Hi all, I just bought my beauty today 10-26-06, and I noticed a light come on in the gauges that keeps blinking!!, see picture. I dont know what this means?? also any tips as far as maintanence for the 8 in general would be welcome too, thank you.

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thats the tmps (tire monitoring pressure system). It means that one of the four tires have low air. recommendations would be to check the tire pressure on all 4 tires and if it is at a low pressure, fill it up with air and then take it somewhere to find if the tire has a nail or something stuck in it or has a hole that would cause air to leak.

 

Omg, thank you so much for the quick response, it is late here and I would have been worried all the way to work tomorrow morning, I will check the pressure, thanks again!

 

no problem! had the tmps go off on me a few times, saved me those few times as well. if the car starts to beep with the tmps light on, that means its getting dangerously low on air and that you should drive slow or pull over. but yeah, no problem, check your tire pressure!

 

I'm not trying to be a complete smartass but:

READ THE MANUAL THAT CAME WITH YOUR CAR.

It's not difficult to do. There is an entire section on what all those lights mean and in many cases what to do if one comes on.

 

^agreed. i'm not sure if the temp has dropped in CA but that could be it as well. aside from reading the manual, you should also be checking your tire pressure often. this could be a case of a nail or just winter coming along and the air in the tires contracting.

 

This topic is well covered I think.. but i would like to mention that that light will come on if your tires are overinflated as well. I aired up my tires using a bad gauge one time, and after driving for a few mins that light came on.. I couldn't figure out what it was. It was too much pressure after the tires had warmed up.. go figure..

 

I was confused the first time I saw it myself as the picture could be confused with all sorts of traction related warnings. However, it only took me 2 min to look it up in the manual. Luckily, it was only the 30 degree drop in temperature and not a punctured tire. The warning is also self resetting when you get it fixed.

 

If you see a little red man with a line through it you need to buckle your seat belt. If you se a yellow dot under the gas gauge you need to check the blinker fluid.

 

wow,

you can take a pic, and post it... but you cant read the fing manual? the oil change is going to kill you...

btw, welcome..

read, search, learn.

beers

 

I thought this meant "Hey Lady! Your slip is showing!"

 

I dunno if I'd want to see THAT slip

 

 

LOL ahhh different stroks for different folks

 

It means you need to lose some weight. The warning light says that your as* is too fat to fit in the seat.

 

The manual fails to mention things like the parking break light coming on when low on break fluid or when break pads are worn -- had it said so, I would not have taken my car to the dealer (specially after checking that the break fluid was above minimal limit and break pads were good).. so yeah, read the manual, but be skeptical about it too.