You are the proud owner of a recent vehicle, the pleasures of tactile devices, integrated technology should bring you a convenience of use of your Ford Transit Connect important, however, which says technology says electrical, and as we all sadly know sometimes there are problems to resolve. Today we will look at the tire pressure sensor and specifically how to reset the tire pressure sensor on Ford Transit Connect, so that you won’t have anymore this indicator on your dashboard. To achieve this, we will split our content into two parts, first of all we will explain the common circumstance of a tire pressure indicator light that shows up and the method to follow, and then the circumstance of a tire indicator that stays on even though inflated tires, so how to reset this tire sensor on Ford Transit Connect.
How to reset the tire pressure sensor on Ford Transit Connect? By checking out the pressure of your tires
First, we will look at the common approach to reset the tire sensor on Ford Transit Connect, which if it lights up, here are the main actions:
- As you probably are aware of, an underinflated tire can go off, or explode, if you are driving and your Ford Transit Connect’s tire pressure indicators comes on, fairly quickly get out of the way, if you are on the highway hold your steering wheel tightly just in case.
- Once stopped, visually examine the condition of your tyres, if one of them is entirely flat, swap your wheel, if it is only under-inflated, go carefully to a petrol station.
- Check the tire pressure of your Ford Transit Connect using the pressure gauge and follow the brand recommendations on a label in the driver’s door.
- If you detect during this re-inflation that a tire is harmed, have it replaced
- Finally, after re-inflation, you can turn your vehicle’s ignition back on and you should have used the logical technique of how to reset the tire pressure sensor on Ford Transit Connect. The indicator light should have disappeared or turned off after a few seconds. If this is not the circumstance, we recommend you to browse the following sections.
How to reset the Ford Transit Connect tire pressure sensor that remains on when the tire pressure is good
Reset tire pressure sensor Ford Transit Connect
Now that you used the basic method of how to remove the tire pressure sensor on Ford Transit Connect, and it didn’t work, we will move on to the second option, namely, the tires on my Ford Transit Connect are well inflated and I still want to make this light go away. It probably means you have a faulty tire pressure sensor. For this trouble, it will be essential to reset the value in your vehicle’s dashboard. However, be careful not to do this while driving as pressure variations will disturb your pressure sensors. In most cases you have to go through the vehicle configurations, then you should find an option to detect inflation or “deflation detection”, once in this tab, you have to hold down the selection button or the reset button depending to the year of your Ford Transit Connect till you see a message from the car console that verifies that the reset is taken into account (it usually takes a few seconds). You can now turn off the ignition and restart your Ford Transit Connect to see if the tire pressure light has gone out.
Alternative solution to remove the tire pressure sensor on Ford Transit Connect: Swap a faulty tire pressure sensor
If, despite your reset, the tire pressure indicator on your Ford Transit Connect does not vanish, then the wisest option is to go to your garage, it is probably the tire pressure sensor on the valve that is malfunctioning or faulty on your Ford Transit Connect. Be aware that in most cases the price of a unit is around 120€. Another solution that some prefer to adopt because the issue can be recurrent on some series is to deactivate the sensors through the use of an opcom and the diagnosis of your vehicle. However, this approach is not recommended because it may cause improper handling and disruption of the normal operation of your Ford Transit Connect. Now you have all the keys in your hand to know how to reset the tire pressure sensor on Ford Transit Connect.
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