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I think that's the tire pressure monitoring light. I think you may have a slow leak.

That is your TPMS (Tire pressure Monitoring System) light.

No cause for major alarm. Just means the system senses one of your wheels is spinning at a rate different from the other tire. What normally causes a difference in Wheel RPM is a tire with a low amount of air. Excessive amounts of air in one tire can cause this too.

Just check the air in all your tires. 35 PSI if on OEM Michelins. Wouldn't hurt to check to make sure you don't have a nail or screw embedded in one of your tires causing a slow leak.

Once you reset the air, you need to drive it for a few miles for the light to turn off.

Looks like a tire pressure warning light, but don't quote me on that. My cars are not this high tech.

Check your tire pressure.

Ahhh - thanks guys! For some reason, several sites on the internet said that it was a traction control system issue. Phew.

^^^agreed, had this on my BMW, if you can't visually spot the problem tire(meaning by the time you check your tires one of them could be completely flat), you could have a slow puncture.

If you've pumped the tires up and the light goes off, but comes back on later have the problem tire inspected.

This is correct about the TPMS.

Don't know if the part about the car sensing one wheel spinning more than another BUT each wheel has a pressure sensor in it linked to the car's monitoring system. Your manual will tell you about this and how to reset it once you've corrected the issue.

I carry a tire pressure gauge in my glove box and I recommended everyone do the same but you can also check and fill your tires at most gas stations. Don't know about everywhere else but in CT it is free even though most machines are coin operated. The gas station attendants activate them remotely or give you tokens to use the machine.

Do not overfill. As mentioned above, 35 PSI is a good target.

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Funny, I thought that it was the "Car is about to take a dump" light.





:lol:

Don't people ever look into their owner's manual anymore? I guess if there is ever an issue just ask the internetz.

And from the look of it it's probably low air in your tires. Check the PSI on all 4.

This happened to me yesterday after a long cold rain leaving work, having worked for DTC for 15 years I head over to have the car lifted and checked for nails, no nails, but the tires were all at 32 Psi from the dealer. So I jacked them to 40 since the max air on the Michelin Primacy max is 44.
I figure with winter coming I would just trick the TPM and it reset no less than 100 meters from leaving the store.
The rides not so bad at 40 Psi, and the roads here are central America lousy. If the light comes back on after a day or two, I'll have them take off the tire and dunk it in the tank.
DTC will sell you the Non Prorated Road hazard on the tires, it's expensive but so are the stock rubbers, 185-215 per depending on where you source them from. so for close to the cost for one you cover all four from just about anything that the road can put in their path.
Safe Travels.
Spartan65

The TPMS light in my Civic looks just like that. Must be a universal symbol. To parrot what the others have said, check your tire pressure.

Good possibility that the recent cold(er) weather is resulting in low enough tire pressures to set off the light.

My front right tire had 29 PSI and I pumped it back up to 35.. problem solved.

I totally blame Chacha.com for freaking me out with the following (and completely wrong) article, haha.

http://www.chacha.com/question/what-...on-in-my-scion