Flat tire monitor – Mini 2003 Cooper User Manual

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FLAT TIRE MONITOR

The concept

The tire inflation pressure is determined
from the signals of the ABS sensors.
The system provides an alert whenever the
tire inflation pressure drops below the
pressure in any other tire.

Requirement

So that the system can "familiarize" itself
with the correct inflation pressure, please
do the following:

1. Check the tire inflation pressure in all

tires

2. Compare them with the inflation pres-

sure table, see page

, and adjust the

pressures if necessary

3. Initialize the system.

Check the tire inflation pressure reg-
ularly and correct it if necessary, see

page

Flat tire

The indicator lamp in the instru-
ment cluster informs you by flash-
ing when the tire inflation pressure

of a tire deviates from the "learned" values.
In addition, an acoustic signal is sounded.
>Vehicles with Run Flat tires, see notes on

pages

116

>Vehicles with normal tires, see notes on

pages

112

The Flat Tire Monitor cannot alert you
to severe and sudden tire damage

caused by external factors. Another factor
which the Flat Tire Monitor does not recog-
nize is the balanced and very gradual pres-
sure loss that takes place in all tires over an
extended period of time.

Malfunctions

As long as there is still a malfunction, the
yellow indicator lamp on the instrument
cluster will stay lit up.
The indicator lamp also lights up in the
event of a system malfunction.

Please contact your MINI Dealer in these
cases.

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