BMW 7 E65 owners manual page 102

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Do not start the initialization This alerts you to have the tires inflated to Select and confirm to return to the the specified pressures as soon as pos- "Settings" menu. sible. Please take note of the additional informa- Status indicators in the Control tion in the Control Display. Display If you are prompted to check the tire The status of the system is indicated by the pressure shortly after a correction has color of the tires. been made, this indicates that the cor- TPM takes into account that the tire pres- rected values were not accurate. Please sure changes during driving. A correction is check the inflation pressure again and only required when the TPM requests that make corrections according to the inflation the driver takes action by changing the pressure table. Then reinitialize the color. system.< Green Flat tire Tire inflation pressures correspond to the If you have a flat tire, the indicator lamp initialized level. symbol in the Check Control will light up in red, and a message will appear. In addition, Yellow a gong sounds. The inflation pressures in the tires have > Vehicles with standard tires: fallen to below the specified level, which is If this occurs, reduce vehicle speed normal in every tire after a certain amount immediately and stop the vehicle. Avoid of time. hard and sudden steering and braking This alerts you to have the tires inflated to maneuvers. Replace the defective tire the specified pressures as soon as pos- > Vehicles with run-flat tires: sible. If this occurs, carefully but quickly reduce vehicle speed to below 50 mph Red (80 km/h). Avoid hard and sudden Pressure loss in indicated tire. steering and braking maneuvers. Additional information on run-flat tires If this occurs, reduce vehicle speed imme- is provided on page 186. diately and stop the vehicle. Avoid hard The spare tire provided with your and sudden steering and braking maneu- vehicle is equipped with the elec- vers. tronics required to support TPM operation; Black once the spare is installed, the pressure in this tire will also be monitored following The system is being initialized. system initialization. The system needs several minutes to com- Have the tires changed at your BMW plete the initialization process, after which center. it is ready to detect and report tire prob- Your BMW center has the information lems. needed for working with TPM and is Technology for comfort, convenience and safety equipped with the necessary special In the event of loss in tire pressure tools.< If the indicator lamp symbol in the Check System malfunctions Control lights up in yellow, and a message also appears, this indicates that the infla-Other equipment operating on the same tion pressures in the tires have fallen to radio frequency as TPM can generate inter- below the specified level, which is normal ference signals that may prevent the in every tire after a certain amount of time. system from operating as intended. 100 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 157 197 - © 11/02 BMW AG

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