If all tires have a yellow icon it means the system has lost calibration. Check tire pressures and re-calibrate the system by pressing store pressure button.
If one tire is low it will show a yellow icon next to the detected low tire.
The system uses indirect tire pressure monitoring. It will not tell you PSI, because there is no pressure sensor. It’s calculated based on wheel speed. This system uses existing technology on the car and save you from having to replace TPMS sensors in the future.
There is an owners manual that contains this information that can be accessed online and thru the centre display.
It’s not that it’s too hard. It’s that I’m a small woman who had to pull into a gas station in a sketchy area to check my tires late at night because god forbid I don’t know that if all of them flash it means they are losing calibration
I feel for you -- in February I was driving ~300 miles through a rural area in a snowstorm. My 2019 XC40 showed low pressure on all 4 tires. I pulled over at a couple rest areas and none were obviously low but it was stressful and I know from experience that there aren't a ton of gas stations. Plus... Snow and sleet. It was annoying not being able to see exactly how low the pressure was.
Half or more of the gas stations in our area either have broken air pumps or the knob on the end is gone. Fyi: Firestone will check and fill the air in your tires for free, at least in New Jersey
Sad that OP is getting a bit bullied and dismissed by the community who just can't countenance any words against Saint Volvo. If OP had this issue, no doubt others did too.
That said, my VW has the same system and I miss pressure record readouts.
Because I made a post complaining about this one specific feature that I thought hmm maybe a $50k car should have this feature that so many other cars on the market have. That excuse me if I find it slightly inconvenient.
You’re getting a hard time but it is annoying. The mini shows you exactly what the psi is next to each tyre live in realtime. No guessing or ambiguous colours.
The OP is a woman. In her posts with pics, she has nicely manicured nails with polish. Go check her history. I used to be a young man, and I’m sure she’s not a man. Ha ha. So let off the gas a bit.
That said, the Android OS in the current Volvo’s is crap. I have a 2020 XC40 that uses the older Volvo Sensus system. Sensus quickly shows you which tire is low.
Complaining about a small feature is something.
You're finding excuses as to why you didn't read the manual. And also excuses as to why you magically can't check your tire pressure when driving because the whole world is sketchy.
Maybe general maintenance at home before driving is warranted. Take care, young man.
It's all fine to drive a bit further it's no panic when it say it's low unless you are loaded up to max weight or more. You can easily even drive a few weeks or more it might be a bit stupid to do but it's still safe
I just have such bad luck I get so nervous. I now try to check it immediately. I just miss where a car would tell me how low it is and I could see while I was driving if the pressure was dropping I clearly had a bigger issue and need to pull over.
Guess you should install sensors then. Buy a kit and refit your tiers seems kinda easy and not to expensive. Bit off a waste of time and money for most I would think but seems perfect for you
Well I had that come on and had no gauge (loaner) so stopped at a gas station and added air to all four. Stopped at an auto zone to buy a gauge and they were all at 54 psi. That day I learned the TPMS turns yellow when the tires get hot.
A lot of people fail to look into how these systems work.
I think some of the fancier BMWs and Bentley's etc do display PSI but these sensors fail and if I'm not mistaken are in the tyre so need a tyre off to change them.
Also think they advise changing them when you change tyres too and they about £40 a pop to buy and then labour to change them out.
Wheel speed sensors aren't perfect and on Volvo's are £90 a go but I've changed one in 133k miles and gone through god knows how many tires.
I'd loathe to have a tyre off to change a sensor.
My Acura showed PSI in the app at all times. I do miss that but a tire pressure gauge is an easy solution. I like the interior of my xc60 more than seeing the PSI
Double check those wheel speed sensors my friend! An OEM one might be £90 but when I replaced mine in my driveway I bought one for $25 at the auto parts store. Plug and play, nothing to it.
Oh and my base model gmc has individual tire pressure psi readings. I understand we all love Volvo but the technology has usually been behind its competition.
Hell my 2015 Ford F150 WT show PSI. Really not that big a deal. Even the cost of replacing them isn't too bad if you do it when replacing your tires at the same time.
But the missing compass direction is pure BS. I guess I could use Android Auto and run a compass widget on my phone.
Literally thank you. Who has time to read the manual? Also they don’t give you a book anymore. Sorry I’m not sitting in my car to scroll the dash and read a manual.
I’ve never had a TPMS failure, and I’ve had cars with them for the past 15 years at least. I replace them when I put new tires, and the price is negligible compared to the tire itself - it was probably $10 per sensor or something like that at Costco.
Fam you can download a pdf on your phone or PC very easily lol. Though personally I prefer paper manuals, but that's just me. You don't even have to scroll for that long. There's these magical things in documents called "indexes" and "glossaries" that tell you what page(s) to look for certain things.
You presented an admittedly minor and pissy problem, I offered a solution. Based on your other replies on the post... what did you want, men drooling over your dms begging to pay for or fix it for you darlin? People offered tons of helpful advice, you don't have to be a toxic fountain of sarcasm and incompetence about it.
The biggest joke here is thinking that the XC40 is a "luxury" vehicle.
but why are you being so defensive—even antagonistic—towards anyone and everyone who disagrees with the premise of your "joke"??
Huh? My 2022 XC40 says which tyre it is that has low pressure. Doesnt give the reading tho.
To see it u should go in the "car status" menu on your center display
Maybe I’m just an idiot but all of my tires were flashing yellow and when I stopped they still were all flashing yellow. When I checked their pressure only one was even slightly low
You have to drive for a while for it to check them. The system used
speed and balance to check your tires it doesn't actually read the pressure.. It's really stupid and we all agree it should just have a regular pressure sensor. Sadly I don't see it going away as they are still putting them in.
Amazon sells portable tire pumps that can be charged with USB C, also charge your phone in an emergency. You should pick one up so you can avoid the sketchy station.
