Comments on: “We know your vehicle best”, dealership says. http://mihai.ibanescu.net/we-know-your-vehicle-best-dealership-says Mihai's few cents Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://mihai.ibanescu.net/we-know-your-vehicle-best-dealership-says/comment-page-1#comment-1169 Alex Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:23:19 +0000 http://mihai.ibanescu.net/?p=89#comment-1169 Yeah, they do know best how to use your vehicle to extract money from you :) However, all tires lose air, very slowly, but they all do. So even with brand-new tires on a car it would not be unusual to see the pressures go down 1-2 psi over a couple of weeks. If you're lucky, they will lose equal amounts of pressure resulting in no negative impact on handling. There was a massive recall of made-in-China rubber valve stems due to excessive air loss--you may want to check with whoever mounted the tires on the Fit to see if your wife's got some of those defective stems on her car. But just to be sure, I would say check your tires once every 2-3 weeks, maybe even once a month, but no rarer. You can get a cheap air compressor and make sure you always have optimal pressure in your tires. Yeah, they do know best how to use your vehicle to extract money from you :)

However, all tires lose air, very slowly, but they all do. So even with brand-new tires on a car it would not be unusual to see the pressures go down 1-2 psi over a couple of weeks. If you’re lucky, they will lose equal amounts of pressure resulting in no negative impact on handling.

There was a massive recall of made-in-China rubber valve stems due to excessive air loss–you may want to check with whoever mounted the tires on the Fit to see if your wife’s got some of those defective stems on her car.

But just to be sure, I would say check your tires once every 2-3 weeks, maybe even once a month, but no rarer. You can get a cheap air compressor and make sure you always have optimal pressure in your tires.

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