TPMS Acting strange

flyingfish · 09-13-2007, 07:48 AM

Yesterday I turned my car on and the TPMS indicating I have low pressure in my tire(s). So I check it out. I have the stock runflats on my 335 by the way. First I check the drivers door to see what the recomendation is, 32 in the front and 35 in the back. So I check the pressure and the front tires are 27 and 28 and the rears are 32 and 33. That was a bit low so I put air in. I got all my tires to the correct pressure. But still my TPMS is complaining. I went to reset it and it wont turn off it still says TIRE LOW!!! Has anyone ran into this, any suggestions?? Its so annoying.

STE92VE · 09-13-2007, 08:49 AM

Did you drive around after you reset the tire pressure?

natedogg · 09-13-2007, 10:07 AM

i got confused when i was trying to reset mine too. When you use the stalk and you get to the menu to reset tire pressure. You have to hold down the BC Button until you see a check mark appear. then it should disappear.

Taittinger · 09-13-2007, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by flyingfish

Yesterday I turned my car on and the TPMS indicating I have low pressure in my tire(s). So I check it out. I have the stock runflats on my 335 by the way. First I check the drivers door to see what the recomendation is, 32 in the front and 35 in the back. So I check the pressure and the front tires are 27 and 28 and the rears are 32 and 33. That was a bit low so I put air in. I got all my tires to the correct pressure. But still my TPMS is complaining. I went to reset it and it wont turn off it still says TIRE LOW!!! Has anyone ran into this, any suggestions?? Its so annoying.

Odd, I do not get a warning for low pressure and I had roughly the same before I added. What is the threshold for the sensor before it signals a warning?

fv17 · 09-13-2007, 12:35 PM

Same thing happened to me last night.

TPM came on and off I went to check the tire pressure, which sure enough was low, but not too bad. About 27lbs on the fronts, and about 32lbs on the rears vs. 32 & 38 lbs recommended respectively.

After getting all the tires to the recommended pressure I just could not get the TMP to reset itself. It kept telling me that the Tires were low.

Eventually I added about 4 lbs or so over the recommended for each tire and only then did it stop giving me the "Low Tire" message. Then after doing this and driving a bit it finally reset.

Weird....

flyingfish · 09-13-2007, 12:44 PM

Yea I drove around after I put more air in the tires. Ill hold for a while and see if it goes off then.

gialeo · 09-13-2007, 04:21 PM

Same thing happened to me. The Low Tire Alarm came on. When I checked the tire pressures they were all fine.

Called my SA and he said to reset and drive around for about a mile. I did so but the alert never went away. It always came up with the TIRE LOW warning when I tried to reset it and would never go away no matter how long i held the BC button.

Finally I had to take it to the dealer where they had to reset the computer. They had no idea why it happened.

BoostedInPhx · 09-13-2007, 11:09 PM

Gialeo's story is identical to mine. I could never reset the TIRE LOW warning and it would never enter the reset sequence. The dealer had to connect the computer to my car to reset it. The wheel and tire service advisor at the dealer also said the front tires should also be set to 38 psi becuase the wear would be very high if they were left at 32 psi. I even used the BMW assist to contact customer service and she verified I was doing the reset proceedure correctly. The whole thing did not leave with a feeling of confidence in the TPMS since they never "fixed" anything and it could happen again.

flyingfish · 09-14-2007, 10:38 AM

I reset mine by holding the button. And the message went away. Thanks!!

LgFriess · 09-14-2007, 01:35 PM

My guess is the colder weather is dropping the pressure ever so slightly in the tires. Mine did the same thing on our first really cool night here in western MI, and the computer said all 4 tires were low. Suprised me at first, but I checked all the pressure and it was pretty good. A reset of the TPM and a short drive... no problem now.

keysopendoors · 09-14-2007, 02:14 PM

mine just did it this morning on my way to school

tried to press reset and it just kept saying TIRE LOW!

i'm not sure what pressures i should be running on my 19s, so its hard to determine if any of them are actually low or not. I've only had these tires on for a week, hopefully its not a recurring incidence.

anyone know the recommended pressures for 235/35/19 front 265/30/19 rear?

cpd12345 · 09-14-2007, 04:29 PM

Strange...same thing happened to me today as well. Never happened before.

