spangle Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Hi, has anyone ever had cause to see the warning for a low tyre pressure? I went over a pothole today and discovered about an hour later that my front near side was flat. I hadn't noticed before I got in the car but obviously did when I started to drive off and immediately stopped. A trip to the tyre place near me tomorrow after inflating the tyre, which I had done and seems to be holding. I had no warning of this as I started to drive, just wondered if anyone has seen it work? I always reset it after ever inflating the tyres. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmole Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Do you have TPMS or DDS on your car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spangle Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 No idea. Just whatever is standard on this model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troy45 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 If you enter your reg details on www.etis.ford.com it'll tell you the spec of your car, should include if you've got DDS or TPMS. Plus TPMS systems have tyre valves with metal stems instead of rubber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spangle Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Thanks. I'll give it a go in the morning but I'd better get the wheel checked out first at the tyre place and no doubt they'll know. Appreciate your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmole Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 My focus Titanium navigator 2013 had neither (Till I turned DDS on :) ) TPMS is a proper Pressure monitoring system and has sensors on the valves in the wheels DDS uses the Wheel rotation sensors from the ABS to detect slow changes in rotation to guess a tyre is going down. Its not as accurate but still should spot a slow puncture before it gets too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spangle Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 It'll be DDS then as that's the system described in my handbook. Defo didn't get a warning. It's going in for some other work on Tuesday so I'll mention it to them. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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