So I went to pick up a friend the other day to go to lunch, and as I was walking back to my car, I noticed there was a screw embedded into my front left tire. Thankfully, either it didn't go all the way through or it self-sealed, as it was somewhat worn, but the tire still had full pressure. The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) never went off.
Have to say, changing a tire on the SFS isn't as crappy as I thought it would have been. Removing the spare donut from it's storage place was actually very easy. The jack has a notch to show you where to line it up to the frame. USING the jack however was fairly crappy... but really, I've yet to use a nice jack. Is it really that hard to make a jack that's easy to crank??? (I'm not talking about strength to turn... I'm talking about the turning motion)
The tire iron was plenty strong enough to remove the bolts. Then again, I only have 5k and haven't had the tires rotated yet, so everything was still fairly new. (My previous car, the tire iron got bent trying to remove the lug nuts)
The donut tire was unsurprisingly crappy. Very loud and rough. I get that it's not designed for ride comfort... but still. Thankfully, it was only on for about 20 minutes of driving.
Here's what did surprise me.
I read in the manual that when I put my spare on, I should expect the TPMS system to come on. Strangely, it did not come on until about 10 minutes into my drive with the spare.
The alert came on, and told me to call Bluelink for more info. So I did. They told me that I had 'a possible TPMS alert' and that I should visit my dealer. What tire? Couldn't tell me. Seriously?
Also, I thought it was odd... when I'm low on washer fluid, the light comes on, but the center display between speedo and tach will flash with the alert every few minutes as well. With the TPMS, not a peep. Just the indicator light, and the Nav said to call Blue Link.
I'm not surprised that Blue Link was useless. What does surprise me though was that the system couldn't detect WHICH tire was the issue. Simply ridiculous.
Have to say, changing a tire on the SFS isn't as crappy as I thought it would have been. Removing the spare donut from it's storage place was actually very easy. The jack has a notch to show you where to line it up to the frame. USING the jack however was fairly crappy... but really, I've yet to use a nice jack. Is it really that hard to make a jack that's easy to crank??? (I'm not talking about strength to turn... I'm talking about the turning motion)
The tire iron was plenty strong enough to remove the bolts. Then again, I only have 5k and haven't had the tires rotated yet, so everything was still fairly new. (My previous car, the tire iron got bent trying to remove the lug nuts)
The donut tire was unsurprisingly crappy. Very loud and rough. I get that it's not designed for ride comfort... but still. Thankfully, it was only on for about 20 minutes of driving.
Here's what did surprise me.
I read in the manual that when I put my spare on, I should expect the TPMS system to come on. Strangely, it did not come on until about 10 minutes into my drive with the spare.
The alert came on, and told me to call Bluelink for more info. So I did. They told me that I had 'a possible TPMS alert' and that I should visit my dealer. What tire? Couldn't tell me. Seriously?
Also, I thought it was odd... when I'm low on washer fluid, the light comes on, but the center display between speedo and tach will flash with the alert every few minutes as well. With the TPMS, not a peep. Just the indicator light, and the Nav said to call Blue Link.
I'm not surprised that Blue Link was useless. What does surprise me though was that the system couldn't detect WHICH tire was the issue. Simply ridiculous.