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Old 10-28-2005, 04:13 AM
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I'm at work now so i don't have my owners manual with me. But halfway on my may to work the little exclamation point came on below the gas gauge and on the 3 "meters" on the dash on the closest one to the driver (where i usually keep the digital speedometer readout) there is a little message that says "icy" and "psi". Anyone have this before or know what's up? Thanks guys.

p.s. obviously i know what the "icy" part means. lol
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icey comes on around 35-36 degrees...mine came on as well.

if the psi light is flashing, since the temps are so cold, the air in your tires is decreasing in volume.

take a cold temperature reading of the tires and if they are stock, make sure they are 35-36psi. don't measure them after a drive. let them sit for a good number of hours or so before you measure the pressure. preferably in the morning tomorrow.
Old 10-28-2005, 05:20 AM
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thanks man..i just ran outside b/c i figured it had something to do with tire pressure and they seem to be fine. i am hoping the cold air threw off the reading or something and it is no big deal. thanks for the reply
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mine came on the other morning going to class. i just put a couple extra pounds in all the tires.
Old 10-28-2005, 10:09 AM
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but whats the exclamation point for?
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On my 03 the "!" comes on because my rims don't have the TPS sensors installed. It looks like a { ! }.

It's just the symbol they chose to alert you of the low tire pressure.
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Funny my psi light went on last night too after I change the tranny fluid, I was like WTF
It's probably one of the cooler nights here in AZ since March so the Air pressure if reading low (29psi) on a couple of them. But I have 19 inch tire so my cold pressure should be somewhere near 30psi.
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In 03 it was only the Track models that had the TPS sensors, right?
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Originally Posted by chimmike
In 03 it was only the Track models that had the TPS sensors, right?
No, Performance and Touring has that also
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Originally Posted by homiusang
No, Performance and Touring has that also
So what's the difference between performance and enthusiast?

I've got an 03....they at first thought it was a Base model, but it's got TCS, side airbags...of course LSD, so I was thinking enthusiast, but is it a performance model? But the tire valve stems look normal.......Sorry for askin such a noob question.
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Enthusiast model can come with TCS/VDC...it was an option. Enthusiast on up have the LSD. My 2003 Enthusiast also had 18" wheels as an option. As with all factory 18" wheels there are TPSs in the valve stems.
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ahh I've got 17" wheels. Must be an enthusiast
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