BMW 2007 M6 Convertible Manuel Du Propriétaire

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change. This change is detected and signaled 
as a flat tire.

To ensure the reliable signaling of a flat tire, the 
system must be initialized at the correct tire 
inflation pressure.

The initialization must be repeated after 
every correction of the tire inflation pres-

sure and after every tire or wheel change.

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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.

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

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System has not been initialized

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Driving on snow-covered or slippery roads

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

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Driving with snow chains

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

When driving resumes, the initialization is auto-
matically continued. 
Do not initialize the system when driving with 
snow chains

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With Sequential Manual Transmission via the 
button in the center console:

1.

Start the engine, but do not start driving.

2.

Press the button at least 4 seconds, how-
ever not longer than 2 minutes. After 
releasing the button, the warning lamp in 
the instrument cluster lights up yellow for a 
few seconds. Warning lamp, refer to Indica-
tion of a flat tire. The message "Initializing 
FTM..." appears on the Control Display for a 
few seconds.

3.

Start to drive. The initialization finishes dur-
ing driving without feedback.

Via iDrive, for explanation of principle, refer to 
page

1.

Press the 

 button. 

This opens the start menu.

2.

Press the controller to open the   menu.

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

Start the engine, but do not start driving.

7.

Select "Reset" and press the controller.

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