NHTSA Complaint #10352386 — 2009 NISSAN MURANO

2009 NISSAN MURANO TPMS FAILURE. FAILURE LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ON. DEALER SUGGESTS THAT TO FIX THE PROBLEM ONE NEEDS TO OVER INFLATE THE TIRES TO A MINIMUM OF 36 PSI. RECOMMENDED PRESSURE ON PLACARD IS 32PSI. SAYS THAT IT IS DUE TO LIVING AT HIGH ALTITUDE AND COLD WEATHER. THE DEALER MAKES YOU SIGN A DISCLAIMER THAT STATES "I UNDERSTAND THAT OVER INFLATING TIRES MAY KEEP THE TPMS LIGHT FROM COMING BACK ON, AND THAT TIRES WILL WEAR UNEVENLY AND PREMATURELY. I WISH TO HAVE MY TIRE PRESSURE SET AT A HIGHER THAN RECOMMENDED IN HOPES OF THE TPMS LIGHT NOT COMING ON DUE TO COLD WEATHER OR HIGH ALTITUDE". THEY TELL ME THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ALSO THEY STATE THAT "CAUTION!! OVER INFLATING WILL CAUSE THE TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY AND PREMATURELY AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE FACTORY DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THIS IS NOT THE RECOMMENDED SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE, BUT IS ONE COURSE OF ACTION". THE OTHER SOLUTION IS THAT YOU MUST LIVE WITH IT WHEN THE TIRES ARE INFLATED TO RECOMMENDED PRESSURE OF 32PSI. *TR