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Yeah, I've seen the *** a few times as well. For awhile I used to get it all the time at the same spot of my commute....like there was an rf frequency throwing it off. A few miles down the road and it would come back online. Hasn't happened in a long time though. Clearly my tires were low last night so there was a good reason for the light to come on. Just odd that it won't go off.FLiPMaRC wrote:That is strange. The only time my TPMS light goes on is when it can't read one or more of the sensors. The info screen will usually show *** for the tire(s) not being read. But once it starts reading all four tires, the TPMS light turns off.
Do you have anything plugged in to any of your accessory outlets? Just curious.skinny2 wrote:Yeah, I've seen the *** a few times as well. For awhile I used to get it all the time at the same spot of my commute....like there was an rf frequency throwing it off. A few miles down the road and it would come back online. Hasn't happened in a long time though. Clearly my tires were low last night so there was a good reason for the light to come on. Just odd that it won't go off.FLiPMaRC wrote:That is strange. The only time my TPMS light goes on is when it can't read one or more of the sensors. The info screen will usually show *** for the tire(s) not being read. But once it starts reading all four tires, the TPMS light turns off.
So true. So the other night the temps dropped below zero and I now have one tpms reading *** and it hasn't gone away since Monday night. I have a feeling I had a weak battery that is now dead. Supposed to get upto 50 this weekend so I might see if it comes back around.FLiPMaRC wrote:You know what they say about herpes.
I will say that I was in that thought camp when these new sensors came out years ago, but I've learned to appreciate them a bit. I have over a million miles under my belt and up until last January had never had a flat while out on the road. Fast forward to last January it was a lovely -10°F with wind chills and my TPMS light kicks on blinking. Probably once a month since I've owned this the TPMS starts blinking and if I flip to the tpms screen I'll see the *** display and know it's nothing. This time I see one tire is 28. About ten seconds later it's 27. Uh oh. I'm on a very busy highway that would be no fun to try and change a tire. Luckily I have time to make it to a ramp that I know has a nice wide berm to (hopefully) not get run over. It's down to 15psi at this point and I was just starting to notice weird handling and more drag from the flat tire. If I would have noticed it at that point I would have had no time to plan an exit strategy.Heisenberg wrote: And guess what? I know how to use a pressure gauge / can feel a significantly under inflated tire while driving