Tire Monitoring System: Service and Repair

Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

Monitors the tire pressure while you are driving. If your vehicle's tire pressure becomes significantly low, the low tire pressure/TPMS indicator comes on and a message appears on the intelligent multi-information display. CHECK TIRE PRESSURE is displayed when a tire has significantly low pressure.

Conditions such as low ambient temperature and altitude change directly affect tire pressure and can trigger the low tire pressure/TPMS indicator to come on.

Tire pressure checked and inflated in:
- Warm weather can become under-inflated in colder weather.
- Cold weather can become over-inflated in warmer weather.

The low tire pressure/TPMS indicator will not come on as a result of over inflation.

If the Low Tire Pressure/TPMS Indicator Comes On or
Blinks

- Reasons for the indicator to come on or blink
A tire pressure is significantly low. If there is a problem with the TPMS or the compact spare tire is installed, the indicator blinks for about one minute, and then stays on.

- What to do when the indicator comes on
Stop your vehicle in a safe place. Check the tire pressure and adjust the pressure to the specified level. The specified tire pressure is on a label on the driver side doorjamb.

- What to do when the indicator blinks
Have the tire inspected by a dealer as soon as possible. If the compact spare tire* causes the indicator to blink, change the tire to a full-size tire.

If you replace a flat tire with the compact spare tire, the low tire pressure/TPMS indicator comes on while you are driving. After driving for a few miles (kilometers), the indicator will start blinking for a short time and then stay on. CHECK TPMS SYSTEM appears on the intelligent multi-information display (i-MID), but this is normal.

If you replace the tire with a specified regular tire, the warning message on the i-MID and the low tire pressure/TPMS indicator will go off after a few miles (kilometers).