover up the Light with a sticker:uhh:

anyways, a couple days ago my TPMS light came on when i started the car and it eventually went away after a 15 min drive....

but a couple days later [today] the light stayed on the whole day, probably 70 miles of driving today, and the light stayed on until i got home.
so what seems to be the problem?:uhh:

Jon316G
10-14-2009, 02:40 AM
Have you checked the tire pressure since that's what the TPMS monitors?

Twiztog43
10-14-2009, 03:04 AM
well the two front tires seems less inflated than the rears... anyways how could this happen? i mean if there was a puncture, wouldn't my tire be flat by now? i mean i probably have traveled 350 miles while the light was on these past couple days!

Jon316G
10-14-2009, 03:12 AM
A tire will deflate overtime... doesn't mean its bad or punctured.
This is why you should check them every now and then.
Also, you'll notice the tire pressure decreasing as the weather gets colder.
Then as you drive and the tire warms up, the pressure will rise.

Twiztog43
10-14-2009, 03:46 AM
A tire will deflate overtime... doesn't mean its bad or punctured.
This is why you should check them every now and then.
Also, you'll notice the tire pressure decreasing as the weather gets colder.
Then as you drive and the tire warms up, the pressure will rise.

yea i know about that, which is why i was shady about posting this [for fear of flame] but even after a couple hundred miles the light is still on.

ilovemy8
10-14-2009, 06:00 AM
add air in the tires.. recommmend manufacture psi and it'll go away.. did you change tires or anything??

JGR4444
10-14-2009, 04:04 PM
change in temp makes the tires drop... just like people every tire is different so more air might leak out from one tire than another.... add some add to man. rec. and your set to go... if it drops more than 5 pounds in a week have it checked out

Kaiser bun
10-14-2009, 04:34 PM
Just because the light stayed on does not rule out the cold wheather=low pressure theory, in the winter my tpms light comes on sometimes, at times it will go off, at times it will not. Just make sure you check your pressure and if its near the reccommened pressure, you're fine.

416to212
10-14-2009, 04:38 PM
I'm having a similar problem but different ;)

I have Volks with no TPMS sensors. The TPMS dash light has always just flashed for the last 5 months but recently, it's become a solid light (no flashing anymore). I'm wondering if everything will be okay when I put my stock winter tires back on.

I actually prefer the solid dash light, less of a flashing distraction but can someone 'second' my story?

EMart11b
10-14-2009, 04:45 PM
Your first reaction wasn't to check the tire pressure...?

:banghead:

Kaiser bun
10-14-2009, 04:47 PM
Your first reaction wasn't to check the tire pressure...?

:banghead:

:lol: