Low tire pressure warning light won't go out
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Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Had to same issue on a late model Honda Accord........ yeah, look to your left and you have a button to reset it- lol
True!
What generation? The only button to the left on mine is the VSA button and it is unrelated to the TPMS.
Had to same issue on a late model Honda Accord........ yeah, look to your left and you have a button to reset it- lol
True!
What generation? The only button to the left on mine is the VSA button and it is unrelated to the TPMS.
How does the reset work? IIRC on my truck it basically "told" the ECU that a good pressure was in the tires. Guessing that if the tires dropped 10% (?) that it should then alarm?
Not sure why a tire change would require a TPMS reset. Not unless if the pressure transducer drifts over time and needs a periodic dope slap.
Not sure why a tire change would require a TPMS reset. Not unless if the pressure transducer drifts over time and needs a periodic dope slap.
Originally Posted By: gregk24
Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Had to same issue on a late model Honda Accord........ yeah, look to your left and you have a button to reset it- lol
True!
What generation? The only button to the left on mine is the VSA button and it is unrelated to the TPMS.
From a different thread:
Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Good move.
My 2013 Sport was harsh and on concrete interstates the booming was horrific.
I know exactly what you were dealing with.
Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Had to same issue on a late model Honda Accord........ yeah, look to your left and you have a button to reset it- lol
True!
What generation? The only button to the left on mine is the VSA button and it is unrelated to the TPMS.
From a different thread:
Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Good move.
My 2013 Sport was harsh and on concrete interstates the booming was horrific.
I know exactly what you were dealing with.
Was on my 2013 Accord Sport right below your left knee.
Originally Posted By: gregk24
Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Had to same issue on a late model Honda Accord........ yeah, look to your left and you have a button to reset it- lol
True!
What generation? The only button to the left on mine is the VSA button and it is unrelated to the TPMS.
Originally Posted By: gregk24
Originally Posted By: AirgunSavant
Had to same issue on a late model Honda Accord........ yeah, look to your left and you have a button to reset it- lol
True!
What generation? The only button to the left on mine is the VSA button and it is unrelated to the TPMS.
The reset button type weren't with TPMS, were they? They are the older monitoring systems based on the rotation sensors for the ABS.
I have a Nissan Xterra and have reset the system myself couple times. Google Nissin TPMS hack. Tool needed,(a paper clip)
Walmart most areas will go out with a scan tool and check to see which sensor is off as I had one go bad on a trip to Fort Knox and they found which one for nothing. Ordered a new one from fleabay for like $15 used and is going great after a year. Don't need to do a dismount. So I still have three original senders on a 06
Walmart most areas will go out with a scan tool and check to see which sensor is off as I had one go bad on a trip to Fort Knox and they found which one for nothing. Ordered a new one from fleabay for like $15 used and is going great after a year. Don't need to do a dismount. So I still have three original senders on a 06Owner's manual: 2010 Cube Manual
Summary: Reset by setting all 4 tires to minimum doorjamb pressure and then driving over 16 MPH. If something is wrong with the system, the TPMS light will flash for about a minute on each startup. According to the manual, the spare does not have a sensor.
From page 5-3, after the description of the TPMS system: Your vehicle has also been equipped with a
TPMS malfunction indicator to indicate when the
system is not operating properly. The TPMS
malfunction indicator is combined with the low
tire pressure telltale. When the system detects a
malfunction, the telltale will flash for approxi-
mately one minute and then remain continuously
illuminated. This sequence will continue upon
subsequent vehicle start-ups as long as the
malfunction exists. When the malfunction indi-
cator is illuminated, the system may not be able
to detect or signal low tire pressure as intended.
TPMS malfunctions may occur for a variety of
reasons, including the installation of replace-
ment or alternate tires or wheels on the vehicle
that prevent the TPMS from functioning properly.
Always check the TPMS malfunction telltale
after replacing one or more tires or wheels on
your vehicle to ensure that the replacement or
alternate tires and wheels allow the TPMS to
continue to function properly.
On page 6-2, it says "Adjust the tire
pressure to the recommended COLD
tire pressure shown on the Tire and
Loading Information label to turn
the low tire pressure warning light
OFF."
Summary: Reset by setting all 4 tires to minimum doorjamb pressure and then driving over 16 MPH. If something is wrong with the system, the TPMS light will flash for about a minute on each startup. According to the manual, the spare does not have a sensor.
From page 5-3, after the description of the TPMS system: Your vehicle has also been equipped with a
TPMS malfunction indicator to indicate when the
system is not operating properly. The TPMS
malfunction indicator is combined with the low
tire pressure telltale. When the system detects a
malfunction, the telltale will flash for approxi-
mately one minute and then remain continuously
illuminated. This sequence will continue upon
subsequent vehicle start-ups as long as the
malfunction exists. When the malfunction indi-
cator is illuminated, the system may not be able
to detect or signal low tire pressure as intended.
TPMS malfunctions may occur for a variety of
reasons, including the installation of replace-
ment or alternate tires or wheels on the vehicle
that prevent the TPMS from functioning properly.
