Tire sensor Will Not Reset!!

Graystone · 09-17-2008, 06:55 PM

I checked my tires with 2 different pressure gauges and the front is right on 32lbs and 38lbs in the rear but the sensor will not reset keeps saying "TIRES LOW"
Any Idea's guys and girls is this just a bad sensor on the car or a bad tpms on one of the tires. They are original tires and rims.
Thanks

jli801 · 09-17-2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Graystone

I checked my tires with 2 different pressure gauges and the front is right on 32lbs and 38lbs in the rear but the sensor will not reset keeps saying "TIRES LOW"
Any Idea's guys and girls is this just a bad sensor on the car or a bad tpms on one of the tires. They are original tires and rims.
Thanks

i believe it is suppose to be 32psi front and 36psi rear but that doesnt matter. did you go into the the idrive and click "Reset TPMS"? it takes a while to reset when youre driving and it recalculates the pressure.

fyi: the TPMS doesnt reset itself after you adjust the pressure, it only alerts you when one or more tires' psi changes, so that can come from driving and weather too... you got to reset yourself after you check and make sure all tires pressure are good.

jli801 · 09-17-2008, 07:33 PM

oh and there are probably other threads on this... for example: few hrs before you someone posted same thing...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171782

Graystone · 09-17-2008, 08:53 PM

Thanks for the short cut to the other thread I was searching for tire pressure problems and didnt catch this one.
Anyway I did do the reset and drove it after i set the pressures to exact spec. this is a sport and got the pressure from the inside of the door.
But thanks. Maybe its as the other thread said a update need or maybe i just have to drive a little further for the computer to reset.

CALIF65GM · 09-17-2008, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Graystone

But thanks. Maybe its as the other thread said a update need or maybe i just have to drive a little further for the computer to reset.

Yep I had it on Sat. too and thought it wasn't re-setting, so kept pressing the button on the stalk. Finally after going about a block, it finished re-setting itself.

jli801 · 09-18-2008, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Graystone

Thanks for the short cut to the other thread I was searching for tire pressure problems and didnt catch this one.
Anyway I did do the reset and drove it after i set the pressures to exact spec. this is a sport and got the pressure from the inside of the door.
But thanks. Maybe its as the other thread said a update need or maybe i just have to drive a little further for the computer to reset.

yea computers do weird things. but mine resetted within a few miles... my psi is 32 all around w/ sport ... wonder why the dealers do that... guess im going to have to put some more air in sometime.

im pretty sure it will go away... never heard of any malfunctioning tpms, but may be possible i guess, hope all goes well.

E92_328i_Boston · 09-18-2008, 09:21 AM

hold down the button for a few seconds when you reset it. that should do the trick. the same thing happened to me. however, afterwards you will need to drive a little bit before everything is all set.

-A

Graystone · 09-19-2008, 02:32 PM

Thanks everyone for your responses...

TizSuperrQ · 09-19-2008, 03:41 PM

The manual says tpm needs to be initialized..

islandbimmer · 09-19-2008, 03:47 PM

the manual also states you need to hold the re-set button down for 5 seconds....

E92_328i_Boston · 09-19-2008, 04:18 PM

Can you please point me to where it says that in the manual? Thanks in advance.

-A

E92_328i_Boston · 09-19-2008, 04:23 PM

Forget it. I found it.

-A

Tag · 09-19-2008, 05:01 PM

The actual tire pressure doesn't matter, the computer just uses that as it's baseline. It only alerts you if you deviate from that baseline once it's been set. Try playing with the reset a bit more, you'll get it to work. Took me a few tries to get mine to reset too.

Graystone · 09-20-2008, 01:07 PM

Thanks Guys...The FIx was to HOLD THE RESET BUTTON IN FOR 5SEC.
thanks to all who wrote that in that was the problem. I keeped just pressing and nothin.

Tye11 · 09-29-2009, 11:20 AM

BTW I have no idea where my manual is and I can not find out any where how to reset the LOW TIRE crap.

09-17-2008, 06:55 PM	#1
Graystone First Lieutenant 23 Rep 342 Posts Drives: 335i sport euro 6mt Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The World iTrader: (1)	Tire sensor Will Not Reset!! I checked my tires with 2 different pressure gauges and the front is right on 32lbs and 38lbs in the rear but the sensor will not reset keeps saying "TIRES LOW" Any Idea's guys and girls is this just a bad sensor on the car or a bad tpms on one of the tires. They are original tires and rims. Thanks
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jli801 Nice and Slow... 2 Rep 213 Posts Drives: 07335 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: DC, CA iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 335i [0.00]	oh and there are probably other threads on this... for example: few hrs before you someone posted same thing... http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171782
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09-17-2008, 08:53 PM	#4
Graystone First Lieutenant 23 Rep 342 Posts Drives: 335i sport euro 6mt Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The World iTrader: (1)	Thanks for the short cut to the other thread I was searching for tire pressure problems and didnt catch this one. Anyway I did do the reset and drove it after i set the pressures to exact spec. this is a sport and got the pressure from the inside of the door. But thanks. Maybe its as the other thread said a update need or maybe i just have to drive a little further for the computer to reset.
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09-18-2008, 09:21 AM	#7
E92_328i_Boston First Lieutenant 11 Rep 313 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 328i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	hold down the button for a few seconds when you reset it. that should do the trick. the same thing happened to me. however, afterwards you will need to drive a little bit before everything is all set. -A
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Graystone First Lieutenant 23 Rep 342 Posts Drives: 335i sport euro 6mt Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The World iTrader: (1)	Thanks everyone for your responses...
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09-19-2008, 03:41 PM	#9
TizSuperrQ Sophisticated hobo 48 Rep 423 Posts Drives: F82 M4 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NY, NY iTrader: (3)	The manual says tpm needs to be initialized..
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islandbimmer First Lieutenant 16 Rep 346 Posts Drives: 2007 e92 SG Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Victoria BC Canada iTrader: (1)	the manual also states you need to hold the re-set button down for 5 seconds....
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E92_328i_Boston First Lieutenant 11 Rep 313 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 328i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	Can you please point me to where it says that in the manual? Thanks in advance. -A
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09-19-2008, 04:23 PM	#12
E92_328i_Boston First Lieutenant 11 Rep 313 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 328i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	Forget it. I found it. -A
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09-19-2008, 05:01 PM	#13
Tag this is the way 18122 Rep 8,513 Posts Drives: N-1 starfighter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago iTrader: (3)	The actual tire pressure doesn't matter, the computer just uses that as it's baseline. It only alerts you if you deviate from that baseline once it's been set. Try playing with the reset a bit more, you'll get it to work. Took me a few tries to get mine to reset too.
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09-20-2008, 01:07 PM	#14
Graystone First Lieutenant 23 Rep 342 Posts Drives: 335i sport euro 6mt Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The World iTrader: (1)	FIXED Thanks Guys...The FIx was to HOLD THE RESET BUTTON IN FOR 5SEC. thanks to all who wrote that in that was the problem. I keeped just pressing and nothin.
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09-29-2009, 11:20 AM	#15
Tye11 Private First Class 12 Rep 183 Posts Drives: 328i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Brooklyn iTrader: (0)	BTW I have no idea where my manual is and I can not find out any where how to reset the LOW TIRE crap.
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