Incompitent Nissan Tech? Cold Weather Tire PSI

[howie411]

So I had my car in the dealership the other day for an oil change / tire rotation. When I brought my 2018 Rogue Hybrid in all the tires were about 34-35 PSI. When I picked up my Rogue as soon as I drove off the lot the front passenger tire pressure light went on. It showed all my wheels at 31 PSI and 30 on the front right.

I turned around and went back to the shop and told the service advisor, he comes out and looks at the Rogue and then takes the hose and measures / slightly inflates each tire and says there are all 31 so they should be good. I then proceeded to tell him the Cold Tire PSI is 41 on this Rogue, so like he doesn't believe me and goes to check the door sticker and sure enough he then says oh let me bring it up to 41.

So he goes to each tire and properly inflates them to 41 (you even get the Rogue Horn honking to tell you the tire is good). He then told me that the tech who worked on the car probably assumed all the tires should be 31 since that is usually standard.

Seriously? I don't know if the Hybrid Wheel Tire pressure is different from the Regular Rogue, but the fact that they didn't even check the specs before inflating them. For I know they may have not even rotated the tires....

[itsa300zx]

Sad but not uncommon. From my dealings with dealerships; oil changes and tire rotations are not done by seasoned techs. These smaller jobs are done by techs that are still in school learning the trade.
Also, most services advisers are not techs, all they do is to sell/up sell services to you(more like a used car sales person). Not an excuse for them but pretty normal. That's why I avoid dealerships and do my own regular maintenance.

[Benjumin]

I have non-hybrid 2018 SL Rogue. Tire pressure is 33 PSI on sticker @@. Interesting to know about the 41 PSI on hybrid.

[amc49]

My Versa trips the light at 34 psi.........

You want the tire overinflated OVER the light trip number instead of at it or you will get lights every time the tires cool down. I go to 40 for some leeway but I buy cheaper tires and have to be careful as I have popped a bulge on new tire more than once by going to 42, a better grade tire won't do that. You have to be aware of what brand you are running.

The sensors can easily vary by 2 psi to each other too.

I for one won't even trust techs with tires, I have run into problems blindly accepting what they say. I won't let them put the wheels on the cars and bring in tires off the car to minimize them screwing with things. I've even had to ruin the valve stems when I take tire in, they claim they changed it even when I mark them to know if they did or not. The last time I almost got into a fight so now I destroy stem by removing the valve and bending the stem outlet so a new valve stem cannot be inserted, it forces them to be honest. I also had them routinely putting the tires out with 55-60 psi in them, they weren't leaking them back down after popping the tire onto the wheel. I remove all balance weight too, to keep them from leaving them on, they won't remove them and they do not index the new tires on wheel by the weight dot either. Tire art, as limited as it would seem is dead, it is just too much to expect the modern worker to care enough to do even the most simple task right.

[Lgb0250]

I have non-hybrid 2018 SL Rogue. Tire pressure is 33 PSI on sticker @@. Interesting to know about the 41 PSI on hybrid.

Same here. Mine tripped the alert a couple of weeks ago and it popped up showing they were at 27. Happens every year when the cold weather blows in, on all my vehicles. Reinflated to 33 and no more problems.

[KoiMaxx]

Yeah, it's important to factor in temperature to maintain tire pressure. IIRC tire pressure goes down 1psi for every 10C drop in temperature. That's fine in most cases, but for the past few days, the weather here has almost hit -40C at times and got milder only today. So the tires can lose around 2-3psi just due to ambient temperature. And if you have access to heated parking, that can be almost a 50C=5psi difference.

[howie411]

I have non-hybrid 2018 SL Rogue. Tire pressure is 33 PSI on sticker @@. Interesting to know about the 41 PSI on hybrid.

What type of tires are on the non-Hybrid? I have Grandtrek ST30 - Size: 225/60R18

On a side note I sent an email to the service manager, he didn't get back to me so I called him today and he acted almost uncaring, saying he thinks he saw my email (hello its been 2 days) and he wanted to know what I wanted him to do about it. "Ummm teach your techs to look at the door sticker?"

[Benjumin]

I have non-hybrid 2018 SL Rogue. Tire pressure is 33 PSI on sticker @@. Interesting to know about the 41 PSI on hybrid.

What type of tires are on the non-Hybrid? I have Grandtrek ST30 - Size: 225/60R18

On a side note I sent an email to the service manager, he didn't get back to me so I called him today and he acted almost uncaring, saying he thinks he saw my email (hello its been 2 days) and he wanted to know what I wanted him to do about it. "Ummm teach your techs to look at the door sticker?"

Mine is 19 inch oem 225/55R19, the exact model in link below fyi
https://tiresize.com/tires/Bridgestone/ ... -55R19.htm