MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: jamma on August 08, 2011, 12:32:47 pm

Title: Tyre pressure indicator
Post by: jamma on August 08, 2011, 12:32:47 pm

Mine came on last night. When I got home I checked all tyres and they were still the same pressure , just pressed button again to reset. Very odd !!!

Title: Re: Tyre pressure indicator
Post by: valvedoctor on August 20, 2011, 08:48:22 pm

Are your tyres the same same tread depth across the axle ?

Title: Re: Tyre pressure indicator
Post by: jamma on August 20, 2011, 09:38:54 pm

No my fronts are 5 mm and 2 mm so I need to buy a new one next week

Title: Re: Tyre pressure indicator
Post by: stealthwolf on August 20, 2011, 10:04:25 pm

Tyre pressure system is passive and works on rolling radius. So any decrease eg different sized alloy, different tyre etc will set it off. Has a threshold before it activates too so it won't tell you immediately.