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Old Sep 12, 2021 | 01:29 PM
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Anyone Else's TPMS light go on for a few seconds while driving and then go off?
This happens to my 2009 RX about every once a week. Been happening for over a year. Never throws a code.
All 5 of my tires' PSI are good.



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Old Sep 13, 2021 | 11:08 AM
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I have an RX330 so I don't have them so I'm not much help.
But looking at the problems other members have with them sometimes I'm kinda glad I don't have to mess with them...
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Old Sep 13, 2021 | 03:56 PM
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I thought the 330's had them, too.
It's a useless "safety" feature created by Eggheads to make our wallets lighter.
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Old Sep 13, 2021 | 05:55 PM
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I've had to deal w/ that & then the light would flash, I ended up buying 3 new sensors when I went w/ 255's....
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Old Sep 13, 2021 | 09:04 PM
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You may have a sensor where the battery is becoming borderline. I don't know if there is any way to detect the signal strength of the sensor transmitter. I know that the tire shop detector tool "reads" the sensor RF signal, but whether the tool can determine signal strength is not known by me.
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Old Oct 8, 2021 | 01:57 PM
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Have you tried airing up your spare? Sometimes if the spare is low, it will cause the light to turn on and off intermittently.
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Old Oct 10, 2021 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by callimo
Have you tried airing up your spare? Sometimes if the spare is low, it will cause the light to turn on and off intermittently.
This X2 ^^^^
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Old Nov 20, 2024 | 05:54 AM
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Fuse?
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Old Nov 20, 2024 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Newusedcar
Fuse?
Fuse wouldn't do this.

What I would suggest to the op is that he set the tire pressure in all 5 tires and then re-initialize the TPMS system
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Old Nov 20, 2024 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DennisMik
You may have a sensor where the battery is becoming borderline.
I just checked my records and I ended up replacing one of the sensors 8 weeks after I made this thread. The Sensor was intermittent faulty, perhaps the battery.
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Old Nov 22, 2024 | 01:13 PM
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If the light is immediately solid the threshhold is probably set too low. Double check the pressure in all tires and press the reset button. There is always a chance another one is going out or the quality of the new one is bad but if the system loses communication with At least one sensor the light flashes before going solid.
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