Why is my tpms light still on
WHY Your Tire Light is ON & EASY FIX
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when your tire light comes on it's never
a good thing because it means there's
something wrong now it could be a
malfunction but the problem could in
fact be a lot worse and either way
you've got to deal with it but the good
news is it's simple to do and in this
video I'm gonna show you how to get your
tire light to go off in a way that you
can do yourself and it doesn't cost any
money or require any special tools and
it all starts at the wheel now of course
you know how to add air to a tire and
that's done through that thing they're
called the valve stem but when you
probably didn't know was that behind
that valve stem is an electronic sensor
now they're self-contained and all they
do is monitor tire pressure and they
report back to your car what the
pressure is and that's what can trigger
that light so if there's anything going
on that triggers the light it means
there's something wrong the number one
reason that your tire light is on is
because your tire pressure is actually
set wrong if you live in a colder
climate you'll note that your tire light
often comes on when the temperatures
drop it doesn't really make any
difference because it still means the
pressure is wrong so you want to open
your driver's door and take a look for
this label here you'll find the exact
tire pressure settings that you need to
know they're gonna be different normally
from your front to your rear and for
your spare tire your mine are both set
to 33 psi and my spare is set to 60 psi
the next thing is when do you check your
tire pressure you want to do that before
you've driven your car at all early in
the morning preferably when it's cold if
you do need to drive somewhere to adjust
your tires you want to make sure it's
your first stop so that you're driving
as little as possible so that the tire
temperature doesn't heat up and there's
only one way to check and adjust the
pressure you need to do it on all four
tires many people will go around they'll
check one or two and then they decide
they're done and your light will still
stay on you want to start at the first
tire and go tire to tire and set the
pressure correctly until you're done
with all four tires do not skip this
step it's the biggest reason the light
will end up stained on
our next tip is to check your fifth tire
now you might be thinking where is it
well that's actually your spare tire
this is the biggest reason that people
end up a dealers paying big money just
to get their tire light to go out many
spare tires actually have one of those
TPMS sensors in them which means that
you have to adjust that tire as well not
all spare tires have TPMS sensors but
you really can't tell which ones do or
don't and this is the most common reason
people end up at a dealer spending
upwards of two hundred dollars just to
get the tire light reset when all they
needed to do was adjust the pressure in
their spare now in this Subaru ascent
the tire is located under the bumper so
it's a little bit more challenging now
your car might have the spare tire right
in the trunk and you can adjust the
pressure there but here on this model
I've got to use the tool that they
include to crank this mechanism and now
the spare tire will lower to the ground
now this is very similar to pickup
trucks and suv's but the good news is
once it gets to the ground you don't
actually have to remove it just remember
your spare is almost always going to
have a different pressure than your
regular tires and this one is 60 psi so
just slide the tire out a little bit and
now I can get to the valve stem and I'm
going to adjust the tire pressure to get
it to 60 psi this is the most common
reason that people can never get their
tire light to go out the mystery is that
it's in your spare tire so take a few
minutes to get it adjusted well now that
you know your five tires have the
correct pressure and you did it at the
right time what do you do to get the
light to go out well all you've got to
do is start your car and drive around
for about ten minutes or more and the
light will go out automatically on its
own that is how the system is designed
for about 95% of you at this point your
tire pressure light will go out and
you'll hopefully be very happy but if it
isn't you might need to do one more
thing some cars are equipped with a
not needed whatsoever now if your light
is still on and you've done all of this
you may have to go to your dealer
because occasionally those sensors do
fail or they need replacing but they
have a lifespan of about 10 years and
many people have them a lot longer so
the reason they didn't start with that
is that your system is generally working
fine it comes down to setting the right
pressure at the right time and making
sure you include your spare to solve the
problem once and for all now you might
be thinking what happens when the summer
comes and the temperatures go up well I
recommend checking your pressure
regularly anyway but it's a good idea
when temperatures start to go up quite a
bit to check it again in case you have a
little bit too much pressure so I hope
this showed you how to solve a very
annoying problem and make your life a
little bit easier without spending money
at a dealer so I hope you liked this
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