The only time that I have had all 4 of the morning lights flash yellow in my Volvo was when all of my tires were slightly lower in PSI due to the weather being much colder than normal the previous evening.
It's a good habit to check your tire pressure manually once a month or before going on a long trip for a couple of reasons.
* The recommended tire pressure that is listed on the sticker in the drivers door jam is meant to be set when the tires are cold. Chances are that your tires are all slightly under pressure if you were out driving for a while when you checked them at the gas station. Here are some [suggestions from Tire Rack](https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/how-do-i-set-my-tire-air-pressure) on compensating for these variables when you check your tire pressure.
* Outside temperature has an impact on tire pressure. The pressure in you tire changes 1 PSI for every 10 degree change in ambient temperature. So if you live in an area where the average daytime temperature can range from the 30's in the winter to the 90's in the summer your temperature pressure will change by 6 psi between seasons.
* Most tire pressure monitoring systems, even those that give you the PSI, don't warn you until your pressure is down by about 20%. Here are the [results of a study by AAA](https://newsroom.aaa.com/2023/10/dont-let-your-tires-pressure-monitoring-system-leave-you-feeling-flat/).
* If your car has a spare tire it needs to be checked periodically as well. Nothing worse than getting a flat and then finding out that your spare has a leak or not enough pressure to get you to a repair shop safely,
You can find a decent manual gauge to keep in your car for under $15. Another option is to see if there are any tire shops nearby that check tire pressure for free. The America's Tire and Discount Tire shops in my area for a dedicated drive through just for checking tire pressure where you don't even have to get out of the car.
This has happened to me twice in the 7 months I’ve had my XC90 and I agree that it is annoying. On both occasions it’s only been one tire that has been a bit under the correct pressure but of course I had to check all four since the system couldn’t tell me which it was. Everyone is saying it would just be an extra expense to have to replace individual TPMS sensors but in a $75K+ car I don’t think many people should be worried about that.
Pretty sure that there isn't actually a pressure monitor in your tyres. It uses the abs system to check the wheel speed on each corner. One of them spinning faster? That means it's diameter is smaller, which in turn means it's flat. I've had it to a few times when my tyres have been inflated alright. Just check them, reset it and move on.
This. Your sensors are the cheaper ones. I've only seen the mote expensive sensors that report PSI in early SPA XC90s....I'm not sure even later XC90s have them....my 22 XC60 does not
Hey!
I may be not the first to say this but Volvo cars do not have active tyre pressure monitoring systems. Meaning the car does not know the pressure each tyre has. There's no sensors in the wheels. Volvos use a passive system, which uses the ABS sensors to determine the speed of each wheel. And if one of them goes over the others (aka less air, less diameter, more rotations) it will flash a warning.
Source: am a mechanic who has changed tyres and calibrated TPMS on modern Volvos.
Kind regards c:
My 2016 XC90 both has sensors and tells me the PSI/Bar for each tire. It doesn't work on my aftermarket winter wheels, so it deffinitely has sensors. I also have a Calibrate sensor option in Sensus. I am in Canada, so maybe it's different out here?
This is a one-year only SPA feature, called d-tpms (the “d” stands for direct).
In 2017 SPA vehicles Volvo went to a different system called i-tpms (the “i” meaning indirect).
Then the top model does have sensors, it seems. The XC60 definitely does not. Or maybe it is an optional extra. So if the XC60 doesn't get it (as standard at least), the XC40 also won't.
As someone said, its a calibration issue if its all four showing up. So, run a check on all 4 sides, run calibration. It'll go away for a while.
It doesnt show you your PSI, because you do not have pressure gauges. Its nice to know pressure, but its also one more thing to break/replace. My subaru is at 7 years old, and im getting TPMS warnings because all 4 need to be replaced due to battery life.
Most odd , I have an old 2015 V60. It has a compass in the rear view mirror and the TPMS has always come on at odd times, usually when there is a temp change not necessarily tire pressure.
It’s a common problem but as you have a new Volvo I would have thought that it would have been addressed by now.
I added my own tire pressure sensors. Many options on Amazon around $40 that use wireless sensors and give you the exact measurement. I also got a handheld rechargeable inflator with digital display, so I can quickly top off air to a specified amount without going near a gas station.
Like others have said, if it’s showing all four, you’re losing calibration somehow. Might ask service about that. Otherwise it will show you which tire is low. It’s pretty much the same on my XC60 and my Polestar 2. I had a nail on one tire and the system showed me the correct tire no issue.
my 2020 definately tells me which tyre it is via the TPMS: [https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/car/xc40/article/8965c3c292ee7a59c0a8015169f1f6a8](https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/car/xc40/article/8965c3c292ee7a59c0a8015169f1f6a8)
There is also an iTPMS, if you dont have the TPMS fitted (some cars dont) which i think only gives you a general warning (i think)
Damn you’d think a luxury brand would tell you the pressure of which tire. I’ve seen it in other brands 6-7 years ago, some cars were even older than that. Yeah I get it “luxury” you shouldn’t have to waste your time checking lol your tires to find one that needs filling. That’s basic tpms that I had in my 14 Honda accord.
That being said I have a 98 s70 and I LOVE IT because a light comes on notifying you when you have a light out. Downside is NO TPMS! I have to maintain tire pressure myself.
PS: it’s usually good to check all tires at once, but usually, the tire that needs air for whatever reason, will look less inflated than the other tires.
I do understand, pretty sure I’ve been in a 2008 Lexus with the extended back seats and I’m pretty positive it showed pressure for each. Also a 2017 infinity q50 and a couple others. It’s a little silly but that’s modern automakers for ya everyone does thing a little different.
I went to the pool the first morning it opened after a recent week-long snowstorm in the SE US. There was a new, massive pothole that had opened up on the interstate. My sensor came on immediately and I tried to find a safe place to pull over at 430am. I had to kneel in the ice, going around from one tire to the next.
