I got a notification on my dash that looked like "( ! )" Is that tire pressure or something? all my caps were still there and i drove like 30-40 miles with it like that. Wheels seem okay? What do i do . I am a noob remember! First car and everything haha

 

Either the ebrake is on or low brake fluid I believe? is the light red or orange?

 

It's orange, and the ebrake wasn't on. It might be the brakes actually cuz they didnt seem as flush as usual. I have 8k miles on it (bought with 5k as it was a dealer car or something) and i haven't gotten maintenance on it yet since i bought it.

 

Hmmm its hard to say the tpms also has a ! in it as a yellow/orange light.
first place I would start is checking tire pressures and brake fluid level.

 

its the TPMS sensor telling you one or more tires need air as well as a trip to shut light off!!!

 

^ what rockland said...

its the TPMS sensor indicator... meaning at least one of the tires are low in pressure...

if you experience extreme temperature changes day and night, your TPMS indicator may go off in the morning since the air decompresses with lower temperature and re-expands when it heats up... hence the reason why you shouldn't fill up your tires in a hot day or after you've drove the car around for some time...

You could get it filled with nitrogen... the claim is that it is less prone to temperature flux... however, you'll end up with those "green" valve caps to indicate that your tires are filled with nitrogen... LOL

but... of course there is another claim...

something to do with how nitrogen won't damage the inside of the tires...

http://www.bargaineering.com/article...s-mileage.html

 

Could have just looked in your owner's manual...

 

haha thanks everyone. vaxc i think it went off cuz of the temperature. i just checked my car and the light was gone!

 

thats your best bet. my lights come on all the time with the weather. no biggie

 

has anyone tried nitrogen over regular air?

 

I have nitrogen in my tires. Had my dealer do it when I bought the car. Seems to be ok. They charged me a one time fee of $30. And they topped them off when the rotated and balanced the tires at 5,000 miles.

 

I had that light turn on once and it was because there was a nail in one of my tires. Never really knew until the dealer told me when I took it in for the 5k maintenance. :\