Can someone explain to me how the thing works? Where is the sensor? When I did tire rotation it gave me false alarm. When I changed the rims and put new winter tires it gives me false alarm almost daily. Any comments?

 

It isn't an actual pressure sensor. It senses wheel rotation. In theory, a punctured tire rotates faster than the other tires. The sensors can get confused if you make changes without resetting them. According to the manual, you're supposed to drive around for an hour after hitting the reset button. It's an OK system, but has it's flaws.

 

I reset it 3x already and drive around alot after reset. maybe because its snowing hard so it is confused? Oh well, I just think its annoying.

 

Where is the RESET BUTTON ????

Thanks....
Keith.

 

The button is in the glove box.

 

It keeps coming on during driving in the rain... ha.

 

Can always try Duct Tape...

I dunno. I haven't had any problems with mine. I'd recommend taking it to the dealer, but those guys take forever to do anything.

 

Mine comes on sometimes and is ALWAYS right... I carry a good tire pressure guage and one of my tires is always off a bit when it comes on...

I have all my tires at 41 PSI and it works well for me...

I'd check to make sure all your pressures are IDENTICAL, as that's usually the cause...

 

Anyone try filling the tires with Nitrogen instead of regular air? It's supposed to keep the pressure constant and it won't leak like regular air since the molecules are bigger.

 

It's worked great for me - I've had two tires that picked up nails on seperate occasions and it's always came on. They were slow leaks and they always would come on when the tire pressure went low.

 

I wonder where I can fill up with nitrogen... sounds like a good solution....

If anyone knows... I'd be possibly interested

 

I believe costco has nitrogen. America's Tire filled mine with nitrogen when I got wheels there.

 

corvettes have a sensor inside the wheel that senences the actual pressure

 

*golf clap

 

My sensor was tripped alot because my suspension was loose! I got it torqued and the sensor has not gone off since.

 

So do the RX-8s

 

mine has been tripping the past couple days, I think one of my tires is a pound or 2 different from the others...I hope....