ok i got some rims put on today 18x7.5 with 45 off set wrapped in kumo 245/40/18 and the tire pressure like wasn't blining after i got them put on, but then all of a sudden it started blinking how do i make it stop?

 

Are the TMPS still on the rim

 

You may need to add some air if the sensors were used.

 

....or electrical tape over the light.

 

I bet you anything, you didn't transfer your tpms sensors from your stock wheels to your new ones.

 

ok just to clarify the tpm's are the little black rectangular things to that are on the inside of the rim right? well if it is they are I put them on the new rims. the flashing light goes away and come back. i drove to class today it wasn't there anymore until i drove over the reflector on the rode to switch lanes the light started flashing again, do you think i jsut need air?

 

you might have to reset the tire pressure system refer to your owners manuel for directions on the reset.

 

you can reset the the tire pressure system? i read the manuel and all it said was how i can loose sterring and some other junk but i didn't see anything on how to reset it.

 

were does it say this in the manuel?

 

From Page 5-27 of the manual
When changing tires yourself
If you or someone else changes tires, you
or someone else can also undertake the
steps for the TPMS to complete the ID
signal code registration.
1. After tires have been changed, turn the
ignition switch to the ON position, then
turn it back to the ACC or LOCK
position.
2. Wait for about 15 minutes.
3. After about 15 minutes, drive the
vehicle at a speed of at least 20 km/h
(12 mph) for several minutes and the
tire pressure sensor ID signal code will
be registered automatically.
Be sure to have the tire pressure sensors
installed whenever tires or wheels are
replaced.

NOTE
If the vehicle is driven within about 15
minutes of changing tires, the tire
pressure monitoring system warning
light will flash because the sensor ID
signal code would not have been
registered. If this happens, park the
vehicle for about 15 minutes, after
which the sensor ID signal code will
register upon driving the vehicle for
several minutes.

 

thanks i'll give it a try when ig et out of class

 

check your tire pressures while you're out resetting the sensors just to make sure. mine came on intermittently during the past week, turns out the colder weather has caused my tire pressure to drop to like 28psi, so i promptly filled it up w/ air, no more warning lights.

 

yah i know that the cold weather thing but when the weather had effectied air by condensing it the pressure light is solid not blinking. but i'll try and fill it up. it makes sense that could be why its outa wack with the cold front that just came in, and that the sensors need to be reset.

 

Air ,,I need AIR.

 

ok guys thanks for the helped it worked and now the flashing has stopped but i NEED AIR now lol

 

good for you youngen, but mine started flashing AGAIN last night on my way home, i check the tire pressure and they are all dead even 35psi. of course, this morning when i drove in to work, everything's back to normal again.

curiously, it almost ALWAYS begin flashing on a specific stretch of the highway on my way home, and then when i get off the highway, most of the time it'll stop flashing by itself. i wonder if there's some type of radio interference on that stretch of highway that's throwing off my sensors.

i guess i'll just keep driving and keep an eye on them, the tires are fine, no leaks, so i'm safe for now

 

^ Noticed any Alien craft overhead lately?

 

well another thing i noticed is that the little plastic gaugaes(spelling) that go over the tire (the things that are green when filled up and turn like orage when they are low.) well yah i have a huge dent in my front right one and was wondering if anyone knows were i can get one? cuz now my freakkk'n light is always on. and its horrifingly annoying.
-thanks

 

black tape, friend, black tape.

What green/orange thing??

 

the thing on the tire that tells you that your low on air

 

You have the little extentions on the valve stems that have a built in tire guage? If so, take them off, they are probably causing your air to leak out of your tires. Go buy a decent tire pressure guage. It cost less than 10 bucks and is worth its weight in gold.

 

lol. Didn't even know such a "valve stem" gauge existed.

Like Wilson said - just get a regular TP gauge, check pressure weekly, and black tape that flashing f8cker!! TPMS is silly anyway, imo - especially on a performance car.

 

I've searched a lot about this situation and this post in this thread has the closest description I could find to what's happening to me....

On a regular basis, after 10 minutes of driving, my TPMS light starts flashing and usually stays on for the rest of the trip. Occasionally it turns itself off, but not often. I thought that cold weather would affect pressure when tires are cold, setting off the sensors, and that the tires would warm up after driving a while and the sensors would go off. Mine seem to work the opposite.

It first started happening last October when the weather was getting cooler. I didn't do anything at first because I thought that was normal. A week or so after it started happening, I replaced my summer tires with all seasons on my stock wheels. Tire pressure was 33, same as before. Did the TPMS reset process too. TPMS light still flashed. So after a couple more weeks of daily flashing, I took it to the dealer and they said it was normal. I asked "EVERY day?!". I made them check and they said they replaced one sensor, but it was on a tire that was "low". The light did go away for a few months. Then it would come on intermittantly mid-trip, so I chalked it up to radio frequency.

Now it's happening daily again. Tire pressure is still 33. The temperature is warmer now. I understand the radio frequency thing, but every day??? And it always starts flashing 10 minutes after I start driving - no matter where I am.

Thoughts? Ideas?

 

yeah it still happens to me on an almost daily basis, but i've ruled out radio frequency at this point, because it could happen on ANY stretch of the highway. The only thing that I am certain of that makes the tpms light go flashing is if I have been driving at high speed for a certain length of time, say, 70-80mph without any slowdown, for a good 20-25 minutes, then it pretty much goes off at exact that moment. no flashing light if there is stop and go traffic that prevents me from going at constant high speed for a set amount of time.

I will ask the dealer to look at it when I bring it in to swap tires later this year, but since I'm out of warranty now, I guess I'll have to deal with it if swapping tires ain't gonna fix it

 

btw, if you read the owner's manual, if your tire pressure is above/below the 'safe range' (26-45psi IIRC), the tpms light will GO SOLID and you will HEAR A BEEEEP. flashing tpms light means there's a 'malfunction' to the system. the $64,000 question is finding out what is malfunctioning...