Hey guys, I had a few questions, I live in central Illinois, and we're starting to get into our snowy season, which, usually when that happens, I get the typical TPMS warning, however, this seasons been sort of weird.

So, it started with the TPMS warning when we got our first snow, I checked the pressure all around when I got it to my garage, and they weren't too low, so I figured I'd let it be until some of the snow got cleared, however a couple days later, the TPMS warning went off, does that usually happen, or could the pressure have evened out deactivating the TPMS warning?

Then, a couple of days ago, I filled up with gas, and yesterday I got in, started it up and had a warning indicator, and a message stating that I needed to tighten my fuel cap, I've had this one before, and I had tried to tighten it, but it eventually just went away, so I figured this was the same thing, however tonight when I got in and started it up, my Check Engine light came on and the car said I needed to tighten my Fuel Cap or there may be an issue with my Emissions System...not too sure what to think about this one? I need an oil change anyways so should I just have the dealership look into it? Or have you guys seen this before?

Kinda nervous about it...as I don't want my baby to start having issues haha, let me know what you guys think!

 

Maybe try tightening the fuel cap then resetting the ecu by undoing the car battery for a few minutes.

In my other cars, i had tpms go off because tires were over inflated. Turns out my handheld tire air pressure gauge was off and reading low. Once i had an accurate tire gauge all was good and tpms stayed off

 

Get the battery/alternator/charging system checked. My car continuously had various warning lights pop up (pretty much every one possible). Chances are, the dealership won't find anything wrong (like with my car) but every so often, the battery voltage will go too low and trip the warnings. The dealership still doesn't know what is wrong with my car (13 ILX Hybrid Tech, 41k miles) and its nearing the end of its warranty period... Now THAT is making me nervous.

 

I would definitely be nervous about that too, I was lucky, I bought the extended 100k/7year, because I put a TON of miles on it really quickly. I dropped it off at the dealership this morning and just got off the phone with them, they did find some leak, and are replacing the fuel cap but they also found an issue with my battery, as well as transmission fluid needing replaced, and cabin air filter needing replaced, I looked it up, and the cabin air filter I think I'll do on my own, but I'll have to pay for the transmission fluid and battery. Oh well.

They also said I needed tires because my rear 2 are chopped, and the front 2 are very low, they said that the chopping was likely due to not getting them rotated, which is definitely true, I haven't had them rotated, which is a mistake I'll definitely learn from. However, it's crazy, I've had the tires on it replaced twice now, within 60k miles. Is 30k miles acceptable on this car? That just seems really low to me. The HXMX4's that came on it lasted about 25k, and I replaced them with some Michelin A/S Sport 3's, which have lasted me to just under 60k. It just seems weird to me. Anyways, I'm not having the dealership do the tires, as they won't let me ship the tires there, and I don't really want to transport them, so I'll have another place in town do that.