I recently had new tires put on my BMW 3 Series. For some reason, I’m still receiving a tire pressure notification. How can I reset the tire pressure on my BMW?
Chloe Jenkins · Answered on Jan 13, 2022
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Whenever you put air in your tires or get a new set of tires, you will have to reset the tire pressure light on your BMW. To reset the tire pressure on your BMW 3 Series, you will need to follow these quick steps:
Once you start driving, the alert should go away. If you notice it’s still on or comes back on, consider visiting a mechanic or tire professional. There may be another issue with your tires or system.
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This is a very helpful system. If you have a tire puncture and are losing air, you will be notified, therefore allowing you to immediately pull over and reduce the damage to the tire. Any time you have a warning message related to tire pressure, immediately pull over and check all four tire pressures. If you had a low tire and repaired the problem, you will have to reset the tire pressure monitoring system. This can be done easily using the turn signal stalk or through your iDrive menu, if equipped. When checking air pressure, always use a plastic valve stem cap. A metal one can seize onto the TPM sensor and damage it. This applies to TPMS sensor equipped vehicles. Figure 3 Tire pressure information for your vehicle is located in the driver door jamb on the label shown in this photo. Resetting the TPMS system using the turn signal stalk Read the entire procedure before beginning. Once read, it will be easier to follow the steps. Start your engine but keep vehicle in Park. Figure 4 Using the buttons on the turn signal level.
Use the rocker button (green arrow) to scroll through instrument cluster until you reach the TPMS RESET menu. Figure 5 Once you get to the RESET screen, press the BC button on the end of the turn signal stalk once to select the RESET function. (green arrow) Figure 6 Then press and hold the BC button for about 5 seconds until a small check mark appears next to the RESET symbol. Once the check mark appears, drive you vehicle to reset the system If the system will not reset, check the TPMS system for fault codes using a BMW scan too. Resetting the TPMS system using the iDrive menu Read the entire procedure before beginning. Once read, it will be easier to follow the steps. Start your engine but keep vehicle in Park. Figure 7 Press iDrive menu (green arrow) button, then press iDrive controller down (yellow arrow) to select setting menu. Figure 8 Scroll to vehicle tires, then press down to select. (green arrows) On tire menu, scroll to select reset, then choose YES by pressing iDrive button.
Once button is pressed to select YES, drive your vehicle to reset the system If the system will not reset, check the TPMS system for fault codes using a BMW scan tool. Add a New Comment MESSAGE: (2,500 Character Max)
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You are an excited owner of a recent car, the pleasures of tactile gadgets, the integrated technologies should bring you the ease and comfort of using your BMW 3 Series, nevertheless noteworthy, which says that technology is talking about electronic, and like all of us, unfortunately, sometimes we know that there are problems that need to be solved.
Today we will focus on the tire pressure sensor and specifically on how to reset the tire pressure sensor on the BMW 3 series so that this indicator never appears on the dashboard again. nine0004 To do this, we will divide our content into two parts: first of all, we will consider the traditional circumstances for the occurrence of a tire pressure indicator light and the technique to follow, and then the circumstances when the tire pressure indicator remains on even if the tires are inflated, so how to reset this tire sensor on bmw 3 series.
First, we will look at the classic way to reset the tire sensor on the BMW 3 series, which if it lights up, here are the basic simple steps:
Now that you have followed the classic procedure for removing a tire pressure sensor on a BMW 3 Series and it didn't work, we'll move on to the second method, which is, the tires on my BMW 3 series are well inflated and I still want that light to go away.
This almost certainly shows that you have Faulty tire pressure sensor. This trouble will require to reset the value on your car's dashboard. However, be careful not to do this while driving as pressure fluctuations will affect your pressure sensors. Generally speaking, you need to look at the parameters of the car, then you should look for an option to diagnose inflation or "deflate detection". While on this tab, you must hold the select button or the reset button depending on the year of your BMW. 3 Series until a message appears on the car console confirming that the reset is taken into account (usually takes a few seconds). You can now turn off the ignition and restart your BMW 3 Series to see if the tire pressure indicator has gone out. nine0005
