MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Rustybear on November 29, 2012, 05:46:32 pm

Title: Anyone know what this sign is?
Post by: Rustybear on November 29, 2012, 05:46:32 pm
Tried loading photo cant do it. It's yellow with curvy sides and exclamation mark in middle of it with rough line underneath?

 I think it's to so with tyres but I'm away from home and ain't got access to the manual. Had two new fronts last week so should I take it back?

Title: Re: Anyone know what this sign is?
Post by: Baz300 on November 29, 2012, 05:58:28 pm
Yeah it is the tyre pressure warning

Check that all your tyre pressures are ok then hold the button down below your ashtray and it will reset

If it is really cold the pressures will drop with the temperature so could be nothing wrong

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi760.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx242%2Fbaz300%2F1893e30cd3023e617bd174f828c58e7f.jpg&hash=c6b9e007aa81ae689afad1935aa5e2d766102f31)

This is the tyre pressure warning light
Title: Re: Anyone know what this sign is?
Post by: GTI-Ross on November 29, 2012, 06:32:09 pm
Yeah it is the tyre pressure warning

Check that all your tyre pressures are ok then hold the button down below your ashtray and it will reset

If it is really cold the pressures will drop with the temperature so could be nothing wrong

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi760.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx242%2Fbaz300%2F1893e30cd3023e617bd174f828c58e7f.jpg&hash=c6b9e007aa81ae689afad1935aa5e2d766102f31)

This is the tyre pressure warning light

reset to what tho? and if it drops the pressure, how does it regain it?
Title: Re: Anyone know what this sign is?
Post by: RENNTAG on November 29, 2012, 06:44:17 pm
If your tyres are at the correct pressure, reset it to tell the car they are at the correct pressure.

Tyre pressure drops and falls tepending on the temperature of the tyre an the air inside it.

The colder it is the lower the pressure will drop and vise versa. This is why tyre pressures shoud be taken when the tyres are cold.
Title: Re: Anyone know what this sign is?
Post by: woky on November 29, 2012, 07:09:53 pm
only the other day the same light came on in mine, i checked the pressure and 1 tyre had 17 and 1 tyre had 16. i would have thought the light would have came on much earlier than that ??  :surprised:
Title: Re: Anyone know what this sign is?
Post by: Moz on November 29, 2012, 08:01:31 pm
If you get this light, just top up all your tyres and hold the button down after for 2-3 seconds, it'll beep and the pressure has been reset
Title: Re: Anyone know what this sign is?
Post by: Lone_Par on November 29, 2012, 08:20:15 pm
Here was me thinking everyone read their manual after purchase! ;-)
Title: Re: Anyone know what this sign is?
Post by: GTI-Ross on November 29, 2012, 08:24:55 pm
Here was me thinking everyone read their manual after purchase! ;-)

lol, not when you buy second hand....more time reading what parts will make my car go into beast mode  :driver: