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Jul 26, 2005 | 03:15 PM

Weprint

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Boom

Last weekend, while cruising along the highway at about 70 mph, I heard a "boom" similar to the sound of a tire blowing out. When I looked at the DIC it had a "service tire monitor system message". I pulled over and checked the tires with a gauge and they were all at correct pressure. The tires show no sign of damage. I reset the DIC and the pressures are all reading correctly. I have not noticed any problems since. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

Jul 26, 2005 | 03:18 PM

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I can't imagine what the boom was!

Jul 26, 2005 | 03:28 PM

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Did you check the spare tire.

Jul 26, 2005 | 03:47 PM

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Only 3 views and 2 replies to this thread. My guess is most people are scared to open any thread titled "Boom"!

Jul 26, 2005 | 04:03 PM

BickyDhadwal

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Originally Posted by 84zz4vette

Only 3 views and 2 replies to this thread. My guess is most people are scared to open any thread titled "Boom"!

Jul 26, 2005 | 04:10 PM

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slow down...must have been a sonic boom ..

Jul 26, 2005 | 04:11 PM

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Must have been a nearby nuclear detonation that caused EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) effect which affected the circuits in the pressure sensors.

Jul 26, 2005 | 04:17 PM

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Did you check the spare tire.

That's it! When I checked, the spare was gone. It must have blown itself right out of the car.

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Jul 26, 2005 | 05:13 PM

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slow down...must have been a sonic boom ..

Jul 26, 2005 | 05:14 PM

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Did you check the spare tire.

Jul 26, 2005 | 05:17 PM

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Only 3 views and 2 replies to this thread. My guess is most people are scared to open any thread titled "Boom"!

Jul 26, 2005 | 05:25 PM

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Trash in the road maybe???

Jul 26, 2005 | 05:29 PM

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Could it have been from another vehicle - like a backfire, etc.?

Jul 26, 2005 | 06:22 PM

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Could it have been from another vehicle - like a backfire, etc.?

Did you just finish eating at TacoBell

Jul 26, 2005 | 06:30 PM

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Trash in the road maybe???

My vote would be for road debris

Jul 26, 2005 | 07:14 PM

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My vote would be for road debris

Sometimes you hit a small rock or something and it goes up in that wheelwell area and make a LOUD boom! Scared the heck out of me the other day

Jul 26, 2005 | 07:44 PM

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Jul 26, 2005 | 09:19 PM

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Weprint

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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe

Could it have been from another vehicle - like a backfire, etc.?

There wasn't anyone close and it sure sounded like it came from my car. I was in the right hand lane and it was wooded on the other side of the guard rail. I suppose someone coud have fired a rifle (hopefully not at me). I thougt it was kind of strange that the DIC came up with a tire sensor error at the same time. I wonder if I hit some debris, could it knock out the tire sensor?

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