Anthoby

I have now been told that it is a legal requirement in the EU to have a functioning TPMS on all cars built since 2018. So I'm stuck with it. It took the local Subaru service garage four hours to change the wheels last time, and I don't have the patience to hang around for this, so I used an independent tyre service who didn't reset the TPMS. The car is less than one year old and I bought the winter tyres and wheels from the same Subaru dealer as the car thinking that they would give me a set of wheels compatible with the Subaru TPMS. Now the Subaru garage tell me I'll have to visit them every time I change the wheels and they will charge me one hour's labour for this. I am quite naturally O U T R A G E D. The TPMS that Subaru fit is the same as used by Toyota, so I cannot believe that they have designed it so, that the TPMS learns and remembers four sensors in one set of wheels but not a further four in a second set. Does one really have to reset the TPMS every time ? Or have the local Subaru service not set the car up correctly ?

I’m in Austria where winter tyres are mandatory so I have no option but to change. In hindsight I could have saved myself money by not buying an extra set of wheels and to just have the tyres changed over. I always used to check the tyre pressures with a hand gauge that I trusted, but with TPMS one gets lazy and also modern electric power steering takes some of the feel away, so it is not so easy to tell when driving if one has a slow puncture. I would like to do away with TPMS, which I think is only mandatory for run flat tyres, and my question now is, how do I permanently cancel the warning lights and messages telling me to consult the owners manual.

The TPMS is really most tiresome and annoying. Every time I change from winter to summer, and vice versa, tyres, the TPMS warning comes on. Have been through the TPMS setup routine five times and driven a total of 50 km on multiple journeys, but to no avail. Don’t feel like sitting on a garage forecourt and rapidly deflating and reflating each tyre to see if it fixes it. It seems that for every tyre change, the TPMS diagnostic scan tool / TPMS activation tool has to be run to rest the sensors. The dealer is some distance away and I don’t see why I have to visit them twice a year for this service which they for sure will start charging me as soon as the car warranty expires. There must be an easier fix. Finally, one begins to ignore the warning if all tyres are correctly inflated and it is falsely displaying, which is a very D A N G E R O U S thing indeed

Hi Took delivery of the XV e-Boxer with leather seats in December and have been suffering from contact dermatitis, especially on my back, ever since. I have never before had an allergy issue with leather. What have they put in the seats that causes this and how can I get it out ? Turning the seat heaters on max would help to drive out the volatile compounds but obviously makes this allergy even worse. Am currently using seat covers just so that I can drive. Am wondering how long it takes for the VOC's or what ever to out gas ? New To Subaru but need help to sort out this problem with the leather seats Anthoby