Hey guys,

I searched and did not come up with much pertaining to this question.

I just purchased a 2010 Civic LX-S from Carmax. Great shape, right under 30k miles. I did not want to purchase their crappy warranty so I opted out.


As soon as I got it home the TPMS light came on, I searched that and most people said to bring into a dealer and have them remove it. Aside, of letting it sit and see if it goes away or just filling air in the tire obviously.

The honda factory warranty is for 3 years or 36k miles correct? I'd rather not bring it back to carmax for obvious reasons. Any insight is most appreciated, thanks!

 

Or ignore it. It doesn't affect the car in any way, if your tires have enough air in it.

TPMS is one of the dumbest mandatory "safety" feature. Next idiotic one coming up, mandatory backup cameras.

 

thanks for the reply, anyone else have any more insight?

 

Probably do one of the following -

1) I'd immediately bring it back to CarMax - clearly since you're posting 7 days later you didn't do this. Dumb move on your part for not doing this, too late now.

2) Check tire pressure while cold and verify all are at the specified PSI listed in the door jamb - not the max pressure on the sidewall of the tire.

3) Have a Honda dealership check the system and give you the error. Could be a sensor that's starting to die, in which case you'd replace the sensor and be on your way.

More Info:
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/wheel...stem-tpms.html

 

Since its covered by Honda for 6k, have them take a look. If after you fill the tire with air, and the TPMS doesn't clear itself, that means there's a slow leak in one of the tires.