A lil' list of questions from a new Stinger owner

[ShannonC]

I believe this is configuration setting in your dash info screen

That's a negative down under.

 

[MrSmoofy]

So regarding the Tire PSI, guess I should have paid attention. I took ownership in March brand new off the truck almost zero miles.

I would have assumed they would have correctly inflated the tires then do they ship them over inflated for some reason. I've also had already had an oil change so I would have thought it would have been caught and corrected then. My bad thinking the dealer could properly inflate tires.

When I checked this morning the cold tire pressure was 45 (door sticker says 36) drove to work (30 min) got up to 48, I'll be giving them my opinion later today and stopping at an Advanced Auto to go ahead and correct this myself since they can't get correctly air up tires.

Now I've got 6000 miles on improperly inflated tires. WTF

 

[Wilzer]

Tire Pressure: the left toggle on the right side, just press and then push up or down and scroll to tire pressure.

 

[CeramicGT001]

So regarding the Tire PSI, guess I should have paid attention. I took ownership in March brand new off the truck almost zero miles.

I would have assumed they would have correctly inflated the tires then do they ship them over inflated for some reason. I've also had already had an oil change so I would have thought it would have been caught and corrected then. My bad thinking the dealer could properly inflate tires.

When I checked this morning the cold tire pressure was 45 (door sticker says 36) drove to work (30 min) got up to 48, I'll be giving them my opinion later today and stopping at an Advanced Auto to go ahead and correct this myself since they can't get correctly air up tires.

Now I've got 6000 miles on improperly inflated tires. WTF

You mean to tell me you haven’t checked your tire pressure (by hand or through the digital readout) once since buying the car??? I also bought my stinger in March, tires were overinflated upon purchase which I corrected day 1, and just hit 6000 miles today. You might want to check your oil dipstick and make sure that’s within the correct range as mine was overfilled by a quart during my first oil change.

 

[Legendsk]

yours does work like smoofys, but you have to press 2 times consecutively not after it unlocks.

Confirmed! Thanks for tip, I wasn't clicking twice fast enough. This takes care of a slightly annoying issue.

On the issue of locking the car with the engine running - Living in deep south Texas where temperatures routinely go above 100ºF during the day, and occasionally above 110ºF, I simply can't leave my GSD in the car, even with the windows cracked. The greatest joy he has in life is going for car rides and I feel obligated to take him. In less than 5 minutes the temperature would reach fatal levels without the A/C. So I do my grocery shopping after midnight when the temperature is below 100 and with no sun, leaving the windows cracked a couple of inches is okay. But for a necessary quick trip during the day, the only solution available is to leave the windows up, turn off the engine, get out, lock the car and use the remote to restart it. Will idle and run the A/C for the 5 to 10 minutes needed. I would be more comfortable if I could set it to run for 30 minutes on a restart, but I watch the time and if there is a delay that gets to the 10 minute limit, I go back out and do another restart. If I had human passengers the issue would be slightly different, I could leave the fob in the car and let them restart the car if needed.

I did train the GSD to pick up sticks in the yard and put them in a pile by the garage - that was pretty easy and he seems to enjoy doing it, while I hated it. But without thumbs, I think training him to restart the car is pretty hopeless. Life would be easier if I could simply leave the car running, get out, lock it and walk away without worrying about the gone time. But the remote start is at least adequate.

 

[KGT1]

It was my mistake to not check the car in full upon finishing the deal yet I had a "fun" experience in the finance process which made me really want to leave the dealership and be done with it. I could have checked the tire pressures then and would not have had to ask you all about how to see them in the dash

I let my dealership know of this issue. It is indeed inexcusable and I wanted to make sure they are verifying this issue before handing their future customers overinflated tires... It is interesting how others experienced the same thing like @MrSmoofy

Maybe a PSA or sticky is in order?