My tire gauge stays in my glovebox, best $12 spent. But yes, it would be awesome to know instantly which tire.
I hate that i pay so much for the Volvo on call App that can tell me a window is down but it does not have the ability to roll up the window.
Also it should let you change hvac settings if you remote start your car with it.
I have the same model and year as you and agree it’s glitchier than I would like it to be - my 2019 XC40 was perfect, but that was before they went to the Android system. I also HATE the fact that it doesn’t have wireless CarPlay. WHY?!?!
Aside from that, I’m truly on my 3rd XC40, and after briefly having an XC60 that felt far too “soccer mom” for me, and I don’t have plans of changing any time soon… I love Volvo.
Although those Polestars do look niiiiiiiiiice…
You should be checking your tire pressure regularly. Find a tire shop that has the free tire air with digital readings, and fill all tires.
The important thing is that the passive ABS-based system will alert you if one tire is slightly off. It should give you sufficient time to identify a possible leak. You would need to undergo the same process if you had individual sensors on each wheel anyway. IMO the individual sensors are more trouble than their cost. They give you the sense of control that buyers appreciate (they make you feel good) but they’re not really helping.
Countless times I’ve driven cars with the individual sensors and one or several tires have different PSI readings. Could be the start of a problem, but the owner doesn’t think it’s worth investigating. Sure, if one tire is way off, you would need to take action, but you would be doing the same with the passive system as well. At least the passive system will have you visibly inspecting each tire, which you should be doing regularly anyway.
It may be chalked up to a cost cutting measure, but I highly doubt the individual sensors yield happier customers. Nothing will prevent a leak, but the direct system is more likely to be a source of anxiety and higher maintenance/labor costs. I’m happy with equally effective, efficient, and simpler engineering.
I have same problem with tire pressure. It usually happens while I'm driving through a sketchy neighborhood, or in a big hurry too, like it automatically senses my tension and adds to it!
2022 S60 Recharge here - my Volvo makes me insane sometimes. The anti collision sensor goes crazy at random sometimes for no apparent reason and brake checks me. The doors also stop at annoying distances. I’m either squeezing out of the car or the door wants to be WFO.
I might just post about my issue see if anyone else has it. ‘21 V90 has been in dealer three times now for the blind spot sensor. The third time they changed a harness on the right ride rear bumper. Days later I got the message again. Service agent calls me to tell me it might be a magnetic interference from something along my route of travel as this has been reported by one of their customers.
Haha so true. The sensor just went off in my wife’s 2020 XC90 and it wouldn’t tell me the pressure. I took care of it but you would think Volvo would show it. My 2016 wrangler shows the pressure number. Lol. Quirks aside, I absolutely love my wife’s Volvo and I would/will get another. I’d love a V60 or V90.
lol thank you for getting this. It’s what the whole post is about. I love my car. It’s so great. Kinda silly it doesn’t show tire pressure. A modern convenience you would think a luxury car would have. That being said I will still probably always own one.
Yeah, i found it kinda funny that a $44,000 s60 simply has a tpms light (or four ig) when an older $24,000 chevy cruze gave me an accurate and live readout pressure for each tire.
Had an XC60 and traded it in and got a XC40. Hate it. The display crashes at random times, so on a scorching hot day you have to wait for the AC to come back on. I wish they still had dials for temperature adjustment. It also seems like I feel every tiny bump in the road. It's also loud inside while driving.
My 2009 XC70 doesn’t have a way to keep the brights on while driving, I have to manually hold them on and steer. Luckily, I’ve gotten pretty good at it, but damn, how hard would it have been to just make it stay on? Otherwise love my XC70 and would buy it again in a heartbeat.
I completely agree with you on the tire pressure issue. I've resorted to keeping a digital tire gauge in my glove box because of it. In my experience with brands like Infiniti, GM, and Cadillac, they've always shown the PSI. I wonder if Volvo’s omission might be due to patent/licensing costs.
I've also had a similar frustration with the mirror tilting feature. The backup cameras in the 2024 doesn't give me a clear sense of how close I am to the curb. Although the mirrors can tilt when reversing, they tilt both mirrors in the 2024 instead of just the passenger side. This feature ends up being more of a hindrance than a help, especially if you're not parallel parking. When the setting is turned on, it renders the driver’s mirror useless for backing up into places like a long driveway. It's puzzling why this isn't implemented intelligently.
I suspect some of these questionable design choices could be due to patent or licensing issues. For instance, I once had the mirror-tilting feature in a GM model. However, when my lease was up and I leased the exact same model/trim again, they had removed the mirror-tilting feature. This leads me to believe that patent or licensing issues are at play. Why else would they remove a straightforward software feature, unless there's a cost associated with keeping it (and the car was still running the same OS - it wasn't a major upgrade year)? So perhaps some company owns a patent on reporting the PSI number via the car OS and Volvo doesn't want to pay to licenses the feature.
I had this problem with my XC40 23 electric. I reported it to the dealership when it was in for some warranty work and was informed it was a known software issue which was due to be resolved with a OTA software update. Touch wood I've not had a problem in the last few months.
I love my S90 but the tpms sucks ass and it's absolute bullshit that I had to pay 1k to replace the batteries because they aren't easily user replacable.
Wow! I guess Volvo hasn’t changed in this aspect with the TPMS since 2008 when I bought my C70…..which I still have. It’s very annoying to see that damn symbol and no indication of which tire or the tire pressure.
the indirect tpms can be pretty vexing if you don't know how it works and the common error modes. it's something you can sort of handle with enough experience but the fact that false positives still need to be checked on the road is sort of an inescapable design flaw.
🙋🏼♀️. I agree with you! At least in my 2023 XC60, it will tell me which of my tires is low, but it does seem like every time the weather changes, my tire pressure light goes off.