Always check the TPMS malfunction telltale
after replacing one or more tires or wheels on
your vehicle to ensure that the replacement or
alternate tires and wheels allow the TPMS to
continue to function properly.
On page 6-2, it says "Adjust the tire
pressure to the recommended COLD
tire pressure shown on the Tire and
Loading Information label to turn
the low tire pressure warning light
OFF."
Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
Originally Posted By: Brolly
More than likely TPMS is bad. Take it to AZ maybe they will be able to tell which one it is. If not a Tire chain store should be able to tell which one.
He needs all four, or none. Unless your idea of a good time is taking four trips to the shop instead of one.
There should be a way to figure out which one is bad if that is the issue. The one that is not registering to the handheld device the tech uses is your problematic one. There should be no reason to replace all 4.
Originally Posted By: Brolly
More than likely TPMS is bad. Take it to AZ maybe they will be able to tell which one it is. If not a Tire chain store should be able to tell which one.
He needs all four, or none. Unless your idea of a good time is taking four trips to the shop instead of one.
There should be a way to figure out which one is bad if that is the issue. The one that is not registering to the handheld device the tech uses is your problematic one. There should be no reason to replace all 4.
Originally Posted By: Brolly
Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
Originally Posted By: Brolly
More than likely TPMS is bad. Take it to AZ maybe they will be able to tell which one it is. If not a Tire chain store should be able to tell which one.
He needs all four, or none. Unless your idea of a good time is taking four trips to the shop instead of one.
There should be a way to figure out which one is bad if that is the issue. The one that is not registering to the handheld device the tech uses is your problematic one. There should be no reason to replace all 4.
Except they're all 7 years old and dying. My idea of a good time isn't making 4 trips to the shop when I can make one. Is your time free?
Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
Originally Posted By: Brolly
More than likely TPMS is bad. Take it to AZ maybe they will be able to tell which one it is. If not a Tire chain store should be able to tell which one.
He needs all four, or none. Unless your idea of a good time is taking four trips to the shop instead of one.
There should be a way to figure out which one is bad if that is the issue. The one that is not registering to the handheld device the tech uses is your problematic one. There should be no reason to replace all 4.
Except they're all 7 years old and dying. My idea of a good time isn't making 4 trips to the shop when I can make one. Is your time free?
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Sometimes the TPM sensors have to be "reset" by the tech.
Originally Posted By: JTK
Originally Posted By: widman
Batteries go out on the sensors. My daughter took her car to Goodyear and they put a meter next to each tire valve and told her two of her sensors were not transmitting. (Free check). The dealer had wanted $125 to scan.
Had a local tire shop do this on our 2013 Grand Caravan. They told me they couldn't get a signal and two of my wheel sensors were "dead". I drove off as-is and the light went out a mile down the road. What I'm getting at is, there are SO many different TPMS systems, shops don't know know the ins-outs of all of them unfortunately.
They may not have tried hard enough, or the batteries were weak and hard to detect a signal.
On a car with normal tires, you just break the bead at the air valve enough to get your hand in and unscrew the valve, then screw in the new one. With the run-flat tires, you need the special equipment. When a tire repair place broke one of my sensors I bought 5 on Amazon for about $50.
Originally Posted By: widman
Batteries go out on the sensors. My daughter took her car to Goodyear and they put a meter next to each tire valve and told her two of her sensors were not transmitting. (Free check). The dealer had wanted $125 to scan.
Had a local tire shop do this on our 2013 Grand Caravan. They told me they couldn't get a signal and two of my wheel sensors were "dead". I drove off as-is and the light went out a mile down the road. What I'm getting at is, there are SO many different TPMS systems, shops don't know know the ins-outs of all of them unfortunately.
They may not have tried hard enough, or the batteries were weak and hard to detect a signal.
On a car with normal tires, you just break the bead at the air valve enough to get your hand in and unscrew the valve, then screw in the new one. With the run-flat tires, you need the special equipment. When a tire repair place broke one of my sensors I bought 5 on Amazon for about $50.
The TPMS light on the dash is almost always on in my 2015 2500. That is primarily because I inflate the E rated tires based on the tire maker recommendation for the current axle load on them. Unless I am really loaded down and have the tires aired up accordingly, the TPMS is having a fit because I don't have them filled up the rock hard level the vehicle OEM wants which is based on max gross axle rating of the pickup. I have pretty much learned to block out the light and have to consciously notice it. I probably will not replace the tire sensors when they eventually fail. Yet another example in a long line of them where Gooberment protecting us from ourselves is an additional cost and waste of time for the consumer.
I checked the tire pressure of my daughter's car this past weekend and the tires are holding air just fine. The tire idiot light is flashing now, which I'm sure that means one or more of the sensors is bad. My daughter has decided with her limited budget not to replace the sensors and I will check her tire pressure more frequently...it's not worth $200 to her to have an idiot light tell her it's time to air up the tires...
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