A cold morning can make a perfectly healthy tire look like it has developed a leak overnight. The dashboard warning light comes on, the tires look a little low, and suddenly someone reaches for an air pump. But colder weather creates a tire-pressure problem that catches drivers off guard, even when nothing has gone wrong with their tires.
The mistake often happens during the correction. Drivers add air without checking the manufacturer’s recommended pressure, rely on yesterday’s reading, or assume the number printed on the tire tells them how much air to add. Those small decisions can leave tires improperly inflated just when winter roads demand better handling.