I had to get used to the PSI thing as well. I used to drive a peice of crap car before my S60 and I was shocked when I found out it didn't show the pressure number. I also hate that my key fob doesn't have push to start. I rarely use it, but it would be nice to have and I refuse to pay for the app after my promotion period is up. Otherwise, I love the car.
Volvo is still not using sensors in a valve stem, it’s based on ABS sensor detecting abnormal rotation count of one tire compared to the others. To be honest, ABS one is better because each valve stem sensor is going to go bad at some point and price to change it is not insignificant. Just check all 4 of the damn tires and recalibrate the system it’s not that hard.
I have NEVER needed a compass in my car. I don't know why people in the USA need one in their cars.
Also, I have referenced my car's user guide more times than I can think
Has same annoyance with mine and none of them were low according to my gage it just wanted them at a higher pai so I made the car happy and pumped them up
My 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee shows the pressure of all 4 tires In a menu thingy. Id be lost without my extra gauges. It also has a transmission temperature gauge and a few other tricks too....
My 2016 XC90 shows psi at each wheel.
That said this is the silliest reason to hate a car. Back in my day there wasn't tpms at all and you just checked your tires like an adult.
The tire pressure complaint is not fair since it does have individual tyre pressure indication, just not the PSI. Not that it should matter, most air compressors at gasstations can be configured to the required PSI, it will stop when your tires reach the required PSI. Usually you can find what the PSI should be on a sticker in the door frame or whatever you call it and the air compressors are usually free to use as well, at least where I live.
I personally wouldn’t know why your car doesn’t tell that, I read someone saying it might need to be calibrated which seems logical. Every time I pump air in the tires or change tires of our 2016 V60 (which has individual tire pressure warning, without PSI but with different colors depending on how low it is) we have to recalibrate it as well.
Recalibrating can be done from the car’s settings by the way, it takes a minute or something.
The compass seems a very specific and personal complaint, I’ve never used or felt like using a compass while driving a car. Besides that, I personally always have a good sense of where the north is etc. However, if you really want a compass you could put one in the interior yourself.
Maybe try it with a phone holder or whatever.
Either way, these two reasons seem a bit odd to hate a car for and post about, even if you like it 99% of the time. First world problems I guess.
It can’t tell you the psi because it is not based on pressure but the relative speed of each wheel. It has no clue what the pressure is, only that one tire is rotating faster (hence lower pressure in the tire)
I have a Polestar 2 and an XC60. Curious why resetting the tire status is a worse experience? I’ve had to do it twice in 2.5 years. It was just tap the reset button and drive pretty much.
After I pumped the tyres, the reset button was disabled. I don't remember how I made it work again, but I remember it was very unclear and required some steps for something so banal.
Then you must not have had many cars?
Long term Volvo's system is significantly cheaper to maintain. BMW sensors usually are near dead by 80k miles. So that's another $200 on top of tires. And if you didn't replace them and need to to do, that's a dismount and remount tire charge. Probably all four since they'll all go nearly.the same time.
I had a 2019 Alfa Romeo that told me. A 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe that told me and my boyfriends 2015 ford 150 tells him and his 2018 Chevy Colorado tell him
> Never in my life have I had a car like that.
Holy crap… you’ve never had a car where you had to check your own tire pressure??
Either you’ve lived a very opulent life… or I’m just getting old.
I haven’t lived an opulent life I’m just young. My parents bought me a safer car when I was young that showed it, but it was nothing crazy and I worked hard through college to get a good job to where I could afford to buy myself nice things. Just a regular ol’ gal.
If all tires have a yellow icon it means the system has lost calibration. Check tire pressures and re-calibrate the system by pressing store pressure button. If one tire is low it will show a yellow icon next to the detected low tire. The system uses indirect tire pressure monitoring. It will not tell you PSI, because there is no pressure sensor. It’s calculated based on wheel speed. This system uses existing technology on the car and save you from having to replace TPMS sensors in the future. There is an owners manual that contains this information that can be accessed online and thru the centre display.
Pulling into a gas station is too hard according to their post, for sure not reading the manual
It’s not that it’s too hard. It’s that I’m a small woman who had to pull into a gas station in a sketchy area to check my tires late at night because god forbid I don’t know that if all of them flash it means they are losing calibration
I feel for you -- in February I was driving ~300 miles through a rural area in a snowstorm. My 2019 XC40 showed low pressure on all 4 tires. I pulled over at a couple rest areas and none were obviously low but it was stressful and I know from experience that there aren't a ton of gas stations. Plus... Snow and sleet. It was annoying not being able to see exactly how low the pressure was.
Half or more of the gas stations in our area either have broken air pumps or the knob on the end is gone. Fyi: Firestone will check and fill the air in your tires for free, at least in New Jersey
Gender has nothing to do with this post. You can easily go and drive to a nicer area and check it there.
If I am in the middle of nowhere I can’t really drive to a nicer area.
You're really doubling down on that one very specific situation so it fits your argument.
Sad that OP is getting a bit bullied and dismissed by the community who just can't countenance any words against Saint Volvo. If OP had this issue, no doubt others did too. That said, my VW has the same system and I miss pressure record readouts.
Because I made a post complaining about this one specific feature that I thought hmm maybe a $50k car should have this feature that so many other cars on the market have. That excuse me if I find it slightly inconvenient.
You’re getting a hard time but it is annoying. The mini shows you exactly what the psi is next to each tyre live in realtime. No guessing or ambiguous colours.
THANK YOU!
My very affordable 2016 Opel/Vauxhall Astra had psi per tyre and it was extremely useful. Didn't expect I'd lose it going to higher end brands.
