1450 Miles and my first problem.

PhillyNate · 09-17-2011, 07:48 PM

Probably not what anyone was thinking but I got the dreaded TPMS INACTIVE warning tonight. The manual states that it could rectify itself. It also states it could be due to some signal interference and as I said rectify itself. In any event it says to get the system checked, which I will. I checked all tire pressures and they were SPOT ON which was surprising considering how chilly its gotten. None of this is a big deal but interesting nevertheless.
All of this brings me to an interesting question. Does the TPMS in our M3's indicate which tire is loosing pressure? There is an illustration in the manual that hints it might. My 2008 328i would make you guess which tire was loosing air. Please feel free to chastise for missing this in the manual and not searching.

Thanks guys.

1MOREMOD · 09-17-2011, 07:54 PM

In the idrive setting where you reset the tmps there is a diagram of the car with each wheel indicated in green if proper temp, yellow if low, and red if flat. This will let you know which wheel is low.

PhillyNate · 09-17-2011, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chriszeh

In the idrive setting where you reset the tmps there is a diagram of the car with each wheel indicated in green if proper temp, yellow if low, and red if flat. This will let you know which wheel is low.

Thanks man but I should've said that I don't have Idrive. I meant in the instrument display/guage cluster whatever.

1MOREMOD · 09-17-2011, 08:23 PM

Then I think your guessing.

Team Plutonium · 09-17-2011, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by chriszeh

Then I think your guessing.

Nope.. I don't have iDrive, but when I get a low tire pressure warning it shows me which tire (between the gauges). If one of the sensors is faulty you'll get the low tire warning as well. Sounds like a sensor issue... no big deal.

PhillyNate · 09-17-2011, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SehrSchnell

Nope.. I don't have iDrive, but when I get a low tire pressure warning it shows me which tire (between the gauges). If one of the sensors is faulty you'll get the low tire warning as well. Sounds like a sensor issue... no big deal.

Thank you homie.

cmk227 · 09-17-2011, 10:50 PM

hey. I had this happen twice. The first time I failed to ignore which one so I was guessing. Took it to discount tire and one wheel had about 3 pounds less which caused he problem. Place air and reset it.

It happen again this weekend. I got 15k miles on the car. Took I again and it was a different tire that was 2 lbs off. Most of this is caused by change in weather. Not a big thing. This time it told me on my display which tire had the problem.

Titanium Silver · 09-18-2011, 12:38 AM

You can still reset it without iDrive. Read the manual. You hold in the BC (I think) button down for a few seconds while on the tire pressure warning screen in the middle of the instrument cluster to reset it.

My girl's E90 does this occasionally.

PhillyNate · 09-18-2011, 12:37 PM

This is getting weird. I took the car out today and NOW there are no exclamation point triangles or an alert that the TPMS is inactive. Instead the low tire warning stays illuminated in the upper portion of the gauge cluster. What's weirder is that I cannot initialize the TPMS system to reset it or do anything. Also when I do a car system check it comes back OK like absolutely nothing is wrong. Before anybody asks, I have checked my tire pressure about 5 times already with various gauges.

Team Plutonium · 09-18-2011, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillyNate

This is getting weird. I took the car out today and NOW there are no exclamation point triangles or an alert that the TPMS is inactive. Instead the low tire warning stays illuminated in the upper portion of the gauge cluster. What's weirder is that I cannot initialize the TPMS system to reset it or do anything. Also when I do a car system check it comes back OK like absolutely nothing is wrong. Before anybody asks, I have checked my tire pressure about 5 times already with various gauges.

Dude, I had the exact same issue! I couldn't reset the system either, the dealer swapped out the sensor and things went back to normal. Did you swap out that sensor yet? If it is faulty it won't reset... once the new sensor was in, it allowed me to reset the system. So my money is on a faulty sensor.

PhillyNate · 09-18-2011, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SehrSchnell

Dude, I had the exact same issue! I couldn't reset the system either, the dealer swapped out the sensor and things went back to normal. Did you swap out that sensor yet? If it is faulty it won't reset... once the new sensor was in, it allowed me to reset the system. So my money is on a faulty sensor.

Thank you my man. I'm taking it to the dealer in the next week.

Team Plutonium · 09-18-2011, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillyNate

Thank you my man. I'm taking it to the dealer in the next week.

PhillyNate · 09-26-2011, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SehrSchnell

Dude, I had the exact same issue! I couldn't reset the system either, the dealer swapped out the sensor and things went back to normal. Did you swap out that sensor yet? If it is faulty it won't reset... once the new sensor was in, it allowed me to reset the system. So my money is on a faulty sensor.

Fixed today and this was exactly the issue. Front driver side sensor just sh!t the bed for some reason. SA said this was kind of rare. All is well. Thanks again.

Team Plutonium · 09-26-2011, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillyNate

Fixed today and this was exactly the issue. Front driver side sensor just sh!t the bed for some reason. SA said this was kind of rare. All is well. Thanks again.

Thanks for letting me know. I'm glad it was an easy fix!

SchnellM3 · 09-26-2011, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillyNate

Fixed today and this was exactly the issue. Front driver side sensor just sh!t the bed for some reason. SA said this was kind of rare. All is well. Thanks again.

Glad it was a easy fix

PhillyNate · 09-26-2011, 06:41 PM

You guys are precisely why these forums work.

lisnter · 09-26-2011, 07:52 PM

My 135i had a persistent problem with the TPMS - long-story short the TPMS computer failed and dealer wouldn't replace it (I argued but it really was my fault). Anyway, dealer wanted something like $550 to replace it so I said no knowing that I could do it for less. I found the computer on-line for $60 + $15 shipping and it took me about 30 minutes to replace - and I didn't know how to take the trunk-liner apart so I was learning as I was doing; the dealer presumably knows how to take the liner our fast.

