ANYONE KNOW HOW TO "RESET" THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT? LIGHT WENT ON WHEN IT WAS BELOW ZERO. DOES IT NEED TO RESET BY DEALER?

THANKS!

 

It will reset itself once the pressure comes up. If its one of the rolling tires, a bit of highway should bring the temp and pressure up and reset. My experience is that if it doesn't reset it may be the spare which is a royal pain. I've tried keeping my spare on the high end pressure (say 40lbs) and that seems to keep the problem to a minimum but when we were sub zero here a few weeks ago, I just accepted that the warning was a nuisance...

D.

 

The first couple cold snaps will drop a tires pressure, go deal with it, have your tires checked and aired up at least 4 or 5 #s higher then normal, or have them filled with Nitrogen which may tire out lets are now selling because it won't leak down.

 

Tire pressure warning doesn't fail very often on these vehicles, so if it's coming on is more than likely because your tires are low in pressure. Check the tire pressure and air them up correctly. Remember that a tire low on pressure in Ice or snow is the fastest way to loose traction, contrary to when it is warm. Cold wether demands even closer look at the tire PSI as it needs to be aired up properly to get good traction by displacing the snow and water on the road. Follow the factory recomended tire pressures if you have factory tires still (and if you do still have those Good Year HPs in the winter I feel sorry for you), and remember that the spare is rated at the same pressure as the rear tires which is the higher of the two.

Once your tires are aired up properly, simply driving down the road at (don't quote me here) 20 MPH or higher continously for 10 miles or more (the manual sais something like that) will reset the warning.