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Originally Posted by mickx
I have recently driven from the south coast of the UK to Inverness in the highlands of Scotland - 613 miles each way.
Was ga reat drive and still in my first six months of owning my 2005 X5 I am amazed at the comfort and ease of driving for 10 hours in the car.
However, on two occasions the running flat sensor light up and on both occasions the tyres and pressure were OK.
On the return trip - and to date - the sensor did not activated.
Any experiance within this group on how reliable or under/over sensitive the running flat sensor can be?
Thanks in advance
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Mickx,
I have the same X5 as you, and agree with you on comfort and ease of driving. Have just returned from a 7100km, 3 week journey taking in Sydney (Priscilla Queen of the Dessert), Melbourne (Phantom of the Opera) and then on to one of the great drives of the world: The Great Ocean Road, (along the southern end of Victoria), then pushing on up through Vic' via The Grampians, the Murray river and returning to Surfers Paradise via Temora, a small town in NSW, where, every six weeks or so, they fly their WW11 fighters. Driving the X5 was an absolute pleasure. At one stage, after driving on a dead flat road for 2 hours, the sum of km travelled plus range from the on-board computer was 1330km plus from the 93 litre tank of diesel.
The tyre pressure monitor is quite sensitive and will respond to changes in pressure whether from a leak or from you deliberately altering them. You can reset the system by turning the ignition on and pressing the tyre pressure monitor button until the warning light comes on.
Colin.