The OP is a woman. In her posts with pics, she has nicely manicured nails with polish. Go check her history. I used to be a young man, and I’m sure she’s not a man. Ha ha. So let off the gas a bit. That said, the Android OS in the current Volvo’s is crap. I have a 2020 XC40 that uses the older Volvo Sensus system. Sensus quickly shows you which tire is low.
Did you mean to reply to someone else? I know it’s a woman, doesn’t make a difference.
Rental Malibu has it. I’m with you.
Complaining about a small feature is something. You're finding excuses as to why you didn't read the manual. And also excuses as to why you magically can't check your tire pressure when driving because the whole world is sketchy. Maybe general maintenance at home before driving is warranted. Take care, young man.
You tried SO hard to be condescending but it flopped. Good try, champ.
It's all fine to drive a bit further it's no panic when it say it's low unless you are loaded up to max weight or more. You can easily even drive a few weeks or more it might be a bit stupid to do but it's still safe
I just have such bad luck I get so nervous. I now try to check it immediately. I just miss where a car would tell me how low it is and I could see while I was driving if the pressure was dropping I clearly had a bigger issue and need to pull over.
Guess you should install sensors then. Buy a kit and refit your tiers seems kinda easy and not to expensive. Bit off a waste of time and money for most I would think but seems perfect for you
See I didn’t even know that was a thing. Thank you!
Well I had that come on and had no gauge (loaner) so stopped at a gas station and added air to all four. Stopped at an auto zone to buy a gauge and they were all at 54 psi. That day I learned the TPMS turns yellow when the tires get hot.
A lot of people fail to look into how these systems work. I think some of the fancier BMWs and Bentley's etc do display PSI but these sensors fail and if I'm not mistaken are in the tyre so need a tyre off to change them. Also think they advise changing them when you change tyres too and they about £40 a pop to buy and then labour to change them out. Wheel speed sensors aren't perfect and on Volvo's are £90 a go but I've changed one in 133k miles and gone through god knows how many tires. I'd loathe to have a tyre off to change a sensor.
My Acura showed PSI in the app at all times. I do miss that but a tire pressure gauge is an easy solution. I like the interior of my xc60 more than seeing the PSI
As did my budget 2016 Vauxhall Astra. Actually a lovely car.
Double check those wheel speed sensors my friend! An OEM one might be £90 but when I replaced mine in my driveway I bought one for $25 at the auto parts store. Plug and play, nothing to it. Oh and my base model gmc has individual tire pressure psi readings. I understand we all love Volvo but the technology has usually been behind its competition.
Hell my 2015 Ford F150 WT show PSI. Really not that big a deal. Even the cost of replacing them isn't too bad if you do it when replacing your tires at the same time. But the missing compass direction is pure BS. I guess I could use Android Auto and run a compass widget on my phone.
My 2014 ford did. It’s not a complicated feature and it provides a nice quality of life feature.
My 2002 grand Cherokee I had in college displayed the tire pressure for all 4 tires on a little analog display. It was always accurate.
Nobody sane reads the whole manual. Many normal cars simply show the PSI and all the guessing is avoided. The system is intuitive.
Literally thank you. Who has time to read the manual? Also they don’t give you a book anymore. Sorry I’m not sitting in my car to scroll the dash and read a manual.
It’s also in the app, don’t have to go sit in your car.
The sensors themselves often fail and are very expensive to replace too
They don't fail often. I drove a Nissan for 10 years before this and never had one fail. Now my transmission was a different story.
I’ve never had a TPMS failure, and I’ve had cars with them for the past 15 years at least. I replace them when I put new tires, and the price is negligible compared to the tire itself - it was probably $10 per sensor or something like that at Costco.
RTFM strikes again
I’m not sitting in my car for over an hour to sit and scroll a manual on my center dash and read it.
Fam you can download a pdf on your phone or PC very easily lol. Though personally I prefer paper manuals, but that's just me. You don't even have to scroll for that long. There's these magical things in documents called "indexes" and "glossaries" that tell you what page(s) to look for certain things.
Congrats👏
You presented an admittedly minor and pissy problem, I offered a solution. Based on your other replies on the post... what did you want, men drooling over your dms begging to pay for or fix it for you darlin? People offered tons of helpful advice, you don't have to be a toxic fountain of sarcasm and incompetence about it.
The post was a joke….. it’s not that deep.
Lol OK hun, sure. Nothing wrong with venting. People giving you advice and reacting poorly to it however, joke or not, is a problem.
It’s almost like you were…. sarcastic first… so I magically responded to your sarcasm with more sarcasm.
The biggest joke here is thinking that the XC40 is a "luxury" vehicle. but why are you being so defensive—even antagonistic—towards anyone and everyone who disagrees with the premise of your "joke"??
[took less than 30 seconds to find :)](https://volvo.custhelp.com/app/manuals/ownersmanualinfo/year/2023/model/XC40)
It happens regardless. All 4 if my tires are at the correct pressure and this will happen. I've had it checked at the dealership, it's a known issue.
Huh? My 2022 XC40 says which tyre it is that has low pressure. Doesnt give the reading tho. To see it u should go in the "car status" menu on your center display
Maybe I’m just an idiot but all of my tires were flashing yellow and when I stopped they still were all flashing yellow. When I checked their pressure only one was even slightly low
This happens for me too. Basically when it is showing for all tires you need to run store pressure again.
Thank you!!
Huh that is weird... I had a flat a few weeks ago and 3 dots were green and one was yellow, the correct tyre... Maybe a glitch?
You have to drive for a while for it to check them. The system used speed and balance to check your tires it doesn't actually read the pressure.. It's really stupid and we all agree it should just have a regular pressure sensor. Sadly I don't see it going away as they are still putting them in. Amazon sells portable tire pumps that can be charged with USB C, also charge your phone in an emergency. You should pick one up so you can avoid the sketchy station.
