Q: Tire Pressure Mgmt System light on - how to keep it off? Ford
the tmps light on my truck keeps coming on usually after it got cold . . . tire never looks low, and i can drive months with light on, but not lose anymore air from the tire . . it takes constant servicing to keep the tires over 35 lbs to turn the light off. why is this? is the sensor bad? or the computer on the truck malfunctioning?
My car has 40000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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