badkelly

you're talking to me like i'm a high school girl who would trade a car because the radio doesn't work. the problem is i keep increasing the pressure a little at a time, and i've had it in 5lb increments from 25 to 45lbs and it still comes on. up here in the mountains, i've talked to other subaru owners (because there are a lot of them) and they all have the same problem. theirs never goes off, either. a pressure that is good in the morning sets off the light in the afternoon. i know air pressures. i email companies when i buy tires and ask what the recommended pressures are for their tires. case in point: the terra grapplers on my suburban say 60-something, the store i bought them from said 30, the door says 35 or so, the tire place up here ran them up to 50, but nitto says 45 for those specific tires. edit: and that's with 3 manual gauges and one digital gauge. the service guy at subaru already gave me the whole spiel about cool and warm air temps and also contradicted what the door said (30 front, 29 rear) when he said no, it's supposed to be 35. oh, and the shaft is what came out. the shaft is permanently fixed to the head that also houses the needle.

it's the wife's, but it's a plain jane '10 forester i've already managed to screw up (stupid tire pressure monitering system) there's a thread for it already, but i'm the kind of guy to modify stuff and can't leave anything stock. we're in vail valley colorado where the official car is a subaru. this is our second subaru as her outback sport wasn't big enough to hold a stroller for our two girls. i drive an '03 suburban that's moderately modified, but i'm pretty sure i'll screw up more stuff on hers so i'll be a frequent visitor

'10 forester for the wife (with <1K miles) so she was complaining about the tire monitor light being on. i've battled it before on several cars and if you pulled the bulb, it threw an engine light. easiest thing to do is cover the hole with electrical tape, which i have done before with no trouble. i had to lift the fuel needle to get the tape in there to cover it and it works perfectly, except when i put the fuel gauge needle back, it doesn't quite stay in the place i put it. it bounces and reads 1/2 off, either half full or half again past full. i have a full tank so i could set it correctly, but it doesn't want to stay in place. do i need to do something to the needle before i push it in? the whole needle, base and stem, came out when i pulled it. btw....she doesn't quite know it has this problem, and she was mad enough that i did it in the first place without telling her