Tire pressure monitoring
Seal
- Color
- Amber
- Urgency
- Check soon
Most lamps light for a few seconds when you power the car on. That check is not a fault by itself. This page does not replace the owner’s manual for your model year and market.
What it means
This lamp watches the tire-pressure sensors. It lights in the start-up check and should go out. A steady lamp with a yellow pressure reading means that tire is low. A fast flash, or a pressure shown in red, means that tire is losing air quickly. A yellow temperature reading means that tire is too hot. Dashes, or a request to check the system, mean the monitor has lost a sensor or has a fault of its own. Use the placard on the Seal’s driver door. Rear-drive and dual-motor cars can list different pressures, and a hot tire reads higher than the cold placard.
What to do
If a reading is red or the lamp flashes quickly, stop and deal with that tire before you continue. If a reading is yellow, set the cold pressure to the placard on the driver door, then confirm the warning clears. Use that car’s placard. If every reading is missing, or the lamp returns at the placard pressure, have the sensors checked. Leave more room until the pressures are right, because a soft tire lengthens a stop.
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Common questions
- The lamp is on but the tires look fine. Can I ignore it?
- A tire can be low without looking flat. Read the pressures on the cluster. Yellow means low, red means a fast leak, and dashes mean the system is not reporting.
- I set the pressure and the lamp is still on.
- Drive a short distance so the sensors report again. If the lamp stays on at the placard pressure, the monitor or a sensor needs a check. Do not keep adding air above the placard to force the lamp off.