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Are Tire Pressure Monitors on the 5 Series now?
I know the government is requiring these on all cars in a year, but when I asked my sales guy about it he said they are not on the 5 Series now. I saw somewhere that they will be on them beginning with the March production, but I noticed the other day when I was reading on the BMWUSA site they already had it listed as a standard feature.
I've got a 530xi that will be here just after Nov 1 (OCT production) and would love it if the tire pressure monitor was on it.
Anyone know if the TPM is already showing up on the vehicles?
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The TPM you have now is a system that's been on BMWs for a few years now. It uses the ABS wheel speed sensors to detect a rotational speed difference that would presumably be due to a deflated condition. It illuminates a warning light in the instrument cluster. The system that's supposedly coming in March is one that measures the actual tire pressure and then displays it, I assume, on an iDrive screen and in the Check Control messages (idiot light too maybe). The systems that measure actual pressure have been problematic in the past. It's my understanding that the 7-series had such a system when it first came out. Maybe the bugs are worked out now, a number of manufacturers have these systems, ones that display the actual tire pressure. You can get it on the Porsche 911 although it too had a delayed introduction.
Quote: I know the government is requiring these on all cars in a year, but when I asked my sales guy about it he said they are not on the 5 Series now. I saw somewhere that they will be on them beginning with the March production, but I noticed the other day when I was reading on the BMWUSA site they already had it listed as a standard feature.
I've got a 530xi that will be here just after Nov 1 (OCT production) and would love it if the tire pressure monitor was on it.
Anyone know if the TPM is already showing up on the vehicles? |
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Not to long ago BMW offered that as a option but they had so much trouble with it that they stoped offering the option.I understand they are coming back wth it in the very near future. Do a search there's a lot more on the subject.
cheers
vern
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Are Tire Pressure Monitors on the 5 Series now?