2012 Dodge Caliber Owner Manual - Page 358

356 STARTING AND OPERATING The TPMS consists of the following components: • Receiver Module • Four Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensors • Tire Pressure Monitoring Telltale Light Check TPMS Warnings The Tire Pressure Monitoring Telltale Light will flash on and off for 75 seconds and remain on solid when a system fault is detected. The system fault will also sound a chime. If the ignition key is cycled, this sequence will Tire Pressure Monitoring Low Pressure Warnings repeat providing the system fault still exists. The Tire The Tire Pressure Monitoring Telltale Light will illumi- Pressure Monitoring Telltale Light will turn off when the nate in the instrument cluster, a LOW TIRE message will fault condition no longer exists. A system fault can occur be displayed for a minimum of five seconds, and an with any of the following scenarios: audible chime will be activated when one or more of the four active road tire pressures are low. Should this occur, 1. Jamming due to electronic devices or driving next to you should stop as soon as possible, check the inflation facilities emitting the same radio frequencies as the TPM pressure of each tire on your vehicle, and inflate each tire sensors. to the vehicle's recommended cold placard pressure 2. Installing some form of aftermarket window tinting value. The system will automatically update and the Tire that affects radio wave signals. Pressure Monitoring Light will extinguish and the LOW TIRE message will turn off once the updated tire pres- 3. Snow or ice around the wheels or wheel housings. sures have been received. The vehicle may need to be 4. Using tire chains on the vehicle. driven for up to 20 minutes above 15 mph (24 km/h) to 5. Using wheels/tires not equipped with TPM sensors. receive this information.