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Aug 19, 2007 | 08:23 PM

Wickd1

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Tire Sensor??

Riding down the road today i look down, and see a message about checking my tire sensor or something like that, i check the tire pressure on my dic. and the front left says 32 the right says Rxxxx0 or something like that, is that probally a sensor gone bad?
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Aug 19, 2007 | 08:32 PM

mrm1149

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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13

Could be if it does it with regularity.........if it's ok next time around probably just a glitch. How many miles on the sensors?

Aug 19, 2007 | 08:38 PM

Wickd1

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As far as i know 77000 on them . Looks like after reading it probally is a bad sensor or it could just be a gitch like you say, 2 weeks ago my wipers went all crazy for no reason and they havent acted strange since that 1 time,
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Aug 19, 2007 | 08:42 PM

mrm1149

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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13

If it doesn't straighten itself out try this........a year or so ago I had one acting goofy and this is what I did, no problem since.

Fill the offending tire up to around 40 lbs or so then drive a few miles on it..........go home and let the air out to normal pressure ( I use 29 cold and tires wear perfectly). After I did that mine has functioned normally and I have no idea why

Aug 19, 2007 | 08:44 PM

02MillenniumVette

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You probably need to replace the sensor. They dont last forever. I have one that is doing that but havent had the time to go get it replaced. I just keep an eye on that tire more.

Aug 19, 2007 | 08:51 PM

Wickd1

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Thanks guys , i just drove the car and its fine now. Hmmmmm ill try the 40lbs of air thing, if all else fails then at some time ill replace the sensors, since i dont run runflats its no big deal , just a mental thing just knowing something isnt working perfect on my perfect car

thanks for the help

Aug 19, 2007 | 10:29 PM

jrose7004

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The battery is dead on that one. Time to buy a new one.

Aug 20, 2007 | 11:26 AM

jovette

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Originally Posted by White-C5

I agree that it sounds like a sensor battery going bad. I have all the original sensors in my white/torch red 2000 coupe, and they are still working fine, but then it only has 19,500 miles on it. I have an extra set of used sensors, so I'm going to try the battery install myself, and see how it goes when the time does come to change them.