I had them turned off a while a go cos they was doing my head in (kept failing) I wanted em back on again so went to my local Renault dealer they did a check and one was bust again so I ordered another and took it in yesterday when I got it back it was not going through the tyre sequence on start up (if you have them you will know what I mean) I rang them back up and the bloke sad "I never knew it did that, I thought if a tyre was low it told you" no it should run through them on start up, so he is "looking in to it" and my auto lights don't work now!!!! ps I found this!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0doPF4ijHZY told ya!!!
I don't think mine does that?! I'll have to check next time - I confess I've never even tried lowering a pressure to see if it comes up as a fault!
well it went back in to day and it works.... well the tyre part does but I have lost auto lights and the rear demist thing, if I press quick clear it comes on but wont come on its own if pressed they shall have another call in the morning
Lost auto lights as in they won't enable or they've been turned off? Rear demist not responding to button or not working at all?
been turned off I think as i tried the button on the end of the stork and nawt, rear demist not responding when its button is pressed but if I press the front demist it kicks in as does a/c and the auto wipers are on intermittent in the dry, ie; move it down one position to activate auto wipe and they stay on in intermittent mode they do go faster in heaver rain
arrrrrrrr just found out the light washers dont work now, (something i never really check) back there again me thinks or can they be put back on?
Probably be the actual pump - swap the pipes over on the front windscreen and see if it works - I ended up replacing both seeing as they were cheap!
nawt if you turn them off, just found out the double lock does not shut my windows when down now NEVER going there again!!!
Just had a look and I dont have any of the sensor valves so mime have also been switched off mite invest in some next time round
My understanding is they work by comparing the pressures and flag if the pressures are significantly different. So if one is busted then it would go off. How do you turn it off need to do it with my winter wheels and tyres if it goes off as no sensors fitted. Cheers John
From everything I've read they sound more of a hinderance than a help. I certainly wouldn't bother getting some fitted. IMHO of course.
Mine were turned off and removed before I bought the car. Not sure if true, but I believe quite a lot of garages won't change tyres if you have these fitted as they are so difficult to get off with breaking them, hence many cars now not having them.
