there are four tires in a row with psi below the tire symbols which tire is which on tht car

Asked by town66 Jan 18, 2016 at 04:20 PM about the 2012 Toyota Camry SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a low pressure light on the dash and a pressure indicator that comes on at the screen of the radio/navigation etc. When I press the tire pressure button, four tire s appear in row left to right with the tire pressure indicated below each.
Which tire symbol on the screen is which tire on the car?

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223,915

By the sounds of it, check all the tires for proper inflation. I like 35 psi in my tires.

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I would imagine that the first tire in the row would be the drivers front. The second should be the passenger front. Then the drivers rear and then the passenger rear. But the only way to know for sure is to test the pressure in all tires with a gauge, write them down, and then look on the dash and see what direction matches up with your pressure readings from the gauge.

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dude i used my noodles so one nearest to you - Left most- is front left, then go clockwise so 2nd from left is front right...3rd from left is rear right and 4th from left is rear left

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I also have the same year and model of Toyota. Unfortunately the driver side is the third tire in the row.

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The tires are not associated to a specific location on the car... it is relative to the individual wheel... Wheel one will always read in the same position no matter where it is on the car.

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210

for my toyota camry 2012 its not in order which is so dumb of whomever made them like this which it was so simple

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All these people talking about there's only 4 tires on a car and use your noodle, it goes around clockswise, theyre all idiots because none of that is true. There is no set way of interpreting which tire is which on the dashboard display since they are not labeled. So all those people opening their pie holes ans spitting out stupidity, please shut up.

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The tire pressure screen was designed by a engineer in Japan. There is no reason why it was designed like that. It should have been like you were sitting in your car. Top of screen LF. Top of Screen RF. Bottom of screen LR. Bottom of screen RR.The owners manual doesn't show any pictures. No excuse for all of this confusion Toyota.

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The position of the tire on the screen inside of the vehicle was never intended to correlate with a position of a tire on the vehicle. This is because when you rotate your tires all of those positions would then be incorrect in relation to the tire on the vehicle. Then every time you rotate the tires it would change again.

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SINCE THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS ARE LOCATED IN EACH TIRE, THE SIGNAL IS SENT FROM ECAH TIRE TO THE COMPUTER. INDIVIDUALLY, THEREFORE, IF YOU CHANGE LOCATION OF THE TIRES , LIKE IN ROTATING THEM, IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE READOUT ON THE DASH SCREEN WILL REFLECT ECAH TIRE AS TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION ON THE CAR. NOW, WHY TOYOTA'S CAR BOOK DOESN'T EXPLAIN THAT IS A MYSTERY. UNDERFORSTAND?

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Toyota should be ashamed. It does not explain this in the manual. I am very tech inclined and I build computers as a hobby. The display system is stupid and it is not explained to the customer!

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690

I completely agree. This is so stupid. I have one tire that doesn't have enough air and I'm so confused about which one it is.

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I just filled up all of my tires and recorded the order that the numbers changed. I could never find a clear answer so I want to post one for someone else. The order was as follows from left to right: 1) Passenger's Front Tire, 2) Driver's Back Tire, 3) Driver's Front Tire, and 4) Passenger's Back Tire. It makes absolutely no sense at all but that was the order. I hope this helps someone.

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I have a 2012 Toyota Camry SE and when I test it out mine it was first one driver side front, second one driver side rear, third one passenger side front, fourth one passenger side rear. Hope that helps someone.

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I just had a screw taken out of my right rear tire and the first tire on the screen was the one that was telling me it was low. I kept putting air in the left driver tire thinking that would be the obvious one...but no, when I finally made it to the tire shop it was the right rear... Go figure. I don't know what the heck Toyota was thinking.

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On mine it was first rear left, second front right, third front left and fourth rear right. So weird.

I would go to a gas station and get 40 psi in all four tires. The next day in the morning I would let the car idle with the tire screen on and lower the pressure one tire at a time to, say, 35 psi, and at each time I would mark on a chart similar to that of the screen the position of each tire. In order to do this I would use a tire gauge, preferably a digital one. Note: If pressure measurement show differences afterward I can always go to a gas station to make it equal on all four tires.

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I guess there is no solution to this dilemma. I think GuruSNBC4 is right. Once a tire is moved from one position to another, it losses it's numbering on the dash board. Maybe the computer should be programmed to follow the tire's pilgrimage?

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Absolutely Insane! I figured out how to reset maintenance light after oil changes, but, tire reading makes no sense AT ALL!!! I drive away with one over the limit, two just right and one still low.

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