09-17-2011, 07:48 PM	#1
PhillyNate BMWCCA #405750 Drives: 2011 E92 M3 ZCP Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,478 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW E92 M3 [0.00]	1450 Miles and my first problem. Probably not what anyone was thinking but I got the dreaded TPMS INACTIVE warning tonight. The manual states that it could rectify itself. It also states it could be due to some signal interference and as I said rectify itself. In any event it says to get the system checked, which I will. I checked all tire pressures and they were SPOT ON which was surprising considering how chilly its gotten. None of this is a big deal but interesting nevertheless. All of this brings me to an interesting question. Does the TPMS in our M3's indicate which tire is loosing pressure? There is an illustration in the manual that hints it might. My 2008 328i would make you guess which tire was loosing air. Please feel free to chastise for missing this in the manual and not searching. Thanks guys. __________________ "what I'm driving here...is an ending." Jeremy Clarkson 2011 Alpine White BMW M3 6mt ZCP Coupe 2008 Alpine White BMW 328i 6mt Coupe (retired 06/21/11)
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09-17-2011, 07:54 PM	#2
1MOREMOD Major General Drives: at a moderate pace Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: garage Posts: 6,633 iTrader: (3)	In the idrive setting where you reset the tmps there is a diagram of the car with each wheel indicated in green if proper temp, yellow if low, and red if flat. This will let you know which wheel is low. __________________ 02 Tiag e46 M3\|6MT\|GC plates\|MCS c.o.\|GC race control arms\|GC bushings & bearings\|BW eng. & tran. mounts\|subframe kit\|BW race shifter\|BW Jaffster knob\|Euro header\|Eisenmann sport\|K&N c.a.i.\|Epic race tune\|Turner race pulleys\|Seibon CF hood\|CSL bumper\|CSL brakes\|RS19s\|SS lines\|half cage\|Recaro profi\|Profi 2 harness\|BMWpedals\|Apex studs\|

09-17-2011, 08:23 PM	#4
1MOREMOD Major General Drives: at a moderate pace Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: garage Posts: 6,633 iTrader: (3)	Then I think your guessing. __________________ 02 Tiag e46 M3\|6MT\|GC plates\|MCS c.o.\|GC race control arms\|GC bushings & bearings\|BW eng. & tran. mounts\|subframe kit\|BW race shifter\|BW Jaffster knob\|Euro header\|Eisenmann sport\|K&N c.a.i.\|Epic race tune\|Turner race pulleys\|Seibon CF hood\|CSL bumper\|CSL brakes\|RS19s\|SS lines\|half cage\|Recaro profi\|Profi 2 harness\|BMWpedals\|Apex studs\|

09-17-2011, 10:50 PM	#7
cmk227 Major Drives: 2011 E92 JZB Coupe ED Oct 18th Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Irving, TX Posts: 1,239 iTrader: (2)	hey. I had this happen twice. The first time I failed to ignore which one so I was guessing. Took it to discount tire and one wheel had about 3 pounds less which caused he problem. Place air and reset it. It happen again this weekend. I got 15k miles on the car. Took I again and it was a different tire that was 2 lbs off. Most of this is caused by change in weather. Not a big thing. This time it told me on my display which tire had the problem. __________________ 11 BMW M3 JZB ZCP 6MT 08 BMW X5 3.0si Space Grey (Wife's SAV) Previous M's: 02 BMW M3 Conv 6MT AC-Schnitzer & 02 BMW M3 Coupe 6MT

09-18-2011, 12:38 AM	#8
Titanium Silver Four Star General Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: USA Posts: 533 iTrader: (0)	You can still reset it without iDrive. Read the manual. You hold in the BC (I think) button down for a few seconds while on the tire pressure warning screen in the middle of the instrument cluster to reset it. My girl's E90 does this occasionally. __________________ Jet Black E92 ///M3 \| Bone Stock

09-18-2011, 12:37 PM	#9
PhillyNate BMWCCA #405750 Drives: 2011 E92 M3 ZCP Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,478 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW E92 M3 [0.00]	This is getting weird. I took the car out today and NOW there are no exclamation point triangles or an alert that the TPMS is inactive. Instead the low tire warning stays illuminated in the upper portion of the gauge cluster. What's weirder is that I cannot initialize the TPMS system to reset it or do anything. Also when I do a car system check it comes back OK like absolutely nothing is wrong. Before anybody asks, I have checked my tire pressure about 5 times already with various gauges. __________________ "what I'm driving here...is an ending." Jeremy Clarkson 2011 Alpine White BMW M3 6mt ZCP Coupe 2008 Alpine White BMW 328i 6mt Coupe (retired 06/21/11)

09-26-2011, 06:41 PM	#16
PhillyNate BMWCCA #405750 Drives: 2011 E92 M3 ZCP Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,478 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW E92 M3 [0.00]	You guys are precisely why these forums work. __________________ "what I'm driving here...is an ending." Jeremy Clarkson 2011 Alpine White BMW M3 6mt ZCP Coupe 2008 Alpine White BMW 328i 6mt Coupe (retired 06/21/11)

09-26-2011, 07:52 PM	#17
lisnter New Member Drives: Not a fun car Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: CA Posts: 26 iTrader: (0)	Not quite the same problem but FYI My 135i had a persistent problem with the TPMS - long-story short the TPMS computer failed and dealer wouldn't replace it (I argued but it really was my fault). Anyway, dealer wanted something like $550 to replace it so I said no knowing that I could do it for less. I found the computer on-line for $60 + $15 shipping and it took me about 30 minutes to replace - and I didn't know how to take the trunk-liner apart so I was learning as I was doing; the dealer presumably knows how to take the liner our fast.

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