Ftm flat tire monitor – BMW 2007 550I Sedan User Manual

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rear right –, go to the nearest BMW center or a
workshop that works according to BMW repair
procedures with correspondingly trained per-
sonnel. Drive with appropriate caution in the
meantime. The vehicle has reduced ground
clearance and driving comfort may be notice-
ably reduced. Even if the position of the vehicle
is normal, go to the nearest BMW center or a
workshop that works according to BMW repair
procedures with correspondingly trained per-
sonnel.

FTM Flat Tire Monitor*

The concept

The Flat Tire Monitor keeps track of the infla-
tion pressures in the tires as you drive. The sys-
tem provides an alert whenever the inflation
pressure drops significantly in relation to the
pressure in another tire.
In the event of a pressure loss, the rolling radius
and therefore the rotation speed of the wheels
change. This change is detected and is
reported as a flat tire.

Functional requirement

In order to assure the reliable reporting of a flat
tire, the system must be initialized for the cor-
rect tire inflation pressure.

The initialization must be repeated after
each time the tire inflation pressure is cor-

rected and after every tire or wheel change.

System limits

The Flat Tire Monitor cannot indicate
sudden severe tire damage caused by

outside factors and does not detect a natural,
even pressure drop in all four tires.

In the following situations, the system could be
delayed or malfunction:

System has not been initialized

Driving on snowy or slippery road surface

Sporty driving style: slip in the drive wheels,
high lateral acceleration

Driving with snow chains

When you are driving with the compact wheel

the Flat Tire Monitor is unable to function.

Initializing system

The initialization finishes during driving,
which can be interrupted at any time.

When driving resumes, the initialization is con-
tinued automatically. Do not initialize the sys-
tem when driving with snow chains

or com-

pact wheel

iDrive, for explanation of principle, refer to
page

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Press the controller to open the menu.

Turn the controller until "Settings" is
selected and press the controller.

Select "Vehicle / Tires" and press the con-
troller.

Change to upper field if necessary. Turn the
controller until "FTM" is selected and press
the controller.

Start the engine, but do not start driving.

Select "Reset" and press the controller.

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