With my other cars I can check all our cars by cellphone to see if the tires have a slow leak.
How do I do this with Teslas?
How do I do this with Teslas?
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How do you check your tire pressures by cellphone?
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Ostrichsak
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With your other cars? I wasn't aware this was even a thing since the cars need to move a short distance to take a reading/calibrate/relay this information accurately.
ARRGGHHHH!!!
Me - "Open Tire Pressure Monitor"
Tesla - 'OPENING TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR' (nothing)
Me - "Open Owner's Manual"
Tesla "OPENING OWNERS MANUAL" (Owner's manual opens)
Me - Hits SEARCH button and up comes a Keyboard. But you can't type anything. Need to ask GOOGLE how a Tesla actually works.
Me - "Open Tire Pressure Monitor"
Tesla - 'OPENING TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR' (nothing)
Me - "Open Owner's Manual"
Tesla "OPENING OWNERS MANUAL" (Owner's manual opens)
Me - Hits SEARCH button and up comes a Keyboard. But you can't type anything. Need to ask GOOGLE how a Tesla actually works.
No. All my other cars do this. I select the car on my phone app, and check all 5 cars except the Tesla.
I can't even figure out how to Monitor the TPMS or keep it displayed on the screen like other cars.
Ostrichsak
Well-Known Member
I can't help you with the app but I have mine displayed on the instrument cluster at all times, right hand side. Left side for me is energy graph since I'm often using nav so I don't want the tire pressure to disappear when the turn-by-turn comes up on the left side. Hold the right scroll and select "status" I think it is. This is should show the tire pressure of all four on the IC at all times if you do that.
DOH! I'm an idiot. I was pressing the MENU button and not the Left Roller Switch.
And you are right, a Tesla won't give you tire pressures while parked like other cars do. I had to drive about a half mile to get a reading.
And you are right, a Tesla won't give you tire pressures while parked like other cars do. I had to drive about a half mile to get a reading.
In any case it seems:
OPENING TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR has no actual effect on the display.
OPENING OWNERS MANUAL will not allow searching.
OPENING TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR has no actual effect on the display.
OPENING OWNERS MANUAL will not allow searching.
Wow, didn’t know that was a thing. I’ll have to try that.
I simply swipe left below the car image. Tire pressure is one of the screens. Swipe the other way and you see trip statistics (or phone if you have a call or text active)
araxara
X-LR M3AWD, MYLR
Swiping below the car image is for Model 3/Y. It sounds like the OP has a Model S/X.
General Motors for one, there are probably others.
It is entirely false that cars can't read the TPMS when parked. That's how you fill the tires on GM cars. You put air into them until the horn honks.
Interesting! That’s cool!
Can you put air in them after the car sat overnight in the garage and it also works? Typical TPMS sensors go to sleep after 30 minutes of sitting. I think they only wake up to motion, but not sure. There are probably variations on different sensors.
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