Red Tyre Pressure warning light.

[Phil-E30]

Driving the car to the shop tonight and the Red tyre pressure warning light came on. I got home, stuck a bit of air in the tyre with 1.8 bar of air and the light now seems to be off.

I read something earlier on another forum about having to reset something after putting air in the tyres. Is this the case, am I missing something?

The sensors aren't a known fail are they? How low does the pressure have to be for the warning light to come on?

 

[Denis O]

The procedure is in your handbook.

Hold finger on tyre monitor button and turn ignition on and start engine. Once started take finger off button. The yellow light may stay on for a mile or so but on both my Z4 and X5, the light goes off immeditely. Your system is then re-set.

 

[Phil-E30]

Cheers Denis! Couldn't find the manual until this morning (it had been "tidied" by someone in the house).

Will do that procedure today.

 

[bcworkz]

Hold finger on tyre monitor button and turn ignition on and start engine.

If you're a klutz like me and have trouble doing two things at once, you do not actually need to hold the button whilst starting the car (works just fine either way). You can start the car, then hold the button down until the amber tyre light displays, then release and drive off.

 

[andysat]

Hold finger on tyre monitor button and turn ignition on and start engine.

If you're a klutz like me and have trouble doing two things at once, you do not actually need to hold the button whilst starting the car (works just fine either way). You can start the car, then hold the button down until the amber tyre light displays, then release and drive off.

+1

 

[Phil-E30]

Cheers lads. Managed to do the original version of this suggested without too much stress hahaha. However, I think I will go for the less taxing method next time I do it, anything to save excess thought and energy use :lol: