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05-17-2005, 11:26 AM
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My Ride: 525d Automatic Silver grey with beige dakota leather, Blue tooth, extended lights xenon head lights, park distance, 138 wheels,extended aircon, service inclusive
today on my way to work my i drive informed me that i had a flat. Upon stopping the car and getting out to investigates i could not see any flat tyres
Dealer subsequently inspected the tyres and could not find any problems. They just reset the i drive.
Anybody else had this problem. Is it easy to tell if run flats are punctured or do you have to check air
pressure
Dealer subsequently inspected the tyres and could not find any problems. They just reset the i drive.
Anybody else had this problem. Is it easy to tell if run flats are punctured or do you have to check air
pressure
05-17-2005, 11:52 AM
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Its been a on and off problem since day 1. BMW used a cheap technology which compairs revolutions of each wheel to the others. If one is higher it sets off the alarm. It is very hard to tell if a run flat is flat
05-17-2005, 12:03 PM
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Which is why you shouldn't ignore the warnings. You never know for sure until you verify the pressures.
Personally, I've never had a false warning. My previous set of tires had a slow leak that would cause a warning every few days -- but it was telling the truth every time...
Personally, I've never had a false warning. My previous set of tires had a slow leak that would cause a warning every few days -- but it was telling the truth every time...
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Originally Posted by zippers525' date='May 17 2005, 01:52 PM
Its been a on and off problem since day 1. BMW used a cheap technology which compairs revolutions of each wheel to the others. If one is higher it sets off the alarm. It is very hard to tell if a run flat is flat
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05-17-2005, 01:37 PM
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ACURA RL shows a schematic with tire pressure for each wheel in PSI or BAR
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Originally Posted by Hormazd' date='May 17 2005, 01:37 PM
ACURA RL shows a schematic with tire pressure for each wheel in PSI or BAR
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