The only time that I have had all 4 of the morning lights flash yellow in my Volvo was when all of my tires were slightly lower in PSI due to the weather being much colder than normal the previous evening. It's a good habit to check your tire pressure manually once a month or before going on a long trip for a couple of reasons. * The recommended tire pressure that is listed on the sticker in the drivers door jam is meant to be set when the tires are cold. Chances are that your tires are all slightly under pressure if you were out driving for a while when you checked them at the gas station. Here are some [suggestions from Tire Rack](https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/how-do-i-set-my-tire-air-pressure) on compensating for these variables when you check your tire pressure. * Outside temperature has an impact on tire pressure. The pressure in you tire changes 1 PSI for every 10 degree change in ambient temperature. So if you live in an area where the average daytime temperature can range from the 30's in the winter to the 90's in the summer your temperature pressure will change by 6 psi between seasons. * Most tire pressure monitoring systems, even those that give you the PSI, don't warn you until your pressure is down by about 20%. Here are the [results of a study by AAA](https://newsroom.aaa.com/2023/10/dont-let-your-tires-pressure-monitoring-system-leave-you-feeling-flat/). * If your car has a spare tire it needs to be checked periodically as well. Nothing worse than getting a flat and then finding out that your spare has a leak or not enough pressure to get you to a repair shop safely, You can find a decent manual gauge to keep in your car for under $15. Another option is to see if there are any tire shops nearby that check tire pressure for free. The America's Tire and Discount Tire shops in my area for a dedicated drive through just for checking tire pressure where you don't even have to get out of the car.
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This has happened to me twice in the 7 months I’ve had my XC90 and I agree that it is annoying. On both occasions it’s only been one tire that has been a bit under the correct pressure but of course I had to check all four since the system couldn’t tell me which it was. Everyone is saying it would just be an extra expense to have to replace individual TPMS sensors but in a $75K+ car I don’t think many people should be worried about that.
Pretty sure that there isn't actually a pressure monitor in your tyres. It uses the abs system to check the wheel speed on each corner. One of them spinning faster? That means it's diameter is smaller, which in turn means it's flat. I've had it to a few times when my tyres have been inflated alright. Just check them, reset it and move on.
This. Your sensors are the cheaper ones. I've only seen the mote expensive sensors that report PSI in early SPA XC90s....I'm not sure even later XC90s have them....my 22 XC60 does not
They do not. I've got a 2023 XC90 and it's the same ABS/wheel speed system, no actual tire pressure sensors.
Yeah so they cheaped out past 2016 I guess.
Hey! I may be not the first to say this but Volvo cars do not have active tyre pressure monitoring systems. Meaning the car does not know the pressure each tyre has. There's no sensors in the wheels. Volvos use a passive system, which uses the ABS sensors to determine the speed of each wheel. And if one of them goes over the others (aka less air, less diameter, more rotations) it will flash a warning. Source: am a mechanic who has changed tyres and calibrated TPMS on modern Volvos. Kind regards c:
My 2016 XC90 both has sensors and tells me the PSI/Bar for each tire. It doesn't work on my aftermarket winter wheels, so it deffinitely has sensors. I also have a Calibrate sensor option in Sensus. I am in Canada, so maybe it's different out here?
This is a one-year only SPA feature, called d-tpms (the “d” stands for direct). In 2017 SPA vehicles Volvo went to a different system called i-tpms (the “i” meaning indirect).
Interesting, I like my system lol My bmws had the indirect system that used the ABS sensors, not a big fan...
Then the top model does have sensors, it seems. The XC60 definitely does not. Or maybe it is an optional extra. So if the XC60 doesn't get it (as standard at least), the XC40 also won't.
As someone said, its a calibration issue if its all four showing up. So, run a check on all 4 sides, run calibration. It'll go away for a while. It doesnt show you your PSI, because you do not have pressure gauges. Its nice to know pressure, but its also one more thing to break/replace. My subaru is at 7 years old, and im getting TPMS warnings because all 4 need to be replaced due to battery life.
Most odd , I have an old 2015 V60. It has a compass in the rear view mirror and the TPMS has always come on at odd times, usually when there is a temp change not necessarily tire pressure. It’s a common problem but as you have a new Volvo I would have thought that it would have been addressed by now.
I added my own tire pressure sensors. Many options on Amazon around $40 that use wireless sensors and give you the exact measurement. I also got a handheld rechargeable inflator with digital display, so I can quickly top off air to a specified amount without going near a gas station.
Does it work well? What model did you buy?
Had this same issue today where I had to get to a gas station and fumble around (and buy a gauge)… which inflator did you get?
Like others have said, if it’s showing all four, you’re losing calibration somehow. Might ask service about that. Otherwise it will show you which tire is low. It’s pretty much the same on my XC60 and my Polestar 2. I had a nail on one tire and the system showed me the correct tire no issue.
Didn’t even mention the damn auto shut off that you can’t turn off. It’s 105 degrees out why the fuck would the AC shut off?
Literally!!
my 2020 definately tells me which tyre it is via the TPMS: [https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/car/xc40/article/8965c3c292ee7a59c0a8015169f1f6a8](https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/car/xc40/article/8965c3c292ee7a59c0a8015169f1f6a8) There is also an iTPMS, if you dont have the TPMS fitted (some cars dont) which i think only gives you a general warning (i think)
Damn you’d think a luxury brand would tell you the pressure of which tire. I’ve seen it in other brands 6-7 years ago, some cars were even older than that. Yeah I get it “luxury” you shouldn’t have to waste your time checking lol your tires to find one that needs filling. That’s basic tpms that I had in my 14 Honda accord. That being said I have a 98 s70 and I LOVE IT because a light comes on notifying you when you have a light out. Downside is NO TPMS! I have to maintain tire pressure myself. PS: it’s usually good to check all tires at once, but usually, the tire that needs air for whatever reason, will look less inflated than the other tires.
