Tire pressure?

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david de volpi

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I just had my wheels changed to winter tires on winter rims. Since then I am getting a message on screen saying check tire pressure but I can no longer find the tire pressure. Is this because of the new rims? Are the tire pressure sensors in the rims?
David
 
david de volpi said:
I just had my wheels changed to winter tires on winter rims. Since then I am getting a message on screen saying check tire pressure but I can no longer find the tire pressure. Is this because of the new rims? Are the tire pressure sensors in the rims?
David
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I suspect no TPMS sensors in the new rims or wrong fr.
Any sensors can be installed that operate at 433 MHz fr , ;)
 
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david de volpi said:
Never heard about that. Still learning all about this car.when I saw the tire pressure light on I was worried.
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I'm surprised the place that installed your new wheels didn't bother to check whether your vehicle uses in-wheel TPMS sensors. They would have made more money by selling you the sensors and they would have a happy customer.
 
Yep you need a new set of pressure sensors with the extra rims. I decided to forgo this expense first time around and just ignore the pressure warning. Bad idea. In bitter cold temps one day heading out onto the freeway resulted in a horrible rumbling. A visual inspection upon returning home revealed a severely under inflated tire caused by pot hole rim damage. Even at the right pressure those tires are still a little noisy as an after effect.
 
If *one* of the sensors is out the whole TPMS system doesn't work, which is super-annoying since
well-designed software could easily keep reporting on the rest. What if you're already running on
your spare and want to be warned if *another* tire is going soft??

_H*
 
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