Tyre Pressure indicator. Gimmick?????

[shaneth]

OK i was in Tamworth this weekend. My brother was driving the car buy himself and hit a rock that punctured the inner side wall of the tyre. (ill take a photo tomorrow.) He said the light didnt come on when that he saw. Also when i changed the tyre with a spare which was new and the cars on there were 9000kms old the car still didnt tell me one was different. (the manual says it can tell when one is low buy the rolling diameter of the tyre by the ABS sensor.) Now what has everyone else experinced have you seen it work or is it just a Gimmick?

[Wand Weaver]

Just a question before we get too carried away here (no I haven't seen it work) - does your low tyre pressure light turn on when you start the car?

Just wondering whether it could be an instrument-cluster related problem and not a problem with the system.

[shaneth]

Fair enough question and no i donmt mean to bag the car just wondering what everyone else thinks (i love the car ).

the answer to your question is yes it comes on when i start the car for a couple of seconds and then goes off. So its working. What i may do is go to a servo and let one down say 15psi and see what happens.

[VWindahouse]

Yes mine has gone off before

[shaneth]

what happened?? audible sound or just the light. do you remember the tyre pressure difference.

[Kai]

I blew my tyre and it never went off. I did forget to reset it once i had the new one on there. And it went off.

[jasn78]

Had a screw through one of mine and it did go off. think it is brilliant

[Timbo]

Mine went off after changing wheels and tyres, and me not resetting it

[beefa]

Silly question but needs to be asked... had you actually set the tyre pressure indicator to begin with ?

[VWindahouse]

Hold down the button for a couple of seconds just after you get the pressure you want your tyres at, and listen for the ding.