TPMS ⚠️ light won’t go off

Discussion in 'Prius c Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Zita, Jan 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM.

  1. Zita

    Zita Junior Member

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    PLEASE HELP ME
    SOLVE TPMS PROBLEM
    (2012 PRIUS C TWO)

    *My TPMS warning light
    WILL NOT TURN OFF
    (even though all of the tires
    are at the correct tire pressure

    * How do I know if my TPMS
    needs to be replaced ☠️ ?

    *What happens when I hold

    the TPMS REST button TOO
    LONG or TOO MANY TIMES?

    Background Info: I took my car to get an oil change & rotation at a local shop. I drove a long distance, to a funeral, before I noticed the TPMS Warning light was on.
    I pulled over, checked all of the tire pressures & filled the tires that were low. Unfortunately, the TPMS WARNING LIGHT was/is still on.

    Right now, I am very uneasy to go to the same shop & tell what happened.

    I figure they will say something like: 1) After they serviced my car the TPMS WARNING LIGHT was NOT ON.
    2) I drove away from their shop without any complaints thus, their service had NOTHING to do with my car’s existing problem :mad: :mad:

    I can understand where they are coming from, but I am “pretty sure” the warning light WAS ON & I DIDN’T NOTICE IT BECAUSE I WAS IN A HURRY.

    Oh I almost forgot, could you PLEASE PROVIDE “your opinion” on the Pro's & Con’s of having a mechanically friend change my TPMS?
    PLEASE KNOW THAT ANY & ALL SUGGESTIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED! :)
     
  2. ChapmanF

    ChapmanF Senior Member

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    First, does the light come on and stay on as soon as you turn the car on?

    Or does it come on blinking, blink for a minute, and then stay on?

    If it comes right on and stays on, it is telling you about a tire problem, like low tire pressure.

    If it comes on blinking and then stays, it is telling you about a monitoring problem (so, it isn't able to tell you if you have tire problems or not, because of a problem with the monitor system itself).

    You can ask it for the trouble code, which will tell you more than just the warning light. If you don't have a scan tool that can read the TPMS codes, you can do this: Blink (a/k/a Flash) Codes – How to. | PriusChat

    Depends on what button you mean. There is a TPMS button for setting your preferred tire pressure, which many people mistake for a reset button. What it's for is to change what the car remembers about the tire pressure you prefer. When you use it, the car will remember what the pressure readings are right now from all four transmitters (whether they are right or wrong, good or bad) as being the pressures you want, and give future warnings accordingly.

    Doesn't matter how many times you use it; the preferred tire pressures will just be remembered as whatever they were the last time you used it. There's no need to use it if you haven't changed your mind about preferred tire pressures since they were last set. But if anyone has used it at a time when you're not sure all the transmitters were working and all the pressures were right, then once you get everything sorted you should make sure to air all the tires to your preferred pressures and use it again.