Hey!! I hope it's not just me, but I noticed today that my RX-8 GT doesn't have the little tire cross-section with the "!" in the middle warning light for the tire pressure monitoring system. I was wondering about this, but kept forgetting to check the warning lights when I started it - so today I checked extremely carefully. Nope, not there!

I don't remember it being explicitly listed as standard equip on Canadian cars, but I had assumed that since it was standard safety equip on the US RX-8 that we'd get it too. If my car is any indication, though, we don't have it.

Does anyone else (in Canada) have the TPMS warning light? This is both good and bad - bad, because I don't mind the idea of a reminder of low pressure or if a tire has a slow leak. Good, because it means that all of a sudden our winter wheel considerations just got much easier since we don't have to worry about fitting TPMS sensor valve stems to the winter wheels!

Regards,
Gordon

 

Nobody else cares?

 

I care, but don't have a car yet.

Does the owner's manual talk about the tire pressure sensors? That might indicate if it was deleted from the Canadian cars.

 

Me too.

Care, but no car.

 

There is no Tire Pressure Monitoring System in Canada. The US has it, but not Canada.

Sorry!

 

They must be doing this to save money (duh, why else?). I believe that it is mandatory in the States to have these sensors but I guess the same is not true up here. I would certainly prefer to have those sensors...

 

all i have to say is it's probably a good thing

what's all the hubbub?? these things are only annoying for those who want to change wheels (competition, customization, whatever)...

if you get a flat/blowout, you're gonna know, and if you have a slow leak, it'll be evident during your regular pressure checks or WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TYRES it really doesn't take much... i do think these sensors are just over-idiofying the American Automobile: useless crap.

 

Agreed. I'll take the standard headlight pissers and foglights in Canada over the tire pressure sensor any day.

 

Actually, I tracked down and pulled the fuse for my headlight washers 2 days after I took the car home.
Damn things have no use other then making a huge mess of my clean car spraying washer fluid everywhere.

So, I guess I'd take the pressure sensors over those...

 

hmmmm......... that's a good thing for me. I was really concern about how I can disable the sensor when I put my winter tires on with the steel rims.

So I guess the tire pressure sensor was never in our Canadian spec sheets right ?

 

Now that you mention it, the first I heard about the tire pressure sensor was when the American's talked about it, so no, I don't think it was ever in the spec sheets.

 

Up to now its only the US cars that are getting the tire pressure sensors, apparently it will soon be law in the States that all new cars must have such a feature. Japan and Canada still do not require these sensors but my guess is that we will need them in the near future. I'm not sure whether Australia or Europe requires them.

 

I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I don't care since I'm very "hands on" with my car and check the tire pressure regularly. But there was one time that one of my tires was very low on air.. about 22lbs.. For some reason I didn't notice it very much while driving and it could have blown I guess which would not have been very nice mid corner at 90km/hr.

 

U really don't need it my friend, every time b 4 i drive my car, i always chek the tires, and get urself a tire guauge from like advanced auto or something; they're cheap, heck I even bought a tiny compressed air pump and puncture kit and can if I need either one. Trust me when i say ur savin urself a lot of head ache especially when they go bad. Some dealers don't have a clue how to fix em, they just say "it need's more air" or something obvious. TRUST Me friend that monitoring system is not necessary!

 

Aaaaaand the award for dead thread resuscitation goes to raiden796666!

 

Holy Fawk, July of 2003 is my cars build date. What a revival

 

 

What the heck is a dead thread resuscitation

 

Look at the date on the posts before your first one.

 

Holy fucfk it's gaining momentum again!