The service guy I talked to at the dealership said the TPMS is pretty sensitive - a decline in tire pressure of about 10%-15% will set off the warning.

cpd

BMW335icDDS · 09-14-2007, 04:36 PM

Hey is TPMS part of the rims/wheels or what? I'm just wondering cause I'm looking to sell my rims and the guy wants to know. BTW, for my car it was recommended to be 32 front 39 back. When I checked, the pressure for both was really low at 30. No chime or anything or warning.

timtech · 09-14-2007, 06:30 PM

Same thing happened to me today... I checked the pressure on the door and it says 36 in front and back (335xi with 18" sport)... I checked the pressure and it was only off by 1 maybe 2 pounds per tire. I have reset the computer and will drive it to see if the upper indicator goes away.

Luckily I'm going in on Monday for my first oil change (1,800 miles) and to have them pull codes to see if my fuel pump is going bad.

I have only had 2 or 3 long cranks and changed over to Shell 93 octane and it seems to be fine.. but I would rather be safe than sorry.

Bimmer335i · 09-14-2007, 07:45 PM

Just for you guys info. I brought my car into a dealership today for a check up on my right side front underlining. For some reason, the oil cooler plastic cover got displaced and I wanted the dealer to "snap" it back in place. And as soon as the SA got my fob and inserted in the computer, he immediately told me that there is currently a recall on TPMS software. So now my car will be sitting at the dealership over this weekend for some TPMS software upgrade (complete upgrade).

So you might need to ask your SA about this TPMS software upgrade/recall to see if that might be what you need. I had a TPMS error code about a month ago. My car wouldn't let me reset and it kept telling me "Tire Low" in the OBC.

Good luck.

hobbes94 · 09-14-2007, 08:05 PM

The same thing happened to me this morninig when i got into my car, low tire pressure warning was activated for the first time after having owned the car for 4 months. The nights in Ct. have just gotten a little bit cooler around here which has to be the reason for the warning. Tire pressure checked out fine on all four tires, after reading an earlier post - i simply held the reset button (on the end of the stalk) down for about 7 seconds/drove around and the warning light went out! Thank gosh!!

poiney · 10-13-2007, 12:22 AM

low pressure warning came on for the first time today. It was cold, but the pressure was not more than 3psi down from the last time I set it (and each one was uniformly down). I wasn't able to reset to the present pressure, so I finally filled it up the tires, and was able to use Idrive controller to reset tires.

I decided to check sensitivity. I was at rest and drained one tire until the sensor came on. I reset at 36 psi, and it didn't come on until

poiney · 10-13-2007, 12:26 AM

(accidentally hit return). Anyway....

didn't come on until about 25 psi. Here is what I don't get. How come it got activated for all tires with drop of only 3 psi, but on a single tire it took 11 psi to trigger? Strange. When I began filling up the tire again and got close to initial value, then the sensor went off.

BTW, why are you all using the stalk to reset the tire pressure? Is that because you don't have Idrive? Or is that another way to reinitialize. I'm asking because the Idrive was a PITA to reset.

slick101 · 10-13-2007, 12:59 AM

the same thing happened to me yesterday.... right front tire pressure warning came on low...i checked the pressure and it showed 28 psifor the right and 33psi for the left front... and 35's for the rear...put a little air in the right front and brought it up to 32 and reset the tpm... have to check it again in the morning to see if there is a leak...

sinnet112 · 10-13-2007, 01:07 AM

It's the cold weather, mine went off today once I let it sit outside for a few hours. I just hit reset and moved on with life. Probably will go get a little bit of air tomorrow though.

