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Old 11-16-2008, 04:08 PM
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How do I see the tire pressure on my i-drive screen? I can't find the screen shot? My Honda has it as an easy to find..Thanks!
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Originally Posted by gregg2gs' post='722754' date='Nov 16 2008, 08:08 PM
How do I see the tire pressure on my i-drive screen? I can't find the screen shot? My Honda has it as an easy to find..Thanks!
You can't see the actual pressure figures, just the light for either green (good) or red (low or flat).
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Originally Posted by DrLev99' post='722756' date='Nov 16 2008, 08:11 PM
You can't see the actual pressure figures, just the light for either green (good) or red (low or flat).
That sucks! Funny...I have the Runflats and after a day racing a few weeks ago, I noticed my tires were all below 20 lbs of pressure...I had no warning no errors, etc. I still cant even find where the heck the TPMS heading is on i-drive...Also have to admit, I did not go crazy searching for it...BUT, isn't that a ridiculous pressure to not have a warning?
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Thats because you dont have TPMS. You have FTM which uses the ABS sesnsors to measure difference in wheel rotational speeds. It didnt give you any warnings because you said they were "all" 20 lbs low so rotational speed would be the same for all 4 tires.
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='722761' date='Nov 16 2008, 08:19 PM
Thats because you dont have TPMS. You have FTM which uses the ABS sesnsors to measure difference in wheel rotational speeds. It didnt give you any warnings because you said they were "all" 20 lbs low so rotational speed would be the same for all 4 tires.
Ah ha...That makes some sense, however, what's the use then? Also, I think thats a big miss by BMW, dont you?
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