2005 Ford Expedition Owner's Manual - Page 240

Tires, Wheels and Loading Low Tire Warning Light Solid Warning Light Customer Action Required 1. Check your tire pressure to ensure they are properly inflated, refer to Inspecting and inflating your tires in this chapter. Ford recommends the use of a digital or dial type tire pressure gauge rather than a stick type tire pressure gauge for increased accuracy. 2. After inflating your tires to the manufacturer's recommended air pressure as shown on the Safety Compliance Certification Label (located on the driver's door or the B-Pillar), the vehicle must be driven for at least two minutes at 20 mph (32 km/h) to guarantee that the light will turn off. 3. If the light remains on even after these steps have been taken, have the system inspected by your servicing dealership Flashing Warning Light 1. Your spare tire is in use. Repair the (flashes for 20 to 30 damaged road wheel and re-mount it on the vehicle to restore system functionality. For a seconds either at description of how the system functions under start-up or while driving) these conditions, refer to When You Have a Flat Tire in this section. 2. If your tires are inflated to the manufacturer's recommended tire pressure, and your spare tire is not in use, and a flashing low time warning light is still present, have the system inspected by your servicing dealership. When inflating your tires When putting air into your tires (such as at a gas station or in your garage), the Tire Pressure Monitoring System may not respond immediately to the air added to your tires. Here are the details: • The tire pressure monitor sensors mounted in your wheels updates your vehicle with tire pressure information only once every minute, 240 2005 Expedition (exd) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)