Flat Tire

huskers · 08-25-2006, 10:05 PM

I had my first flat tire in my Prius today. I was about 3 miles from home when a heard a beep and a flash on the dash. It was so fast I did not know what had lit up. The car did not feel different. Once home I went to the garage and noticed the back drivers side tire as flat as can be. I filled it up with that tire inflator stuff and got it to our local gas station. They fixed it with no problem (hole in tire but no nail). Could the beep have been the car trying to tell me that the tire pressure was not right?

eagle33199 · 08-26-2006, 12:11 AM

Yeah, i'd guess that was the tire pressure gauge going off, telling you it was low. Glad it was that easy!

IsrAmeriPrius · 08-26-2006, 12:28 AM

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Yeah, i'd guess that was the tire pressure gauge going off, telling you it was low. Glad it was that easy!
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There was no tire pressure monitoring system in the '05 model year.

brandon · 08-26-2006, 12:49 AM

Perhaps it was VSC.

SW03ES · 08-26-2006, 01:30 PM

It was probably the VSC.

I'd reccomend against using that tire inflator stuff, it corrodes the inside of the wheels and oftentimes can make repairable tires otherwise unrepairable.

Thats what spares are for

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08-25-2006, 10:05 PM	#1
huskers Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 611 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	I had my first flat tire in my Prius today. I was about 3 miles from home when a heard a beep and a flash on the dash. It was so fast I did not know what had lit up. The car did not feel different. Once home I went to the garage and noticed the back drivers side tire as flat as can be. I filled it up with that tire inflator stuff and got it to our local gas station. They fixed it with no problem (hole in tire but no nail). Could the beep have been the car trying to tell me that the tire pressure was not right?

08-26-2006, 12:11 AM	#2
eagle33199 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,283 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #7 Thanks: 35 Thanked 70 Times in 40 Posts Friends: 3	Yeah, i'd guess that was the tire pressure gauge going off, telling you it was low. Glad it was that easy!

08-26-2006, 12:49 AM	#4
brandon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Manhattan, KS Posts: 770 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Perhaps it was VSC.

08-26-2006, 01:30 PM	#5
SW03ES Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 1,509 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 6 Thanked 41 Times in 28 Posts Friends: 1	It was probably the VSC. I'd reccomend against using that tire inflator stuff, it corrodes the inside of the wheels and oftentimes can make repairable tires otherwise unrepairable. Thats what spares are for