TPM Inactive Light Comes on Intermittently-Solution?

panzer948 · 05-05-2015, 12:23 PM

Hi,

Lately my tire pressure monitor inactive dummy light comes on more and more. Use to be every two or three times I drive the car. Lately it seems to come on each time I drive it (sometimes only a few mins after starting and sometimes 20 mins into the drive). Not sure what is causing it. My air pressure seems fine. Is it simply a matter of replacing one of the TPM systems in the wheel? If so, can one of those scanners diagnose which one could be going out?

Thanks,

sudo4re · 05-05-2015, 07:05 PM

1 or more of the TPMS's in your wheels is/are going bad. Any good wheels or tires shop will be able to scan and tell you the battery level in any of your sensors.

panzer948 · 05-05-2015, 08:49 PM

thanks. glad it seems straightforward.

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sudo4re Second Lieutenant 46 Rep 231 Posts Drives: 2011 335is DCT Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Earth, circa 21st Century iTrader: (9)	1 or more of the TPMS's in your wheels is/are going bad. Any good wheels or tires shop will be able to scan and tell you the battery level in any of your sensors. __________________ I don't drive fast, I just fly low...
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panzer948 Lieutenant 82 Rep 432 Posts Drives: F82 M4 (April 2015 ED) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Charlotte, N.C. iTrader: (0)	thanks. glad it seems straightforward. __________________ ED Trip - April 2015: SO F82 M4 Link to Trip Report ED Trip - Jan. 2007: BS E92 335i Link to Trip Report
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