Tyre pressure warning light and hot alloy

Tyre pressure warning light and hot alloy

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Bingobobster

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162 posts

49 months

Tuesday 7th June 2022
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Tonight when driving home the tyre pressure warning light beeped on my 66 plate Mazda CX5. After pulling over all tyres appeared OK and after checking at the garage 2 mins later all had correct psi.
The alloy on the rear offside however was red hot. All other alloys cool. I re-set the tyre pressure monitor which is now not showing on display and 10 minutes later when home the alloy had started to cool.

Any ideas much appreciated

Matt_E_Mulsion

1,737 posts

80 months

Tuesday 7th June 2022
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From what you've said I'd be taking it as an early warning sign something is not right with that offside rear hub/brake. You might want to get it looked at.

thebraketester

15,018 posts

153 months

Tuesday 7th June 2022
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Bingobobster said:
Tonight when driving home the tyre pressure warning light beeped on my 66 plate Mazda CX5. After pulling over all tyres appeared OK and after checking at the garage 2 mins later all had correct psi.
The alloy on the rear offside however was red hot. All other alloys cool. I re-set the tyre pressure monitor which is now not showing on display and 10 minutes later when home the alloy had started to cool.

Any ideas much appreciated
Sticking brake calliper.

vikingaero

11,924 posts

184 months

Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Agreed. The back brakes get little use and can get crudded up (technical term).

GreenV8S

30,860 posts

299 months

Wednesday 8th June 2022
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If it's got hot enough to be so obvious at the wheel then there's a significant risk that it has damaged the bearings. Once you melt the grease out of them you can expect them to fail quite quickly.