kirktx

So I have had my 2021SQ8 Prestige for about 1 month. The temps in Dallas TX dropped the other day and my low pressure light came on. It said to check all tires fill with proper psi and reset system. I completed this task and all is good. My question.....Is there a screen that would provide you the pressure of each individual tire? It was such a hassle having to check all tire pressures to find only one that was low.

oleaudi

Welcome to Audi. Quick answer, no way to know which tire, if any, is not at the correct air pressure

retom

Yes, if you have TPMS based on wheel sensors. Then it shows the pressure and temperature of each wheel.
If you do not have this system, you only get a warning when the tire pressure drops.
It looks like this:

oleaudi

U.S. models do not have wheel sensors.

kirktx

Thanks for all the responses. Is the infrastructure already there if you were to add TPMS Wheel Sensors? Wheel sensors are reasonably priced, but only if the vehicle can read the sensors. I have had this on many cars including Mercedes, Cadillac, Tesla ect. Hard to understand why Audi has not done this already. As technically advanced as these vehicles are what is the issues with many features being disabled/not installed for US autos?

retom

You can retrofit it but it is not just an easy coding. You need 4 sensors + control unit + wiring + coding. I don't understand why it is not offered on US market. However, I think that this option is offered in RSQ8 also in USA. Perhaps some US owner of RSQ8 can confirm this?

huntpsu1

Two schools of thought on TPMS. On Audi, no worries on calibration if you change out wheels (e.g. winter wheel exchange), but you lose the individualized pressure.

ChrisBWJ

I can confirm the RSQ8 has actual sensors.

I also had TireRack put their sensors in my winter tire/wheel setup and they work just fine.

Rubberbumper

Why Audi continues to lag behind the rest of the automobile world on this feature is a complete mystery. You spend near 6 figures on a car, and get information worth nothing. We left Michigan for Arizona a couple weeks ago. The overnight temps had cooled quite a bit so I got a pressure warning. Of course, no exact pressures, and not even an indication of which tire. When you click on the "more information" button it tells you, as above, to check pressures, adjust, and reset. That "information" is less than useless. I did check all tires and they were fine; just a little lower because of the temperature. But even after we had gone a hundred miles and the temperature and tires warmed up, the darned system continued to give the warning. It's little things like this that have me inclined to not go near an Audi showroom again. This is our first Audi and we like the basic car, but the various electronic idiosyncrasies are driving us crazy, even 16 months into ownership.

vhtran

Funny thing, I like how Audi goes with theirs. I don't have to worry about getting new sensors (they can be expensive) and switching seasonal tires is much easier. If TPMS light triggered, I check and add air since the car comes with a compressor anyway. But I do understand with "even cheaper cars have that", my base model Nissan Rogue has it and I do have that screen on constantly. =)