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Flat Tire Monitor
Repeat this process after any changes
in tire inflation pressure, tire rotation or
replacement.
Do not reactivate the system after peri-
odic corrections of inflation pressures
to maintain them at the levels stored
during an earlier initialization process. In the event of a flat tire
The red indicator lamp will flash in the
event of a flat tire. A supplementary
gong is also heard.
Carefully reduce speed to less than
50 mph/80 km/h, avoiding any hard
braking or steering maneuvers while
doing so.
For additional details, refer to
page
137 .
The Flat Tire Monitor cannot alert
you to severe and sudden tire
damage caused by external factors.
Another factor which the Flat Tire
Monitor does not recognize is the
balanced and very gradual pressure
loss that takes place in all tires over an
extended period of time.
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Check the tire inflation pressure
regularly and correct it if neces-
sary, refer to page 26 .
Do not activate the system when using
snow chains and when driving the
vehicle on a closed racing circuit. False
alarms and undetected pressure loss
are both possible under these condi-
tions.
In certain circumstances, there could
be a delayed detection of any loss in
inflation pressure while driving on
snow-covered or slippery road sur-
faces.
Performance-oriented driving – slip at
the drive wheels, high levels of lateral
acceleration – can also delay the
appearance of status reports in the Flat
Tire Monitor's display.
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System interference
The red indicator lamp in the instrument
cluster will stay on for as long as there
is a malfunction.
The indicator lamp will come on if the
system malfunctions.
Please contact your BMW center for
additional information.
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