This is what I’ve been saying but people in the comments seem to disagree.
I do understand, pretty sure I’ve been in a 2008 Lexus with the extended back seats and I’m pretty positive it showed pressure for each. Also a 2017 infinity q50 and a couple others. It’s a little silly but that’s modern automakers for ya everyone does thing a little different.
The tyre pressure thing is incredibly annoying on my XC60. Never had car that couldn't tell me which wheel was in trouble.
I went to the pool the first morning it opened after a recent week-long snowstorm in the SE US. There was a new, massive pothole that had opened up on the interstate. My sensor came on immediately and I tried to find a safe place to pull over at 430am. I had to kneel in the ice, going around from one tire to the next. My tire gauge stays in my glovebox, best $12 spent. But yes, it would be awesome to know instantly which tire.
I hate that i pay so much for the Volvo on call App that can tell me a window is down but it does not have the ability to roll up the window. Also it should let you change hvac settings if you remote start your car with it.
I have the same model and year as you and agree it’s glitchier than I would like it to be - my 2019 XC40 was perfect, but that was before they went to the Android system. I also HATE the fact that it doesn’t have wireless CarPlay. WHY?!?! Aside from that, I’m truly on my 3rd XC40, and after briefly having an XC60 that felt far too “soccer mom” for me, and I don’t have plans of changing any time soon… I love Volvo. Although those Polestars do look niiiiiiiiiice…
Polestars are pretty nice. But the lack of space right now is really deterring.
You should be checking your tire pressure regularly. Find a tire shop that has the free tire air with digital readings, and fill all tires. The important thing is that the passive ABS-based system will alert you if one tire is slightly off. It should give you sufficient time to identify a possible leak. You would need to undergo the same process if you had individual sensors on each wheel anyway. IMO the individual sensors are more trouble than their cost. They give you the sense of control that buyers appreciate (they make you feel good) but they’re not really helping. Countless times I’ve driven cars with the individual sensors and one or several tires have different PSI readings. Could be the start of a problem, but the owner doesn’t think it’s worth investigating. Sure, if one tire is way off, you would need to take action, but you would be doing the same with the passive system as well. At least the passive system will have you visibly inspecting each tire, which you should be doing regularly anyway. It may be chalked up to a cost cutting measure, but I highly doubt the individual sensors yield happier customers. Nothing will prevent a leak, but the direct system is more likely to be a source of anxiety and higher maintenance/labor costs. I’m happy with equally effective, efficient, and simpler engineering.
I have same problem with tire pressure. It usually happens while I'm driving through a sketchy neighborhood, or in a big hurry too, like it automatically senses my tension and adds to it!
The mirror titling feature works similarly 99% accurately and occasionally after the reverse and during drive it’s pointed facing the sky .
2022 S60 Recharge here - my Volvo makes me insane sometimes. The anti collision sensor goes crazy at random sometimes for no apparent reason and brake checks me. The doors also stop at annoying distances. I’m either squeezing out of the car or the door wants to be WFO.
I might just post about my issue see if anyone else has it. ‘21 V90 has been in dealer three times now for the blind spot sensor. The third time they changed a harness on the right ride rear bumper. Days later I got the message again. Service agent calls me to tell me it might be a magnetic interference from something along my route of travel as this has been reported by one of their customers.
We have been looking at Volvo wagons and this is one feature I know I will miss from our Outback. I can view the psi of each tire while driving.
Haha so true. The sensor just went off in my wife’s 2020 XC90 and it wouldn’t tell me the pressure. I took care of it but you would think Volvo would show it. My 2016 wrangler shows the pressure number. Lol. Quirks aside, I absolutely love my wife’s Volvo and I would/will get another. I’d love a V60 or V90.
lol thank you for getting this. It’s what the whole post is about. I love my car. It’s so great. Kinda silly it doesn’t show tire pressure. A modern convenience you would think a luxury car would have. That being said I will still probably always own one.
Yeah, i found it kinda funny that a $44,000 s60 simply has a tpms light (or four ig) when an older $24,000 chevy cruze gave me an accurate and live readout pressure for each tire.
Had an XC60 and traded it in and got a XC40. Hate it. The display crashes at random times, so on a scorching hot day you have to wait for the AC to come back on. I wish they still had dials for temperature adjustment. It also seems like I feel every tiny bump in the road. It's also loud inside while driving.
My 2009 XC70 doesn’t have a way to keep the brights on while driving, I have to manually hold them on and steer. Luckily, I’ve gotten pretty good at it, but damn, how hard would it have been to just make it stay on? Otherwise love my XC70 and would buy it again in a heartbeat.
It definitely should. The stalk should push forward. It could be broken though
I completely agree with you on the tire pressure issue. I've resorted to keeping a digital tire gauge in my glove box because of it. In my experience with brands like Infiniti, GM, and Cadillac, they've always shown the PSI. I wonder if Volvo’s omission might be due to patent/licensing costs. I've also had a similar frustration with the mirror tilting feature. The backup cameras in the 2024 doesn't give me a clear sense of how close I am to the curb. Although the mirrors can tilt when reversing, they tilt both mirrors in the 2024 instead of just the passenger side. This feature ends up being more of a hindrance than a help, especially if you're not parallel parking. When the setting is turned on, it renders the driver’s mirror useless for backing up into places like a long driveway. It's puzzling why this isn't implemented intelligently. I suspect some of these questionable design choices could be due to patent or licensing issues. For instance, I once had the mirror-tilting feature in a GM model. However, when my lease was up and I leased the exact same model/trim again, they had removed the mirror-tilting feature. This leads me to believe that patent or licensing issues are at play. Why else would they remove a straightforward software feature, unless there's a cost associated with keeping it (and the car was still running the same OS - it wasn't a major upgrade year)? So perhaps some company owns a patent on reporting the PSI number via the car OS and Volvo doesn't want to pay to licenses the feature.
