TPMS is driving me nuts...
12-15-2008, 06:15 PM
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Lose 3lbs of air and the damn thing goes off...Wish it color coded the extent of the problem:
Red -- don't drive!
Yellow -- mild loss, check soon
Something like that??
Red -- don't drive!
Yellow -- mild loss, check soon
Something like that??
12-15-2008, 06:16 PM
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i don't condone this but here's a solution:
reset the TPM at 3 lbs loss and then fill up your tire. so the next time it goes off ull be down 6 lbs.
reset the TPM at 3 lbs loss and then fill up your tire. so the next time it goes off ull be down 6 lbs.
Originally Posted by midwest bmw' post='746061' date='Dec 15 2008, 07:15 PM
Lose 3lbs of air and the damn thing goes off...Wish it color coded the extent of the problem:
Red -- don't drive!
Yellow -- mild loss, check soon
Something like that??
Red -- don't drive!
Yellow -- mild loss, check soon
Something like that??
12-15-2008, 06:18 PM
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Get a foot pump and put it in the trunk. Problem solved.
12-15-2008, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by midwest bmw' post='746061' date='Dec 15 2008, 10:15 PM
Lose 3lbs of air and the damn thing goes off...Wish it color coded the extent of the problem:
Red -- don't drive!
Yellow -- mild loss, check soon
Something like that??
Red -- don't drive!
Yellow -- mild loss, check soon
Something like that??
p.s. I am still waiting for my snows to come back from them...been a week already.
12-16-2008, 06:06 AM
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This is not an uncommon problem (on lots of tpms cars, not just bmws) this time of year if you're having some pretty dramatic temperature swings over the cycle of day and night.
12-16-2008, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by calpalmer' post='746384' date='Dec 16 2008, 09:06 AM
This is not an uncommon problem (on lots of tpms cars, not just bmws) this time of year if you're having some pretty dramatic temperature swings over the cycle of day and night.
12-16-2008, 06:29 AM
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Check the valve... That was what was doing it on my Wife's Audi, tightened it up, no more Low tire pressure warnings...
12-16-2008, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by calpalmer' post='746384' date='Dec 16 2008, 09:06 AM
This is not an uncommon problem (on lots of tpms cars, not just bmws) this time of year if you're having some pretty dramatic temperature swings over the cycle of day and night.
We went from the 20's to -18
I hate the cold....
12-20-2008, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by calpalmer' post='746384' date='Dec 16 2008, 10:06 AM
This is not an uncommon problem (on lots of tpms cars, not just bmws) this time of year if you're having some pretty dramatic temperature swings over the cycle of day and night.
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