I had a new 1976 Mercury Capri II (German) with the OHV 2.8L V6 and 4-speed manual trans. Black with Gold trim. Manual steering and no AC. No power anything. My first car ! Also known as the "Black Cat Edition". Google it.
This did happened to my wife a few years ago in our 2016. She was driving alone at night and drove for miles in a lower gear. she did not know why so she finally pulled over and shut it off and restarted it. Problem solved. Have a 2017 CX-5 now but still the same wife.
Sorry but my 2017 DOES NOT even have that TPMS reset button as you stated so you are wrong on that. My 2016.5 (like yours) did have one.
GEN 1 did use the ABS system to indirectly determine low tire pressure.
GEN 2 uses tire pressure sensors in each valve stem to directly determine pressure of...