BMW 2010 528 Owner's Manual page 93

Resetting finishes during driving, which can be
interrupted at any time. When driving resumes,
resetting is continued automatically. Do not
reset the system when driving with a compact
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wheel .
iDrive, for operating principle refer to page 16.
1. Press the button.
This opens the main menu.
2. "Vehicle Info"
3. "Vehicle status"
4. "Reset TPM"
5. Start the engine, but do not start driving.
6. "Reset"
7. "Yes"
Start to drive.
The tires are shown in gray and "Resetting
TPM..." is displayed.
8. After a few minutes of driving, the set tire
inflation pressures in the tires are applied as
the set values to be monitored. The system
reset is completed during your drive, and
can be interrupted at any time. When driving
resumes, resetting is continued automati-
cally. On the Control Display, the tires are
shown in green and "Status: TPM active" is
displayed again.
If a flat tire is detected during resetting
and applying the tire inflation pressures,
all tires are shown in yellow on the Control Dis-
play. The message "Tire low!" is
Notification of low tire inflation
pressure
The warning lamp lights up yellow. A
message appears on the Control Dis-
play. In addition, an acoustic signal
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sounds. There is a flat tire or extensive inflation
pressure loss.
1. Reduce speed and stop the vehicle care-
fully. Avoid sudden braking and steering
maneuvers.
2. Check whether your vehicle is equipped
with standard tires or run-flat tires.
RSC on the side of the tire, refer to
page
Standard tires
1. If all four wheels are shown in yellow, iden-
tify the damaged tire on the vehicle.
2. Replace the damaged wheel or wheels,
refer to Changing wheels on page 226.
In contrast to a compact wheel, a spare wheel is
equipped with the necessary TPM electronics
and also monitored after mounting and after
resetting the system.
Have the tire replaced by a BMW center or a
workshop informed on handling TPM which
works according to BMW repair procedures
with correspondingly trained personnel.
Run-flat tires*
1. Cautiously reduce speed to below 50 mph/
80 km/h. Avoid severe braking and steering
maneuvers and do not exceed a speed of
50 mph/80 km/h.
continue driving. Continuing to drive with a
flat tire could cause severe
2. In the event of complete tire pressure loss,
0 psi/0 kPa, you can estimate the possible
distance for continued driving on the basis
of the following guide values:
shown.<
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You will recognize run-flat tires by a
circular symbol containing the letters
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If the vehicle is not equipped with run-
flat tires, refer to page 208, do not
With a light load:
1 to 2 persons without luggage:
approx. 155 miles/250 km
With a medium load:
2 persons, cargo bay full, or
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accidents.<