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| Kevin A | Well, after 12 years the batteries in my TPMS seem to have died (at least one of them). I got the Kat out of storage today and the low tire pressure warning light is flashing and ringing. All are at 30-31PSI. I thought I knew a lot about these cars after all of these years, but I do not know how to make the warning chime STOP. There is nothing in the manual. I have disconnected the negative terminal for a while and I'll reconnect it when I'm done here, hping that will reset the "fault" but I doubt it will work. I can cover the light over with tape to avoid seeing it, but the chime is maddening! Any help? Thanks.
This message has been edited by Kevin A on 04-15-2011 at 03:34 PM |
| idive | I think you can pull the dash and unplug the monitor. |
| ed monahan | Did you try the old trick, overfill all the tires to about 50 lbs and then reduce it to 31 ? |
| Kevin A | OK the beast is sillenced PERMANENTLY! The dreaded chiming idiot light: 
I use a Trim Tool ($5) to pop off/pry out the dash cover: 
The chime box AKA Low Tire Pressure Control Unit:
Silence is golden:
This message has been edited by Kevin A on 04-15-2011 at 03:41 PM |
| ed monahan | If you leave the negative cable off it won't ring. lol |
| padroo | I had my Kat out for the first time today and forgot to check the tire pressure. I got about 300 ft. out of my driveway and the low tire pressure warning went off. I turned around and went back to my garage and put a couple of extra pounds of air in each tire above what the sticker on the door says and it still didn't go off. I told my wife to shut the car off and then restart it and that did the trick. First time I drove it and it was wonderful! |
| Kevin A | The fix is..... Edit: See above This message has been edited by Kevin A on 04-15-2011 at 03:41 PM |
| galaxie | I've had two Optima red tops in my old cars & they both lasted a very short time. I won't listen to AC anymore, I thought he was the man. He keeps telling us how good they are. I should have listened to Ed when he told me about AC. |
| ALLEY CAT | Mac,,,,,,,,,you are buying those 'BLEM' Optimas trying to save money. Spend some cash and buy the fresh, good ones. '00 cat has gone 7 yrs on the Optima installed
'01 cat has gone 6 yrs on the Optima installed
'04 'Stang has gone 4 yrs on the Optima installed Never failed us yet! Bell told me when you install a new battery,,,you aren't sure which is the positive side, and which is the negative side. Most likely the source of your problems....  |
| padroo | I hate removing trim without knowing what kind of clips I am dealing with and where they are. Kevin A, can you show the actual clips and their location on that dash? |
| Howard | This is from Pumpkin.
http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/001188.html
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| BeWare | I just had to replace the battery in our Kat. The old battery was a Sears Die Hard installed 9 yesrs ago. |
| ed monahan | Padroo,
Check this out.
http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/001188.html The better pics are near the bottom of the thread.
You have to pull the top of the dash STRAIGHT back toward
the rear of the car. There is some resistance, of course.
Nothing fancy or tricky. Basically Republican, pretty straightforward. lol |
| UK ProwlerFan | I want to fit one of the Orange TPMS kits that I located at a great price via POA and was dreading disconnecting the old unit. Thanks to this thread and with the help of a friend, the dash top was off in no more than a minute with no damage or worries at all. Thanks to all who posted. |
| catfish | do not pry on the dash as in the photo,if you do theres a very good chance you may crack the lower dash,which is nothing but thin plastic,cracks easily.pull on each end to break it loose. ------------------
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| ed monahan | The bad news is that Kevin sold his Prowler. |
