cgott42 said:
Note sometimes the triangle light is yellow other times red
Currently the car is in the repair shop so I don’t recall if the tire pressure light is always on
I guess my immediate Q is this. The repair shop (a Nissan dealership) says the yellow /red TRIANGLE is due to faulty retire sensors which I should just ignore and take my car back
Is that possible. Or are they clueless
Ie is there anything I can expect them to do or should I just take the car back
You're still tangled. Red and Yellow triangles are two different things. Yellow means there's a yellow warning on the lower dash. Red means there's a red warning on the lower dash. You're supposed to then check and see what those warnings are.
The triangles are not specific they just mean "Check the dash to see why we're lit up". The yellow triangle doesn't mean tire sensors are bad, unless the tire pressure warning is lit
and you have verified (with a gauge) that the pressures are correct. (Note, if one or more pressures are low, and you put in air to correct, the light won't go out until you begin to drive again).
The red triangle has nothing to do with the tire sensors; it's telling you there is a red warning elsewhere on the dash. Again, when these master warnings are lit, you have to check the rest of the dash to see what the specific warning is.
In any case I would not pay a dealership $700
to replace the sensors even if you need new sensors. As others point out,
if needed you can get those parts more cheaply and have any good mechanic or tire shop replace them and re-balance the wheels.