Posted on 08/03/2021 12:46:34 PM PDT by Red Badger
Cool. So, maybe in a few more years, they’ll be able to figure out how to make a tire pressure reporting system that doesn’t trigger the warning light for no reason.
It will be interesting to see if further research reveals that plaque coating the walls of veins and artiries throw off the pressure readings, kind of like putting stop leak goo in a tire and then confusing the air pressure sensors.
Maybe you have intermittent electrical noise being generated blocking/stepping on the periodic rf packets?
Fascinating article. Thanks for posting.
It’d be good to be off the Lisop/HCTZ. A permanent fix would be nice.
... and yes, I’ve already done the “diet and exercise” thing.
I used to take those.
Now I’m on Metoprolol and Amlodipine....................
Unless it’s expensive, this will never see the light of day
I’m borderline. On them, my BP is normal as water.
Go off it for a few days and the migraine will tell me my BP is up in the danger zone.
I guess we’ll see.
Can I cure my high blood pressure using this weird trick?
In my case I thinks it’s actually more to do with temperature and the sensor/programming itself. Though I do get the occassional “out of no where” light which is likely a brief disconnect as you suggest, where it almost invariably comes on is when I drive on the highway for more than a half hour in early hours (pre 6AM) or similaryly in the rain.
So I think it’s relatively cooler road and ambient air compared to what it would be otherwise. I get same deal winter/summer.
Interesting facts. 1/2 hr on the highway means the tires are heating up, raising tire pressure. Early am means lower temps where air is denser. Is it an over pressure indication or just an idiot light?
It’s supposed to warn of a flat - low pressure. However, the pressure is obviously not that low.
Note, the highway drive also involves a lack of braking. Brakes heat up the wheels tremendously.
So I think the computer remembers the “normal” status of the prior time I had the car on and gets confused.
I check pressure regularly manually because I note significantly better mileage on my typically crappy mileage vehicle. Extra 20-30 miles a tank on long trips.
In fact, to accomplish that, I have to let air out of the tires on long trips, especially when travelling significant soutward in the winter.
So, even when the tires are actually heating up (pressure increasing), the light is coming on. It only stays on about 10-15 minutes.
Only one tire or random?
I was prescribed and took lisinopril for a while. It caused the deepest most hacking cough I could even imagine.
The dash light doesn’t indicate which tire.
On my long trips, I have to let air out of all 4, all equally pressured, when I stop for gas. I bring a gauge with me.
Plus many of the control algorithms expect the sensor to be in valid range. Maybe try a run that would normally trigger it but at 4 psi lower.
You could buy a cheap OBD reader that bluetooth connect to your phone to get which tire. You may just have one faulty sensor.
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