So got the light come on last night that my tire pressures are low. Didn't indicate which tire it was, just that the light was on.
No big deal, i was half expecting this to happen as i knew i had a piece of &#%^# metal stuck in my rear passenger tire, in a location that a repair isn't possible. So anyway, i have two new tires I bought last night en route to me already.
However this morning, when i turned on the ignition to move the car in a better position so that i could get air into that rear passenger (cos i butt her up close to the wall in my garage) it said. FRONT LEFT TIRE PRESSURE WARNING. I was WTF ??? Why is it saying that tire? I thought to myself i better not have a nail in that one too... so i checked all four. all of which had good pressure, even the one with a little metal sticking out (which i know is leaking cos i bubble tested it last weekend) but banged the metal back in to seal it. Which seems to of worked pretty well, as all four were more or less exact, minus a small amount from the expected tire.
So i just made sure all had the exact pressure and reset the tire pressure setting in the MFD, and the light and error went out.
But it does beg the question. Why was that light on in the first place if all pressures were good ? Why that tire ? and how did it know that tire? I know an old VW i had showed each corner's pressure, as does some rentals i get in, but didn't know the Gti had the ability to monitor each tire individually.
So how do these work on the gti? i'm wondering if i need to take it to VW and have them check out the sensors.
No big deal, i was half expecting this to happen as i knew i had a piece of &#%^# metal stuck in my rear passenger tire, in a location that a repair isn't possible. So anyway, i have two new tires I bought last night en route to me already.
However this morning, when i turned on the ignition to move the car in a better position so that i could get air into that rear passenger (cos i butt her up close to the wall in my garage) it said. FRONT LEFT TIRE PRESSURE WARNING. I was WTF ??? Why is it saying that tire? I thought to myself i better not have a nail in that one too... so i checked all four. all of which had good pressure, even the one with a little metal sticking out (which i know is leaking cos i bubble tested it last weekend) but banged the metal back in to seal it. Which seems to of worked pretty well, as all four were more or less exact, minus a small amount from the expected tire.
So i just made sure all had the exact pressure and reset the tire pressure setting in the MFD, and the light and error went out.
But it does beg the question. Why was that light on in the first place if all pressures were good ? Why that tire ? and how did it know that tire? I know an old VW i had showed each corner's pressure, as does some rentals i get in, but didn't know the Gti had the ability to monitor each tire individually.
So how do these work on the gti? i'm wondering if i need to take it to VW and have them check out the sensors.
