fischmanr
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- 2016 Ford Explorer XLT
I have a brand new 2016 explorer xlt. On my tpms, one of the tires (right rear in this case) consistently reads 4 to 5 pounds higher then the other three tires, which a show the same value. I've manually checked the tire pressure and all four are the same.
Have had the car into the dealer twice for this issue and the result is the same- they say no issue with the tpms. Today when they told me that I asked them to explain how they can see no problem when one tire is always showing 4-5 pounds higher regardless of whether it's a cold start of the car or the car has been running.
The answer they gave is that the computer allows for tolerances in the pressure readings from the tire before reporting an issue. Unfortunately doesn't address my question of why one sensor reads consistently higher. They said the diagnostic shows that the sensor is working correctly and reporting pressure to the computer therefore there is no problem
Has anyone seen similar issues? To me, the fact that one is always higher seems to indicate that sensor may be malfunctioning in the sense it may have a calibration issue that the service departments diagnostics don't pickup because they're only testing for signals from the sensor to the computer not the accuracy of those signals.
They refuse to make any repair because the computer isn't reporting a trouble code.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or similar situation!
Have had the car into the dealer twice for this issue and the result is the same- they say no issue with the tpms. Today when they told me that I asked them to explain how they can see no problem when one tire is always showing 4-5 pounds higher regardless of whether it's a cold start of the car or the car has been running.
The answer they gave is that the computer allows for tolerances in the pressure readings from the tire before reporting an issue. Unfortunately doesn't address my question of why one sensor reads consistently higher. They said the diagnostic shows that the sensor is working correctly and reporting pressure to the computer therefore there is no problem
Has anyone seen similar issues? To me, the fact that one is always higher seems to indicate that sensor may be malfunctioning in the sense it may have a calibration issue that the service departments diagnostics don't pickup because they're only testing for signals from the sensor to the computer not the accuracy of those signals.
They refuse to make any repair because the computer isn't reporting a trouble code.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or similar situation!