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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 04:17 AM
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I got it tonight, pulled over for a bit drove away and it went off. But I have no idea what it means. Can anyone tell me??????

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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 04:24 AM
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Service Tire Monitor System. Means something with your tire pressure sensor system isnt working.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 04:30 AM
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That blows! Even if the message went away, should I still have it checked out? I did get new wheels about a month ago, that might be the issue.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 04:50 AM
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by lickitydoo
I got it tonight, pulled over for a bit drove away and it went off. But I have no idea what it means. Can anyone tell me??????

One of your tire pressure sensors is going south. Taker her out and drive her a while and check your tire pressures on the DIC. Odds are, the one that is going will be blank or XXX.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 07:36 AM
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Check the actual tire pressure vs. what the DIC says for each wheel and see if there's any significant difference. If not forget it.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 08:20 AM
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One of your tire pressure sensors is acting up. I've gotten that message every now and then for years.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 08:26 AM
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Scan the DIC and see if you are getting proper preassure readings from all four corners.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 08:47 AM
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You might also just retrain your TPS as well. Check the tech tips section. Very easy and only takes a few minutes.

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Mine does that too. I have the left rear sensor that is not reading anything - when I look at it it just shows blank. I didn't notice what year your car is - but if you wind up replacing a sensor, remember that the sensors for '97 through '00 are different than the newer ones and they are NOT interchangeable.

I'm going to try to retrain the left rear and see if will come back to life, but I think the battery in it is old and dead.....
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Thanks for all the help!
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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I think I read that the batteries are only good for about 5 years...
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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yeah sometimes this will come up, nromally like 4 or 5 times and then it will go away for months.. weird.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 5.0_CJ
yeah sometimes this will come up, nromally like 4 or 5 times and then it will go away for months.. weird.
My Cadillac SRX was doing the same thing. But now it's back for good so off to the dealer I go. It is still under warranty.
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I get this message EVERYTIME I start the car!!! What should I do???

Oh wait.. no sensors in the wheels anymore...
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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Just hit the reset button and the message will go away. Mine also does this periodically usually the lt. rear. I had it checked and the sensor works fine but periodically there is a bad signal.
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Originally Posted by JD's C5
Just hit the reset button and the message will go away. Mine also does this periodically usually the lt. rear. I had it checked and the sensor works fine but periodically there is a bad signal.
Yup, this is what I do... I was only playin' when I asked what to do... but you likely knew that... (If you were talkling to me)

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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 02:23 PM
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A front sensor on mine would do this intermittently and then finally would do it everyday. I replaced both my front sensors and no more errors.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by onedog 00
One of your tire pressure sensors is acting up. I've gotten that message every now and then for years.
Not the end of the world. As the temperatures cool down over the winter I get an error on my Left Rear but once I get up to speed, over 60, for a while and warm the tire up a little it always comes on. I've had the entire sensor replaced and still had the same problem. Just hit reset and it will display the temp once the computer gets a solid reading.
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 07:10 PM
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So WIERD!! My Left rear tire also has the same problem... i thought it was because i recently replaced the tires and something went wrong, but from reading what everyone else has said here i see it is a common problem. It's not really a big deal but it is just annoying to have it come up after 5 seconds of starting the car... and often times i get the same notice if i turn a corner pretty quickly , and occasionally it appears that everything resets and comes back on (ie. my gas goes to E then back to where it's supposed to be, the MPH goes to 0 then back to where it's supposed to be, and same with the oil pressure and temp.)
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