Tyre deflation warning constantly coming on.

[Sarah]

The tyre deflation warning light has recently started coming on every couple of days on my 2018 Jazz. The tyre pressures are correct; I've checked them with more than one gauge, in case the gauge was faulty. It's a nuisance having to initialise the warning system every two or three days. I understand it's not a system which can be disabled. Has anyone found the answer to this problem?

Incidentally, there are several other little quirks about this car which are quite annoying and I wonder if they're all linked? I mentioned them to a garage and they didn't seem to have any idea of the cause. The parking sensor turns itself off on a fairly regular basis so I have to check that the light is on each time before reversing. Sometimes I have to restart the engine to be able to switch the sensor back on. Cruise control, which I've only tried using a couple of times, cuts out as I'm driving along, although I'm not pressing the pedals to override it. The automatic light function occasionally turns itself off so I have to take over manually until I can restart the car, when the automatic lights work again. Also the windscreen wipers seem to have a mind of their own, turning on double speed or any other speed they fancy when set to intermittent.

[UKjim]

The TPMS system is often a problem on the GK and for no apparent reason, when I had my GK it was fine for months on end then would suddenly start giving problems almost every trip. Lots of tips online about things to try, most successful for me was resetting it 3 times one after the other.

As far as the other problems, mysterious gremlins are often the sign of a weak battery, when was it last changed or is it the original?


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[monkeydave]

how good are your tyres? are they origional and worn as i had light come on all the time on the motorway on the origional tyres that were worn down and after a new set i now have no problems at all

 

[fatlad]

hi sarah
snap! i had the same issue - pressures all ok and ping on came the light.
what seems to have solved it is identical tyres on the same axle.
i needed 2 rear so no problem & hopefully its done.

btw you can reset it by the toggle switch on the steering wheel
heres a link

- do this 3 times constantly & the light will flash 2 or 3 times which means youve reset it completely.

 

[ColinB]

That video is incomplete. The actions shown will start the recalibration process, but during the next 30 minutes of driving the car is gathering the data to complete it. The handbook says you need to ensure you get up to high speed during that period … if you don’t, the car doesn't “see” the full speed envelope and false DWS warnings at high speed are likely. And where does this nonsense about “do it 3 times and the light will flash” come from??

[Kremmen]

The advice on previous Civics of mine was :

Once the initialisation has been triggered, drive for at least half an hour, taking in left and right bends and straight roads and at various speeds

The old phrase 'crap in crap out' comes to mind if you don't follow the instructions

The only time you may experience a few false positive triggers is with a new single tyre. I had that and the system is so sensitive it can detect different rotation patterns as the new tyre wall beds in

My Civic TPMS triggered within a mile of the new tyre, then again at 100 and 300 miles. After the third initialisation it never triggered again

[fatlad]

That video is incomplete. The actions shown will start the recalibration process, but during the next 30 minutes of driving the car is gathering the data to complete it. The handbook says you need to ensure you get up to high speed during that period … if you don’t, the car doesn't “see” the full speed envelope and false DWS warnings at high speed are likely. And where does this nonsense about “do it 3 times and the light will flash” come from??

hi ColinB 1st of all apologies if ive misled you about the 3 times reset but i actualy only knew about it by watching this youtube video

- from 1 minute onwards & it works for me.

[ColinB]

Well, that’s one person’s opinion. I notice he doesn’t tell you to follow the handbook instructions by driving at speed, so that’s yet another video giving people incomplete advice.

Personally, I’ve never found it necessary to do it three times, once has always worked for me (provided I follow the handbook instructions and drive fast after initialising the calibration). Don’t you think that if it was necessary to do it three times Honda might have mentioned that in the handbook? What the handbook does say is that if the indicator comes on briefly - which can mean it appears to blink or flash - it means the calibration process isn’t complete.

[Sarah]

The TPMS system is often a problem on the GK and for no apparent reason, when I had my GK it was fine for months on end then would suddenly start giving problems almost every trip. Lots of tips online about things to try, most successful for me was resetting it 3 times one after the other.

As far as the other problems, mysterious gremlins are often the sign of a weak battery, when was it last changed or is it the original?


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Thanks, I'll try initialising three times and see if it helps. I don't know the age of the battery. It hasn't been changed since I bought the car two and a half years ago.

[Sarah]

how good are your tyres? are they origional and worn as i had light come on all the time on the motorway on the origional tyres that were worn down and after a new set i now have no problems at all

It has two new front tyres. The rear tyres are still fine.

[John Ratsey]

The tyre deflation warning light has recently started coming on every couple of days on my 2018 Jazz. The tyre pressures are correct; I've checked them with more than one gauge, in case the gauge was faulty. It's a nuisance having to initialise the warning system every two or three days. I understand it's not a system which can be disabled. Has anyone found the answer to this problem?

How far are you driving in a single journey after each reset? As noted elsewhere, the system needs a reasonable journey to get fully calibrated. If it doesn't get this then there's the risk of false alarms as it's not properly calibrated but will switch back to monitoring mode ready to alert you should there genuinely be a soft tyre.

As for the auto wipers, the best in my experience was the Mk 2 Jazz and subsequent versions are worse.

[TnTkr]

The only reason I have got TPMS alarms is when rear brake pads have been dragging. The wheel becomes hot and tyre pressure rises.

[BeefOlives]

The TPMS system is often a problem on the GK and for no apparent reason, when I had my GK it was fine for months on end then would suddenly start giving problems almost every trip. Lots of tips online about things to try, most successful for me was resetting it 3 times one after the other.

As far as the other problems, mysterious gremlins are often the sign of a weak battery, when was it last changed or is it the original?


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Thanks, I'll try initialising three times and see if it helps. I don't know the age of the battery. It hasn't been changed since I bought the car two and a half years ago.

Has resetting three times ever helped?

I get the pressure warning light all the time on longer journeys which I've put down to uneven tyres since I have an odd one out. Only once was it an actual problem with a slow puncture, but then it took the car driving differently for me to notice. So now if the warning light is on and the car feels off even a bit I check the pressure even if I think it's other reasons like strong winds. Plus I top up the pressure often.

[Ratmash]

I get the pressure warning light all the time on longer journeys which I've put down to uneven tyres since I have an odd one out.

I can confirm odd tyres on an axle will do it. I bought mine last July, and the TPMS went off before I even got it home from the dealer. I couldn't get it to shut up for months because the tyres on the rear axle didn't match. Once I got matching tyres fitted it's been fine since.

[Jazzfan49]

Had the same issue with my 23 reg mk4 SR, after having burst a tyre after hitting a pothole when the tyre was replaced it took 3/4 resets to stabilise I put it down to having a new tyre on one side and a half worn one on the other.