karliejai · 10-13-2007, 02:45 AM

mine went off dis morning but its got really cold today so i put some air in and tightened the screwcap, turned off my car and reset and everythings good =)

ton741 · 10-13-2007, 11:10 AM

me too, got cold here and my TPM sign came off. I need to go put more air

09-13-2007, 07:48 AM	#1
flyingfish Yo 1 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Woodbridge, VA iTrader: (0)	TPMS Acting strange Yesterday I turned my car on and the TPMS indicating I have low pressure in my tire(s). So I check it out. I have the stock runflats on my 335 by the way. First I check the drivers door to see what the recomendation is, 32 in the front and 35 in the back. So I check the pressure and the front tires are 27 and 28 and the rears are 32 and 33. That was a bit low so I put air in. I got all my tires to the correct pressure. But still my TPMS is complaining. I went to reset it and it wont turn off it still says TIRE LOW!!! Has anyone ran into this, any suggestions?? Its so annoying.
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STE92VE STEVIL Empire 226 Rep 6,297 Posts Drives: Fast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (0)	Did you drive around after you reset the tire pressure? __________________ 2007 E92 328i 6MT-Space Gray/Black Dakota/Gray Poplar w/heated seats-PCD 4/27/07 (SOLD) 2009 E90 328i xDrive 6AT-Space Gray/Oyster Dakota/Dark Burl Walnut w/ZPP,ZCW,Xenons-ED 4/17/09 - Redelivery 5/30/09 (SOLD) 2014 E84 xDrive28i 8AT-Alpine White/Black Nevada/Silver Matte w/ZMV,ZLP,494 - DD 3/14/14 (SOLD)
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09-13-2007, 10:07 AM	#3
natedogg Nate 23 Rep 172 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Fran iTrader: (0)	i got confused when i was trying to reset mine too. When you use the stalk and you get to the menu to reset tire pressure. You have to hold down the BC Button until you see a check mark appear. then it should disappear. __________________ The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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09-13-2007, 12:35 PM	#5
fv17 Private 1 Rep 74 Posts Drives: 07 335i Sedan 6MT Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MI iTrader: (1)	Same thing happened to me last night. TPM came on and off I went to check the tire pressure, which sure enough was low, but not too bad. About 27lbs on the fronts, and about 32lbs on the rears vs. 32 & 38 lbs recommended respectively. After getting all the tires to the recommended pressure I just could not get the TMP to reset itself. It kept telling me that the Tires were low. Eventually I added about 4 lbs or so over the recommended for each tire and only then did it stop giving me the "Low Tire" message. Then after doing this and driving a bit it finally reset. Weird.... __________________ 07 335i Sedan 6MT 08 VW Touareg V6 02 Audi A4 1.8TQM (Sold), 03 Infiniti G35 Coupe 6MT (Sold), 01 VW Jetta Wolfsburgh (Sold), 99 Ford Escort (Sold), 97 VW Jetta GLX (Sold), 88 Mazda RX7 (Sold), 85 VW Golf (Stolen).
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09-13-2007, 12:44 PM	#6
flyingfish Yo 1 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Woodbridge, VA iTrader: (0)	Yea I drove around after I put more air in the tires. Ill hold for a while and see if it goes off then.
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09-13-2007, 04:21 PM	#7
gialeo New Member 0 Rep 18 Posts Drives: 2015 328i Sport Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (1)	Same thing happened to me. The Low Tire Alarm came on. When I checked the tire pressures they were all fine. Called my SA and he said to reset and drive around for about a mile. I did so but the alert never went away. It always came up with the TIRE LOW warning when I tried to reset it and would never go away no matter how long i held the BC button. Finally I had to take it to the dealer where they had to reset the computer. They had no idea why it happened.
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09-13-2007, 11:09 PM	#8
BoostedInPhx Enlisted Member 0 Rep 44 Posts Drives: 335I Sedan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ iTrader: (0)	Gialeo's story is identical to mine. I could never reset the TIRE LOW warning and it would never enter the reset sequence. The dealer had to connect the computer to my car to reset it. The wheel and tire service advisor at the dealer also said the front tires should also be set to 38 psi becuase the wear would be very high if they were left at 32 psi. I even used the BMW assist to contact customer service and she verified I was doing the reset proceedure correctly. The whole thing did not leave with a feeling of confidence in the TPMS since they never "fixed" anything and it could happen again. __________________ Sparkling Graphite 335 Sedan, premium, black leather, sport, step, paddles and oil cooler Delivered 4/14/07
