For the love of......................... TPMS warning AGAIN...

gwelch · 05-12-2006, 01:34 PM

Got in the car last night and the yellow warning came up when I started the car. I've already had two flat tires since December, I think one of my neighbors is out to get me! After visually inspecting the tires twice, I can't find anything obvious sticking out of any of them. The TPMS shows all 4 tire pressures in yellow and the spare pressure in green - so I'm wondering if the system just hiccupped and needed to be reset.

Hopefully Roadside Assistance wont have to come rescue me on the side of the road...

Paldi · 05-12-2006, 03:09 PM

Plano-4.2 · 05-12-2006, 03:42 PM

Check the pressures with a manual pressure gauge, if ok, just store the current values and you're good to go.

Arkay · 05-12-2006, 05:10 PM

gwelch · 05-12-2006, 06:59 PM

Hopefully that's all it takes and I wont find anything sticking out of any of my tires!

D3AeighT · 05-13-2006, 03:20 AM

Store and reset. Everytime my TPMS "responds", I actually have picked up a nail. Had another nail last week. Two "plugs" in the rear, each tire, I do get nervous at the occasional 100MPH or GA400!

gwelch · 05-13-2006, 08:38 AM

Everytime this has previously happened and I just reset the system thinking it was nothing... within a day or two I found the offending hardware sticking out of my tire! Unfortunately, one of the nails was in the sidewall so it couldn't be plugged, had to replace a six month old tire that was still like new!

05-12-2006, 03:09 PM	#2
Paldi AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,508	Tell Randy to stop putting air in just the spare. I can only hold so much! :-)

05-12-2006, 03:42 PM	#3
Plano-4.2 AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,384	Change in temperature perhaps? Check the pressures with a manual pressure gauge, if ok, just store the current values and you're good to go.

05-12-2006, 05:10 PM	#4
Arkay AudiWorld Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 435	It's happened to me 3 or 4 times too...always seems to reset itself after restarting the car later __________________ Roy '08 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

05-12-2006, 06:59 PM	#5
gwelch AudiWorld Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,494	That's exactly what Randy did =) Hopefully that's all it takes and I wont find anything sticking out of any of my tires! __________________ --Gina

05-13-2006, 03:20 AM	#6
D3AeighT AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 7,583	Doesn't the warning symbol respond after a 3 lb change from last reading? Store and reset. Everytime my TPMS "responds", I actually have picked up a nail. Had another nail last week. Two "plugs" in the rear, each tire, I do get nervous at the occasional 100MPH or GA400! __________________ Normal Sig Future Audi's: DOUBTFUL! ************************************************ ************************** Current: 2004 1/2 A8L VIN Mid 16000 to 16100 Atlas Grey Metallic-Sabre Interior- 19"OEM Wheels-12 Spoke 255-40ZR-19 XL Yoko ADVAN S.4 (Prev: Continental Sport Contact 2 ExLd (Good) & 2 sets of Pirelli Rosso OEM (POS's!) SW:D3-HU 6346 06.0.0 0413(previous) SW:D3-HU 33.6.0 0632 (May'07) HW:D3-HU 6346 D2.0 FC SW:02332AUFC 78KOF46n FC PS:0020 FC HW:H42 NAV VERSIONS: USA_0740_2093 DATA 288/20050217114407 '08 VW New Beetle (wife) '02 Jeep Grand Cherokee (daughter) '79 CJ5(SOLD IT FINALLY) Prior Audi's: '99 A8 4.2 Quattro - Black/Ecru '97 A8 3.7 FWD - Black/Ecru '92 100CS - Dark Green/Ecru '87 5000 - Metallic Blue/Black '85 5000 - Red / Black AWP Sig *WITH GUNS WE ARE CITIZENS, WITHOUT GUNS WE ARE SUBJECTS" Clinton Admin After Jamie Gorelick "Wall" Memo Battle cries of liberalism: "Our minds are made up - don't confuse us with the facts!"..."Liberals stand on their heads and tell the rest of the world it's upside down."

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05-13-2006, 08:38 AM	#7
gwelch AudiWorld Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,494	RE: "Everytime my TPMS "responds", I actually have picked up a nail" .... Exactly why I'm nervous Everytime this has previously happened and I just reset the system thinking it was nothing... within a day or two I found the offending hardware sticking out of my tire! Unfortunately, one of the nails was in the sidewall so it couldn't be plugged, had to replace a six month old tire that was still like new! __________________ --Gina

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