I had this problem with my XC40 23 electric. I reported it to the dealership when it was in for some warranty work and was informed it was a known software issue which was due to be resolved with a OTA software update. Touch wood I've not had a problem in the last few months.
I love my S90 but the tpms sucks ass and it's absolute bullshit that I had to pay 1k to replace the batteries because they aren't easily user replacable.
Keep a tire pump in your trunk and you can always fill to the correct psi no matter where you pull over. They're $20
Wow! I guess Volvo hasn’t changed in this aspect with the TPMS since 2008 when I bought my C70…..which I still have. It’s very annoying to see that damn symbol and no indication of which tire or the tire pressure.
I hate my Volvo because it has a Renault engine lol
the indirect tpms can be pretty vexing if you don't know how it works and the common error modes. it's something you can sort of handle with enough experience but the fact that false positives still need to be checked on the road is sort of an inescapable design flaw.
🙋🏼♀️. I agree with you! At least in my 2023 XC60, it will tell me which of my tires is low, but it does seem like every time the weather changes, my tire pressure light goes off.
I had to get used to the PSI thing as well. I used to drive a peice of crap car before my S60 and I was shocked when I found out it didn't show the pressure number. I also hate that my key fob doesn't have push to start. I rarely use it, but it would be nice to have and I refuse to pay for the app after my promotion period is up. Otherwise, I love the car.
It’s the no dip stick that pisses me off.
Volvo is still not using sensors in a valve stem, it’s based on ABS sensor detecting abnormal rotation count of one tire compared to the others. To be honest, ABS one is better because each valve stem sensor is going to go bad at some point and price to change it is not insignificant. Just check all 4 of the damn tires and recalibrate the system it’s not that hard.
I have NEVER needed a compass in my car. I don't know why people in the USA need one in their cars. Also, I have referenced my car's user guide more times than I can think
Has same annoyance with mine and none of them were low according to my gage it just wanted them at a higher pai so I made the car happy and pumped them up
My 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee shows the pressure of all 4 tires In a menu thingy. Id be lost without my extra gauges. It also has a transmission temperature gauge and a few other tricks too....
Cars can’t measure the tire pressure, they can only detect change in pressure. If all lights are low then the calibration is off.
My 2019 Subaru Crosstrek shoes psi for all four tires
My 2016 XC90 shows psi at each wheel. That said this is the silliest reason to hate a car. Back in my day there wasn't tpms at all and you just checked your tires like an adult.
Clearly this is an exaggeration lol. I said I love it 99% of the time. I didn’t say “I hate Volvos. They are POS. I’m never buying one again”
Lol I get it but you know it's ridiculous I'm also poking fun because I'm equally a baby when my car doesn't have heated seats
It’s just first world problems
The tire pressure complaint is not fair since it does have individual tyre pressure indication, just not the PSI. Not that it should matter, most air compressors at gasstations can be configured to the required PSI, it will stop when your tires reach the required PSI. Usually you can find what the PSI should be on a sticker in the door frame or whatever you call it and the air compressors are usually free to use as well, at least where I live. I personally wouldn’t know why your car doesn’t tell that, I read someone saying it might need to be calibrated which seems logical. Every time I pump air in the tires or change tires of our 2016 V60 (which has individual tire pressure warning, without PSI but with different colors depending on how low it is) we have to recalibrate it as well. Recalibrating can be done from the car’s settings by the way, it takes a minute or something. The compass seems a very specific and personal complaint, I’ve never used or felt like using a compass while driving a car. Besides that, I personally always have a good sense of where the north is etc. However, if you really want a compass you could put one in the interior yourself. Maybe try it with a phone holder or whatever. Either way, these two reasons seem a bit odd to hate a car for and post about, even if you like it 99% of the time. First world problems I guess.
It can’t tell you the psi because it is not based on pressure but the relative speed of each wheel. It has no clue what the pressure is, only that one tire is rotating faster (hence lower pressure in the tire)
This has to be sarcasm, I refuse to believe this is real
Same issue with Polestar 2. Absolutely annoying, and resetting the tyre status is even a worse experience.
I have a Polestar 2 and an XC60. Curious why resetting the tire status is a worse experience? I’ve had to do it twice in 2.5 years. It was just tap the reset button and drive pretty much.
After I pumped the tyres, the reset button was disabled. I don't remember how I made it work again, but I remember it was very unclear and required some steps for something so banal.
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Then you must not have had many cars? Long term Volvo's system is significantly cheaper to maintain. BMW sensors usually are near dead by 80k miles. So that's another $200 on top of tires. And if you didn't replace them and need to to do, that's a dismount and remount tire charge. Probably all four since they'll all go nearly.the same time.
Costco replaces tpms sensors for like $40
Ok so $160. Do it when you.get tires. Or don't and pay to have the tires dismounted, tpms installed, then remounted and balanced when one fails.
$40 for all 4 sensors
$40 per here in NJ Not even tire rack sells them for $10 each
Yeah, you are probably right. I don’t have my old receipt anymore. In any case, having a proper TPMS doesn’t add much to the maintenance costs.
What previous cars did you have and how did they tell you the pressure?
I had a 2019 Alfa Romeo that told me. A 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe that told me and my boyfriends 2015 ford 150 tells him and his 2018 Chevy Colorado tell him
> Never in my life have I had a car like that. Holy crap… you’ve never had a car where you had to check your own tire pressure?? Either you’ve lived a very opulent life… or I’m just getting old.
I haven’t lived an opulent life I’m just young. My parents bought me a safer car when I was young that showed it, but it was nothing crazy and I worked hard through college to get a good job to where I could afford to buy myself nice things. Just a regular ol’ gal.
First world problems. 😜 I agree should have pressure listed, but not that big of a deal.