Reset the Tyre Pressure Monitor (TPMS)

After you change a tyre’s pressure or swap a wheel on your Skoda Scala (NW1, 2019–present), you store the new pressures as the system’s reference. It’s done in the infotainment menu (or a TPMS button on some cars), not with a tool.

The amber tyre symbol on the Scala’s cluster is not a fault with the car itself — it is the tyre-pressure monitoring system telling you that at least one tyre has drifted away from the pressure it last memorised. It usually appears after a cold snap, after you have topped the tyres up, or after a wheel has been off the car. Once you have the pressures correct, a thirty-second menu confirmation tells the system “this is now normal” and the light goes out. You do not need a garage, a scan tool or a valve reset kit.

How It Works on the Scala

Most Scala trims use an indirect monitoring system. There are no battery-powered sensors inside the wheels; instead the car watches the ABS wheel-speed signals. A tyre losing air shrinks slightly in rolling radius and has to spin marginally faster than the others, and the software spots that difference. Because it works from a learned baseline rather than a live pressure reading, it has to be told what “correct” looks like — which is exactly what the store/SET step does. A minority of higher-spec cars may carry direct in-wheel sensors instead; if yours shows an individual pressure figure per tyre on screen, treat the store step as re-teaching that system its targets.

First, a Few Checks

• Set the pressures with the tyres cold — parked at least a couple of hours, or driven less than a mile or two.
• Use the figures on the driver’s door-pillar label (or inside the fuel flap), matched to your load and wheel size.
• Don’t forget to check the spare if a full-size one is fitted, and remember a space-saver runs at a much higher pressure.
• Have the ignition on for the menu steps; you don’t need the engine running.
• Only store once every tyre is right — storing with a soft tyre teaches the system a bad baseline.

Inflate First

Set all four tyres cold to the door-pillar label figure, then store the reference.

Storing via the Menu

1. With pressures set, switch the ignition on.
2. Open ‘Car’ / ‘Vehicle’ → ‘Settings’ on the touchscreen.
3. Choose ‘Tyres’ → ‘Store tyre pressures’ (SET) and confirm.

Or via the Button

If a physical TPMS button is fitted, set the pressures, ignition on, then hold the button until it confirms.

If the Light Won’t Clear or Won’t Stay Off

• Check every corner with a gauge. The system reacts to one odd tyre, and a corner that reads fine by eye can still be several PSI low.
• Re-store after any change. Topping up, letting air out, or a seasonal wheel swap all move you away from the stored baseline — always run store/SET again afterwards.
• Cold mornings. Pressure falls roughly 1–2 PSI for every 10°C drop, so a light that appears overnight and clears as the tyres warm usually just means they need a small top-up.
• A slow puncture. If one tyre keeps dropping days after you store, suspect a leak at a nail, valve or corroded rim rather than the electronics.
• Fitted the space-saver or a spare. Its different size and pressure can trigger the warning until the normal wheel is back on and the system re-stored.
• Store didn’t take. Make sure you confirmed the final prompt with the ignition on; a half-completed menu step leaves the old baseline in place.
• Persistent flashing. A symbol that flashes for a while then stays on points to a system fault (or, on sensor-equipped cars, a failed wheel sensor) rather than a low tyre — that one needs a diagnostic check.

Once It’s Done

Once you confirm the store, the amber light should go out immediately or within a short drive as the system settles. From then on the Scala treats those pressures as its reference and stays quiet unless a tyre drifts meaningfully again. It is normal to see the light return the first cold morning after inflating — a quick check and, if needed, a re-store puts it right for good.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I reset the tyre pressure light on a Skoda Scala?

Set every tyre to the door-pillar pressure while cold, switch the ignition on, then go to Car/Vehicle → Settings → Tyres → Store tyre pressures and confirm. If your car has a physical TPMS button instead, set the pressures and hold that button until it acknowledges. The light should clear right away or within a mile or two.

Do I need a tool or a garage?

No — the Scala stores the reference itself.

Why does it trigger in the cold?

Air contracts as temperature falls, so pressures that were correct in a warm garage can read low after a cold night — enough to wake the monitor. This is normal seasonal behaviour, not a fault. Top the tyres back up to the label figure while they are cold and store the reference again, and the warning should stay away.

It lit after a wheel swap — is that normal?

Yes. Any time a wheel comes off — a rotation, a puncture repair, or fitting winter tyres — the rolling characteristics change and the stored baseline no longer matches. Set all four to the correct cold pressures and run the store/SET step so the new wheels become the reference.

Will the store step hide a genuinely flat tyre?

It can, which is why you inflate first and only store when every tyre is correct. Storing tells the system the current pressures are normal, so if you store with one tyre low you simply teach it to ignore that tyre. If a tyre keeps losing air after you have set and stored it, look for a puncture rather than resetting again.

The light flashes and then stays on — what does that mean?

A steady amber light generally means low pressure, but a symbol that flashes for a while before going solid usually signals a monitoring-system fault. On indirect cars that can follow certain traction or ABS conditions; on cars with in-wheel sensors it can mean a sensor has failed or lost signal. Try a proper pressure check and re-store first; if it persists, have it read for fault codes.

Stored a fault code? Look it up on autodtcs.com. To clear a service reminder, see our Scala service reset.