Who Is It Down To?

[spathiphyllum]

So on Saturday me and the Ms experienced a flat tyre. This was due to the tyre being pinched against a curb. The tyre was totally gashed and blew. Luckily we were about 1 metre away from our drive.

I jacked up the car, got the wheel off and put the spare on. We then proceed to go to a close by garage to get a new tyre on the vehicle.

When the tyre popped and on way to the garage with the spare tyre on, the Tyre pressure monitoring light was NOT on. We get the tyre changed, and on the way home the Tyre pressure monitoring light came on.

We checked the pressure all is OK, so is the garage we went to obliged to turn this light off for us? (need to plug into a computer) or is this potentially a fault of the computer system? Could it have been damaged when tyre blew?

I want to take it back to the garage but i don't want to be charged.

any advice?

[Zacs-Master]

......reset by a garage

[spathiphyllum]

The reset procedure will be in the cars handbook

[bhg481]

IJKLM - thanks for that good explanation.
I have the Tyrepal system on both my car and caravan; whilst returning to Calais in the summer I was given a sharp warning that one of my caravan tyres was losing pressure, so I was able to stop and change the wheel before it became critical. Tyrepal works by changing the dustcap for one containing a pressure/temperature sensor, which you set for your specific pressures and the current pressure/temperature is transmitted to a display inside the car, with an audible warning if the pressure/temperature is out of permitted value.

[snags]

So what car is it?

[spathiphyllum]

and that's good news. I'm hoping i don't have to go back and that i will be able to do this myself with ease.

[bhg481]

snags - it seems to be a secret.

[snags]

Apparently so.

[IJKLM]

Spath @14.00

You need to trigger the re-calibration procedure then drive for 15 minutes or so and it will sort itself out.

If you say what vehicle it is (as has been said a dozen times), someone can probably find the re-calibration procedure and tell you (or you can do it yourself).

Look for TPMS recalibration [vehicle model and year] or reset TPMS [vehicle model and year], or something similar.

Or, as you suggest, look in the owners' handbook

Good luck.

[spathiphyllum]

Thank you very much

[DarceyK123]

Its a Skoda obviously! Ha Ha! : )

[Ryzen]

Did'nt realise the Reliant Robin had a TPMS.

[Canary42]

Several months ago I experienced a tyre pressure warning light - I checked all the tyres and all were within correct range.

Resetting it as instructed in the handbook didn't work.

I chose to ignore it and check the tyres regularly (just like we always did in the good old days before all this electronic garbage).

A few days later, after washing the car, the light went out ! Not for long however, after hitting a pothole it came on again (tyre pressure still OK when checked) - then about 5 minutes later the engine warning light came on. I took it into the gargae who "repaired" it and the bill came to around £57 - fortunately the car was still (just) within the 3-year warranty so I didn't have to pay a thing.

It seems to me the electronic gadgetry incorporated these days is a nice little earner for garages (e.g. have a look at ignition key replacement if you want a real shock).

[bhg481]

Canary makes the point that these gadgets are meant to supplement the checks you make yourself, not replace them.

[spathiphyllum]

Reset and all is good thanks all lights gone off

[choux]

The lights are off and there is somebody at home ...

[retrocop]

Great. None of us are any the wiser what Combine spath drives. What it a John Deere or a Massey Ferguson?

[choux]

Kerb your enthusiasm retro ;)