# 2010 Ford Explorer - tire malfunction light briefly illuminates

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-explorer-tire-malfunction-light-briefly-illuminates/145616>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, ford\
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-explorer-tire-malfunction-light-briefly-illuminates/145616 "2019-07-30T19:51:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Carolyn03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Carolyn03](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Carolyn03)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-explorer-tire-malfunction-light-briefly-illuminates/145616/1 "2019-07-30T19:51:05Z")

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Tire malfunction lightcomes on but don’t stay on comes on for a little while and goes off

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-explorer-tire-malfunction-light-briefly-illuminates/145616/2 "2019-07-30T19:53:53Z")

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It is not a malfunction light . It is telling you that your tire pressure is low . The correct pressure is on a plaque on the drivers door post . If you don’t know how to check tire pressure there are hundreds of YouTube videos showing how to check and air up your tires.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-explorer-tire-malfunction-light-briefly-illuminates/145616/3 "2019-07-30T20:22:50Z")

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There are two warnings, low tire pressure and TPMS malfunction.

If you are seeing TPMS malfunction there may be failing tire pressure sensors (weak batteries).

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**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-explorer-tire-malfunction-light-briefly-illuminates/145616/4 "2019-08-01T01:40:24Z")

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You have gotten more than the standard life out of the batteries in those sensors which are probably going dead at this point . Unfortunetly to replace all and have them installed and all tires rebalanced you may pay $200 .