09/03/2026
Your tires lost pressure last night and you did not do anything wrong.
Tire pressure drops roughly 1 PSI for every 10-degree drop in outside temperature. Central Indiana just went from overnight lows in the 70s to overnight lows in the mid-50s. That is a real loss of about 2 PSI across your whole vehicle, and it happened while you were asleep.
Underinflated tires do three things you do not want. They wear faster on the outside edges. They reduce fuel economy. And they change how your vehicle handles in exactly the conditions fall is about to hand you: wet pavement and early morning fog.
Check your pressure cold, before you drive, first thing in the morning. The correct number is on the sticker inside your driver door jamb, not on the tire sidewall. The sidewall number is the maximum the tire can hold, not what your vehicle needs.
This is a five-minute job that most drivers skip until the dashboard light comes on. By then you have been driving under inflated for weeks.
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