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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 09:43 PM
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ML tire pressure warning

hi guys, my ML keep showing check tire pressure warning, and i checked all tires and seems fine. what else am i missing?
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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Did you reset it?
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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what kind of tire pressure gauge did you use? i had a cheapo brand and it actually told me the air pressure was 4psi higher than the current one that i have. It was rated as one of the best small tire pressure gauges.

http://www.vat19.com/dvds/accutire-d...cfm?adid=gbase
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 10:41 PM
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yeah i did. it's just a message right now, but sometimes red light warning comes on. and sometimes they don't.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by gsrjc
what kind of tire pressure gauge did you use? i had a cheapo brand and it actually told me the air pressure was 4psi higher than the current one that i have. It was rated as one of the best small tire pressure gauges.

http://www.vat19.com/dvds/accutire-d...cfm?adid=gbase
so you are saying that higher air pressure also gives warning? if so, i'd better check that too
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by E550-Coupe
so you are saying that higher air pressure also gives warning? if so, i'd better check that too
sorry, my cheapo tire pressure said that i had too much air in my tires, so i let our 4 psi because i thought it was correct. the warning message kept showing up so i couldn't figure it out so i purchase a good tire pressure gauge and then realized the cheapo one sucked. after using the Accutire gauge that i have, the warning went away.

another problem might be the change in temperature as i see you are in Canada. has the temps changed dramatically lately.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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sorry, my cheapo tire pressure said that i had too much air in my tires, so i let our 4 psi because i thought it was correct. the warning message kept showing up so i couldn't figure it out so i purchase a good tire pressure gauge and then realized the cheapo one sucked. after using the Accutire gauge that i have, the warning went away.

another problem might be the change in temperature as i see you are in Canada. has the temps changed dramatically lately.
yeah temp changed but this msg been up since summer time. so i don't think it's cause of the temp. would it be sensor failure?
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 09:07 AM
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Since I presume each tire has its own pressure sensor, why the ML won't display the actual tire pressure for each tire? That would make life a lot easier. Or is there a hiden menu that I have yet to discover?
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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Since I presume each tire has its own pressure sensor, why the ML won't display the actual tire pressure for each tire? That would make life a lot easier. Or is there a hiden menu that I have yet to discover?
Until 2010 the tires did not each have a pressure sensor. They depended upon a sensor that compared tire rotation. That system does work and it saved me a couple of times with the 06 ML500 I had. Now with US cars in 2010 there is a pressure sensor in each valve stem (Not in Canada as I understand) and it shows tire pressure for each tire.
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by sosh
Until 2010 the tires did not each have a pressure sensor. They depended upon a sensor that compared tire rotation. That system does work and it saved me a couple of times with the 06 ML500 I had. Now with US cars in 2010 there is a pressure sensor in each valve stem (Not in Canada as I understand) and it shows tire pressure for each tire.
Thanks for teh clarification.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by E550-Coupe
yeah temp changed but this msg been up since summer time. so i don't think it's cause of the temp. would it be sensor failure?
Could be a sensor problem then... take it to the dealer.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:33 PM
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Every time the system is reset, you've told it the pressures you want.

IF you then reduce pressures for some reason, you'll get a warning message.

IF you've reduced it to something you want to go with in the future, you must do a reset.
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 01:24 PM
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2009 Ml 320 Bluetec Tire pressure indicator?

Hello: I understand that the '09 Ml320 bluetec tire pressure indicator does not show pressure of each tire. If I were to purchase tire pressure valves for each tire, would the tire pressure console show the pressure for each tire?
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 11:13 AM
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Our TPS kicked off last night for the first time after having new tire installed this week, and a trip to the Valley and back in witch there was a major temp change along with 6k in altitude. The next morning I check the pressures and found that three of the tires had 50+ lbs, and one at 40. The Discount tire shop made a point of telling me that they set the pressures at 32F/39R, and with new tires of a different brand I thought at first that the road thump on the highway joints was just the tire not the pressure. Wrong!!!.

After a rest of the pressures it's all good.

Mark
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