low tire pressure
01-22-2013, 04:27 PM
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My Ride: 2008 535 xi sport package ,cold weather,navigation etc..
low tire pressure
Started my car up this morning it was about 16 degrees FH. the low pressure light came on so i looked at tps and it was saying all of them was LOW ? So i reset and it went back to normal has this ever happned to anyone?
01-22-2013, 07:59 PM
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Did you get an actual tire pressure gauge and measure the air pressure in each tire?
Resetting the TPMS doesn't do anything other than turn off the warnings and tell the system that the pressure in the tires 'now' is the normal pressure. The tires may indeed be low on air but with your reset TPMS you will never know. (That is until you have to replace your tires far sooner than their expected life.
Of course in cold weather air becomes denser and thus can cause the volume of air in the tire to go down. But if that indeed happened to your car, the correct remedy is to add more air to bring the pressure up to the recommended level.
Get a gauge and check!! Once you do that and bring the tire prssure to the recommended level written on the drivers door post, then reset the TPMS.
Resetting the TPMS doesn't do anything other than turn off the warnings and tell the system that the pressure in the tires 'now' is the normal pressure. The tires may indeed be low on air but with your reset TPMS you will never know. (That is until you have to replace your tires far sooner than their expected life.
Of course in cold weather air becomes denser and thus can cause the volume of air in the tire to go down. But if that indeed happened to your car, the correct remedy is to add more air to bring the pressure up to the recommended level.
Get a gauge and check!! Once you do that and bring the tire prssure to the recommended level written on the drivers door post, then reset the TPMS.
01-23-2013, 03:56 AM
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My Ride: 545i
Model Year: 2004
Engine: N62
Did you get an actual tire pressure gauge and measure the air pressure in each tire?
Resetting the TPMS doesn't do anything other than turn off the warnings and tell the system that the pressure in the tires 'now' is the normal pressure. The tires may indeed be low on air but with your reset TPMS you will never know. (That is until you have to replace your tires far sooner than their expected life.
Of course in cold weather air becomes denser and thus can cause the volume of air in the tire to go down. But if that indeed happened to your car, the correct remedy is to add more air to bring the pressure up to the recommended level.
Get a gauge and check!! Once you do that and bring the tire prssure to the recommended level written on the drivers door post, then reset the TPMS.
Resetting the TPMS doesn't do anything other than turn off the warnings and tell the system that the pressure in the tires 'now' is the normal pressure. The tires may indeed be low on air but with your reset TPMS you will never know. (That is until you have to replace your tires far sooner than their expected life.
Of course in cold weather air becomes denser and thus can cause the volume of air in the tire to go down. But if that indeed happened to your car, the correct remedy is to add more air to bring the pressure up to the recommended level.
Get a gauge and check!! Once you do that and bring the tire prssure to the recommended level written on the drivers door post, then reset the TPMS.
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