The Zed and me have fallen out

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RickRob

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 Ifold, West Sussex
Went out last night. One of those rare occasions that we weren't taking the dog with us, so we could go in the Zed. Off we set, got about 3 to 4 miles into our journey and the low tyre pressure light comes on. All the tyres looked OK but didn't want to take the chance. So we turn round, go back to swap into the Discovery. Needless to say it wasn't the drive I was hoping for.

Re-set the warming system this morning, checked the tyre pressures which were all OK, went for a test drive and still all OK.

Fingers crossed for no recurrence of this, as these are the kind of things that would quickly make me an ex-owner of any car.
 
RickRob said:
Went out last night. One of those rare occasions that we weren't taking the dog with us, so we could go in the Zed. Off we set, got about 3 to 4 miles into our journey and the low tyre pressure light comes on. All the tyres looked OK but didn't want to take the chance. So we turn round, go back to swap into the Discovery. Needless to say it wasn't the drive I was hoping for.

Re-set the warming system this morning, checked the tyre pressures which were all OK, went for a test drive and still all OK.

Fingers crossed for no recurrence of this, as these are the kind of things that would quickly make me an ex-owner of any car.
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Can happen as it only takes avery minor drop in one of the tyres to throw it up , our X3 has a habit of doing it about 45 mins into a drive , i just reset all tyre pressures & the TPMS & all ok for 6/8 weeks :?
Does unnerve you though especially with no spare & heading away from home
 
My first X5 used to do it all the time, first couple of times it was stopping at the petrol station to check. After that, I just reset the pressure indicator without even looking at it.

Never happened on the winter tyres though.
 
Thanks for the reassuring words Mr Wilks and PVR.

I have told the car not to make a habit of it! :P
 
As the others have said. 99 times out of a 100 it's just the system doing it's job correctly, which is what it is there for. In the last eighteen months this has happened to me three times, each time a quick check with a pressure gauge has shown one tyre down by 3 or 4 psi (my fault for not doing a weekly check!). Electric pump on board soon has the pressure back, re-set system and away. If your pressures were still within range, I guess it must just have been a blip in the system.
 
Is that not somewhat dramatic..? The tyre pressure guide has always been super sensitive in every bmw I've owned. If you checked the tyres and all looks ok then what's the problem? Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh.
 
Tbh it's happened to me twice - and on both occasion termed out I had a nail in the tyre at back - so although it's never a welcome warning it does warn of a bigger problem coming - so long as it's working correctly of course :-(
 
Angelus666 said:
Is that not somewhat dramatic..? The tyre pressure guide has always been super sensitive in every bmw I've owned. If you checked the tyres and all looks ok then what's the problem? Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh.
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If the warning light had come on a few miles from home on the way back then it wouldn't have been so bad. I wasn't prepared to take the risk that it was a false alarm and commit to a 30 mile round trip. it was easier to turn around rather than to check the tyre pressures. I've had the car for 16 months and it never happened before.
 
pvr said:
My first X5 used to do it all the time, first couple of times it was stopping at the petrol station to check. After that, I just reset the pressure indicator without even looking at it.

Never happened on the winter tyres though.
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Probably means that one of the tyres on your X5 was slightly smaller or larger than the corresponding tyre on the other side of the car.
 
RickRob said:
Angelus666 said:
Is that not somewhat dramatic..? The tyre pressure guide has always been super sensitive in every bmw I've owned. If you checked the tyres and all looks ok then what's the problem? Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh.
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If the warning light had come on a few miles from home on the way back then it wouldn't have been so bad. I wasn't prepared to take the risk that it was a false alarm and commit to a 30 mile round trip. it was easier to turn around rather than to check the tyre pressures. I've had the car for 16 months and it never happened before.
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Keep a tyre pressure meter in your car…check the pressure…if it's ok…reset the system and drive on… No big deal in my opinion.
 
And worth just checking the entire tread, particularly the inner edges. A mate had what he thought were two false alarms on his 5 series.. Checked the pressures and found nothing amiss so reset the system and drove on. Had the car in for a service and they rang him to state that the front tyres were down to the threads on the inner edges! Excellent potential for a blow out had that not been spotted.
 
Have had that light come on a couple of times in 4 years. I just pull over,get out and kick the tyres. If they look ok and they have so far. I get back in reset the light and carry on cautiously for a few miles. If you have a puncture it's going to come back on. :thumbsup:
 
Thanks all for your comments. I have driven it every day since Saturday and no recurrence.

This weekend I'll go and buy a digital illuminating tyre pressure gauge. That will probably cost enough to guarantee that it will never happen again!

We're friends again now. :wub:
 
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