hi, nice to see your post .. perhaps your TP monitoring system is simplier than what I have read about in professional automotive repair trade magazine articles. I suspect your car has an indirect TP warning system.. the actual pressure in the tire is not tracked by any system, instead the ABS system can tell when a tire is low, since it'll turn faster than the other ones.. and sets a warning that way. so you just leave a Maint. Reminder light on ........bad consumer, bad driver ! ----- Original Message ----- From: <mcneely4@cox.net> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 8:12 AM Subject: Re: Re: flashing coolant light purpose
> ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: >> and don't try to rotate your tires yourself on that car Dave. >> You can't do that right without also 'teaching' the system what new >> position >> each tire is in. > > Hmmmm........ . I've heard that, but there is nothing in the owner's book > saying it. The tire pressure monitoring system has to be reset when the > tires are rotated because they call for different pressures front and > rear. But that is simple to do, just hold a button down. The low > pressure indicator blinks three times, and the gizmo is reset. Now, the > "maintenance required" indicator, which is just turned on by the odometer > 5K miles since it was last reset to remind one to change the oil and > filter, is goofy, and requires a series of steps involving the buttons for > the trip odometers. Why not just a simple switch (or why have the damned > thing period)? I've just decided to leave it on rather than look up the > turn off procedure again. That gives occasional passengers or persons I > lend the car to something to get concerned about, and make conversation > around ;-). > > mcneely |
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