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09-14-2007, 10:38 AM	#9
flyingfish Yo 1 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Woodbridge, VA iTrader: (0)	I reset mine by holding the button. And the message went away. Thanks!!
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09-14-2007, 01:35 PM	#10
LgFriess New Member 1 Rep 27 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: W. Michigan iTrader: (0)	My guess is the colder weather is dropping the pressure ever so slightly in the tires. Mine did the same thing on our first really cool night here in western MI, and the computer said all 4 tires were low. Suprised me at first, but I checked all the pressure and it was pretty good. A reset of the TPM and a short drive... no problem now.
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09-14-2007, 02:14 PM	#11
keysopendoors Captain 41 Rep 671 Posts Drives: E91 M Sport Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lex KY iTrader: (2)	mine just did it this morning on my way to school tried to press reset and it just kept saying TIRE LOW! i'm not sure what pressures i should be running on my 19s, so its hard to determine if any of them are actually low or not. I've only had these tires on for a week, hopefully its not a recurring incidence. anyone know the recommended pressures for 235/35/19 front 265/30/19 rear? __________________ 2011 328iT M-Sport - 6MT
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09-14-2007, 04:29 PM	#12
cpd12345 New Member 3 Rep 27 Posts Drives: 335i coupe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CT iTrader: (0)	Strange...same thing happened to me today as well. Never happened before. The service guy I talked to at the dealership said the TPMS is pretty sensitive - a decline in tire pressure of about 10%-15% will set off the warning. cpd
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09-14-2007, 04:36 PM	#13
BMW335icDDS Doctor 32 Rep 634 Posts Drives: RRSport, 335vert, 997 S, Sc430 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles and New York iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 Porsche 997S [0.00] 2007 Porsche 997S [0.00] 2007 BMW 335 E93 [9.00]	Hey is TPMS part of the rims/wheels or what? I'm just wondering cause I'm looking to sell my rims and the guy wants to know. BTW, for my car it was recommended to be 32 front 39 back. When I checked, the pressure for both was really low at 30. No chime or anything or warning. __________________ 2002 Lexus Sc430 2007 BMW 335i Convertible Space Gray on Coral Red 2007 Porsche Carrera S 2011 Range Rover Sport HSE Lux UCLA D.D.S. Columbia University Dental Specialist
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09-14-2007, 06:30 PM	#14
timtech Lieutenant 25 Rep 518 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Over there iTrader: (7)	Same thing happened to me today... I checked the pressure on the door and it says 36 in front and back (335xi with 18" sport)... I checked the pressure and it was only off by 1 maybe 2 pounds per tire. I have reset the computer and will drive it to see if the upper indicator goes away. Luckily I'm going in on Monday for my first oil change (1,800 miles) and to have them pull codes to see if my fuel pump is going bad. I have only had 2 or 3 long cranks and changed over to Shell 93 octane and it seems to be fine.. but I would rather be safe than sorry.
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09-14-2007, 07:45 PM	#15
Bimmer335i Major 49 Rep 1,353 Posts Drives: 07 Sparkling Graphite 335i Sed Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Diego, CA US iTrader: (0)	Just for you guys info. I brought my car into a dealership today for a check up on my right side front underlining. For some reason, the oil cooler plastic cover got displaced and I wanted the dealer to "snap" it back in place. And as soon as the SA got my fob and inserted in the computer, he immediately told me that there is currently a recall on TPMS software. So now my car will be sitting at the dealership over this weekend for some TPMS software upgrade (complete upgrade). So you might need to ask your SA about this TPMS software upgrade/recall to see if that might be what you need. I had a TPMS error code about a month ago. My car wouldn't let me reset and it kept telling me "Tire Low" in the OBC. Good luck. __________________ Enjoy the ride!
