Tire air pressure indicator

numbness4sound · 10-02-2009, 11:46 AM

I know this has been posted before, but I thought it might be good to start a new thread, as I didn't see one in this section of the board.
I think a lot of us are going to have the "Check Tire Pressure" sensor go off one of these chillier mornings. I brought mine in today, and they put more air in the tires. I guess the cold air made the tire pressure drop down into the sensors' "danger" range or whatever. So I'd suggest people check their tire pressure and put a bit more air in if necessary.

**waterdog** · 10-03-2009, 11:16 PM

That happened to me. Second day I owned the car (Wednesday of this week) the TPMS gave me a warning, but it had cooled off from the day before when I took delivery of the car. I found the tires were down to about 26 psi, so I suspect the dealer had delivered it to me with just enough pressure to avoid tripping the sensors. Filing the tires to 35 psi took care of the message.

B juice · 10-03-2009, 11:53 PM

Dealer did it to me, too. Since then, I monitor tire pressure and only lose about 1 psi every 2 weeks. I've got over 11,000 miles so it's not bad. The tires still look new. I rotated them at about 7200 miles. And torqued the lugs to 81 ft/lbs. .

ski1297 · 10-04-2009, 03:57 PM

Just had mine go off! Put more air in so I should be good to go!

jraynor196 · 10-04-2009, 09:11 PM

I have a tire pressume gauge, cost me about 6.99 at autozonem, cant recommend it enough....

**waterdog** · 10-05-2009, 01:09 PM

I have about a half dozen of that grade of gauge and find that while they do provide answers that are in the right ballpark, and are clearly much better than guessing, the newer digital gauges seem to provide better, more reliable information (based on a comparison test using a majority wins approach). They cost a little more, but in my book the extra cost is worthwhile - given the importance of tire pressure. The TPMS system just serves as a reminder to check the tires, not as a substitute for a gauge.

doug · 10-13-2009, 02:26 PM

I've had my insight 2 months and the TPS has gone off twice,with the pressure being around 25 lbs. Today the dealer told me that the tire could lose 8-10 lbs a month.
How often do you guys check you tire pressure.

**waterdog** · 10-13-2009, 07:08 PM

I don't have a set schedule, but I suppose it averages out about every 4-6 weeks.

I hope your dealing was just making up numbers, and not talking about specific experience with the Insight tires. I have never had tires lose that much air unless there was a leak that needed to be fixed.

numbness4sound · 10-13-2009, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doug

I've had my insight 2 months and the TPS has gone off twice,with the pressure being around 25 lbs. Today the dealer told me that the tire could lose 8-10 lbs a month.
How often do you guys check you tire pressure.

I actually hadn't checked mine since I got it

Now I plan to do it every month.

themyst · 11-27-2009, 11:05 AM

Two days after I got it, I got the dreaded "Check TPMS" error after a chilly morning. I checked tire pressure, 38psi cold, which I think should be within limits. Dealer it, or am I missing something here? Is there a way to reset the TPMS?