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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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When I got in the car today the light came on and said my tire was low but how do I know which tire it is? Looked in the manual and cant find anything?
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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use a tire gauge to check for the one with the low pressure mine alway act up when the temp dip low outside plus if you look at your tire u can tell which one low hope that help
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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mine popped on this morning but is was 30degrees outside, and this afternoon after i got off work an it was 70 outside they turned off and havent turned back on
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 08:45 PM
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To the op - the tpms on our cars don't specify which tire is low. Like laobo979 said, you have to manually check the pressure on each tire to discover which one(s) set off your warning light.
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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yea kinda sucks that it doesnt show which ones low... on the 07 i had the tires went low twice... just have to check them.... couldnt even tell which one was low in my case....
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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I get this on occasion. I just manually check each tire and fill air where needed.
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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i hate how the tpms doesnt tell us which tire is low. but on a side note, i see Mv350 is from CA like me. when did it hit 30 degrees?! we in cali never see such horrible temperatures haha
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 05:24 AM
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This is one area where foreign cars are way behind domestics... even GM rentals I had several years ago would tell you pressure for each individual tire on the dash multi-display.
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 06:44 AM
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God people, take a visual look and see if one looks lower then the other. If you cant tell then get a tire pressure gauge for 4.99$ and take the 60 secs to check each one. Yea american cars tell you which tire is low but they also break down and when they do you cant get them fixed through warranty because the garbage service dept's are incapable of doing actual mechanic work and would rather just deny your warranty claim
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 06:49 AM
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Thanks for the heads up, I came from a TL that told you the pressure of each tire.
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