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09-14-2007, 08:05 PM	#16
hobbes94 E90 arctic/blck lethr-prm, sprt, xen, sr, steptrnc 0 Rep 12 Posts Drives: E90 arctic/blck leathr Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New England iTrader: (0)	ditto The same thing happened to me this morninig when i got into my car, low tire pressure warning was activated for the first time after having owned the car for 4 months. The nights in Ct. have just gotten a little bit cooler around here which has to be the reason for the warning. Tire pressure checked out fine on all four tires, after reading an earlier post - i simply held the reset button (on the end of the stalk) down for about 7 seconds/drove around and the warning light went out! Thank gosh!!
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10-13-2007, 12:22 AM	#17
poiney Captain 38 Rep 798 Posts Drives: 328i coupe Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SJ iTrader: (0)	low pressure warning came on for the first time today. It was cold, but the pressure was not more than 3psi down from the last time I set it (and each one was uniformly down). I wasn't able to reset to the present pressure, so I finally filled it up the tires, and was able to use Idrive controller to reset tires. I decided to check sensitivity. I was at rest and drained one tire until the sensor came on. I reset at 36 psi, and it didn't come on until
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10-13-2007, 12:26 AM	#18
poiney Captain 38 Rep 798 Posts Drives: 328i coupe Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SJ iTrader: (0)	(accidentally hit return). Anyway.... didn't come on until about 25 psi. Here is what I don't get. How come it got activated for all tires with drop of only 3 psi, but on a single tire it took 11 psi to trigger? Strange. When I began filling up the tire again and got close to initial value, then the sensor went off. BTW, why are you all using the stalk to reset the tire pressure? Is that because you don't have Idrive? Or is that another way to reinitialize. I'm asking because the Idrive was a PITA to reset.
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10-13-2007, 12:59 AM	#19
slick101 Lieutenant 47 Rep 558 Posts Drives: 07 335i coupe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ny iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 E92 335i [0.00]	the same thing happened to me yesterday.... right front tire pressure warning came on low...i checked the pressure and it showed 28 psifor the right and 33psi for the left front... and 35's for the rear...put a little air in the right front and brought it up to 32 and reset the tpm... have to check it again in the morning to see if there is a leak...
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10-13-2007, 01:07 AM	#20
sinnet112 Major 31 Rep 1,118 Posts Drives: 2009 E89 Z4 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NJ iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 335i Coupe [0.00] 2007 328xi Sedan [0.00]	It's the cold weather, mine went off today once I let it sit outside for a few hours. I just hit reset and moved on with life. Probably will go get a little bit of air tomorrow though. __________________ Z4 sdrive30i \| Deep Sea Blue \| Ivory White Nappa Extended Leather \| ZSP
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10-13-2007, 02:45 AM	#21
karliejai Da Kid 123 Rep 4,576 Posts Drives: JetBlack e90 335i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: USA iTrader: (4)	mine went off dis morning but its got really cold today so i put some air in and tightened the screwcap, turned off my car and reset and everythings good =) __________________ MODS: OEM Front Splitter \| ACS Roof Spoiler \| OEM Trunk Spoiler \| Matt Black Front Grill \| Black Shadowline Window Trim \| Painted Front Lower Rod \| Blacklines \| JDM Yellow Fogs \| Custom Silver CF Headlights with LUX 4.0 \| Eisenhaus Sports Exhaust
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10-13-2007, 11:10 AM	#22
ton741 BMW 335I 9 Rep 153 Posts Drives: 335I Sprt Pkg Sp black Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto Ontario iTrader: (0)	me too, got cold here and my TPM sign came off. I need to go put more air
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