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Cold and TPMS

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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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I have noticed now with the cold that every morning I start my Jeep I am getting the tpms warning (!)...

anyone getting this to due to the cold?
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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Ignore it. Its not like its doing anything except blinking a light at you, I wish there was a switch that I could turn mine off with. I hate the government mandating shit like that.
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 12:35 PM
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My GMC Yukon XL does the same thing when it is cold, it's not just a Jeep thing!!!
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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mines just on all the time.
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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Same here (!) I wonder if the dealer can program it out
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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Mine does it too now that it's cold in the morning
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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It does it to all vehicles that have the TPMS. Basically when it's cold out the air in your tire compacts itself, thereby reducing tire pressure. All gases do it. If it gets below a certain point your TPMS will go off. Then when your tires get warm from friction on the road the air in your tire expands and generates more pressure and the TPMS will shut off. Glad I have an 07... no TPMS
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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I saw that this morning..meant to look in owners manual but I forgot...no need now
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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All you guys that have the TPS in their tires need to go down to the steelership and get the fix. They have it and they just dont want you to know what the secret is. You have to change the air in the tires. During winter time you have to have winter air in them and summer time you have to have summer air. But in a serious note I beleive you can get nitrogen put in your tires and they wont drop as much when cold.
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by goose244
All you guys that have the TPS in their tires need to go down to the steelership and get the fix. They have it and they just dont want you to know what the secret is. You have to change the air in the tires. During winter time you have to have winter air in them and summer time you have to have summer air. But in a serious note I beleive you can get nitrogen put in your tires and they wont drop as much when cold.
That's a good idea. Although for 25 cents you can go to 7-eleven and pump the air in yourself and save yourself the trouble with the stealership... or you can do it with your own air pump.

I have nitrogen in my tires... or so the dealer sticker says. I was wondering how accurate that was though. I heard reports that unless you completely deflate the tire of air and then fill it with nitrogen you aren't really doing much to the tire. Of course it's probably most likely a rumor
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