New tire install doesn’t turn offff low-tire-pressure light

DEAR CAR TALK: I drive a 2006 Toyota RAV4. A few months ago, I got new tires.

The low-tire-pressure indicator light has been on almost constantly since the new tires were put on. I have been back to the tire shop countless times for them to turn offff the indicator light.

The guys tell me there’s nothing wrong with the tires. What can I do to fifix this? CAR TALK: One of your tire-pressure sensors is bad, Patsy. Each tire’s pressure sensor is housed in the valve stem. A few minutes after you start up the car, each one communicates, wirelessly, with the car’s computer. If the pressure is low, the computer makes the dashboard light go on. Or, if one of the sensors does not communicate at all, that also makes the light go on.

Because your tires’ pressure is always fifine, I’m guessing one of the sensors is not working at all.

It could be that they replaced your pressure sensor with a non-factory sensor.

And perhaps that after-market sensor just doesn’t communicate with your car’s computer.

Or, if they damaged one of the sensors when they changed the tires, they easily could have damaged another one (or more than one) and not known about it at the time.

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