I had a tire pressure warning come up on screen during the drive yesterday but the on board computer said I can resume the drive as the car is equipped with run-flat tires.

Well, it turns out that these Pirelli tires are not run flats and the pressure dropped quickly and below critical. The car has no spare tire, no tire-puncture fix solutions in place, no high-jack or even a pump included.

The car is the “Ultimate pack”… Does this sound normal?

Bought the car new from BMW.

  • Apic-ApeOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Guys Quick update:

    I have it! I should probably go and get my eyes checked 😂 Ive mistaken it with the first aid kit as it was so small. But I got the repair liquid & compressor

    Thanks everyone for the help and sorry for being blind. 😅

  • KayanarkaBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    All I can see is a hydraulic jack holding up a car with no jackstand there for safety, which I would say is pretty normal for a shop that does not care about training or safety.

    • Apic-ApeOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This sounds like a reasonable answer. The “if” bit I might have missed out on

    • NCSUGrad2012BEnglish
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      10 months ago

      What if you have the M40i? Does that count since it’s not a full M?

      • meltboxBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Not a full M is just not an M.

        It’s M-sport which is just a fancy looks package BMW uses to make the car appear more premium.

        The distinction for say the M340 is they have this package by default and so call them all M340 and so on, but effectively they are just slightly upbadged regular BMWs with a bigger engine so BMW can charge you more.

  • Apic-ApeOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    These Pilerril turned out to be not run flats, although the on board computer was programmed to think they are run flats.

    If BMW is cutting corners on the costs of run-flat tires, I would at least expect to see a pump for an emergency, no?

    • Manfred_89BEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You are right in the regard that the screen shouldn’t tell you that they are run flats, if they aren’t. That is a serious safety flaw.

      However as a responsible driver you should always know yourself wether you have run flats or not.

      The car should 100% have a tire repair kit. Are you sure you didn’t miss anything?

  • Manfred_89BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Run flat tires have nothing to do with low pressure.

    The pressure will go down completely. But that doesn’t matter because to car drives on the tires reinforced side wall, not relying on the remaining pressure.

    Now that only works if they actually were run flat tires.

  • TheJiggieBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Which Wheel/tire set did you have on the X5? Not all are RFT’s

  • kon---BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You may have misread the message.

    To get it to appear again, drop pressure in a tire then see what the vehicle relays to you.