Started off to work this morning and noticed the Tire Pressure Monitoring System was detecting low air pressure in the driver's side rear. Went home, checked the pressure, looked at the tire and was greeted with a nice screw head sticking out of the tire. Nice to know it wasn't a software problem. As usual I didn't have 1200 pounds of rocks in the bed so I really appreciated the ease and convienence of easy access to the spare and jack. Changed the tire with no problems and went over to the Honda dealer.
Of course the puncture was in the sidewall so the tire, with less than 1,000 on it, had to be replaced.
Of course since the Ridgeline is so new they didn't have a tire in stock.
Of course the space saver warns don't go over 50 mph and I had to be 200 miles from where I was an hour earlier.
When the dealer learned of my travel needs he said if he had the right wheel and tire on another Ridge he would do a swap. Nice action, obviously not something they were obligated to do. Did the swap and thought I was good to go but they couldn't get the sensor light to go off. Reset it several times with no avail. Took it out for a test drive, still on. So they called Honda and found out the sensor not only monitors pressure, but among other things, temperature differences between tires. If there is more than 2 degress difference the sensor light goes on. Since my tires were road warm and the one they swapped on had been on the lot the indicator was on. Once more around the block and everything was fine. It was the first Ridgeline they had had in the shop, the dealer apologized for the delay. It was no problem, I was very appreciative of their efforts.
I wish the guy who engineered the tire monitoring system and engineered the auto door lock system.
Of course the puncture was in the sidewall so the tire, with less than 1,000 on it, had to be replaced.
Of course since the Ridgeline is so new they didn't have a tire in stock.
Of course the space saver warns don't go over 50 mph and I had to be 200 miles from where I was an hour earlier.
When the dealer learned of my travel needs he said if he had the right wheel and tire on another Ridge he would do a swap. Nice action, obviously not something they were obligated to do. Did the swap and thought I was good to go but they couldn't get the sensor light to go off. Reset it several times with no avail. Took it out for a test drive, still on. So they called Honda and found out the sensor not only monitors pressure, but among other things, temperature differences between tires. If there is more than 2 degress difference the sensor light goes on. Since my tires were road warm and the one they swapped on had been on the lot the indicator was on. Once more around the block and everything was fine. It was the first Ridgeline they had had in the shop, the dealer apologized for the delay. It was no problem, I was very appreciative of their efforts.
I wish the guy who engineered the tire monitoring system and engineered the auto door lock system.
