BMW x5 2003 Manuale Utente

Tire Pressure Monitor RDC

Adaptive brake light

Flat tire

If there is a tire failure with a loss of
inflation pressure, the red indicator
lamp comes on or the message – TIRE
LOW/FLAT – appears in the Check
Control. In addition, an acoustic signal
sounds.

If this occurs, reduce vehicle speed
immediately and stop the vehicle in a
safe location. Avoid hard brake applica-
tions. Do not oversteer. Replace the flat
tire.

The spare tire which is available in
your vehicle as standard equip-

ment is equipped with the electronics
required for RDC and, following activa-
tion of the system, is also monitored
after it is mounted.

RDC cannot alert you to severe
and sudden tire damage caused

by external factors.

Have the tires changed at your
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle

center.
Your BMW Sports Activity Vehicle
center has the information needed for
working with RDC and is equipped with
the necessary special tools.

System malfunction

During the period of the malfunction,
the yellow indicator lamp comes on or
the message – TIRECONTROL INAC-
TIVE – appears in the Check Control.

You will also see the same message

in the event of a system malfunction

if a wheel is mounted without the
RDC electronics

if, in addition to the spare tire, addi-
tional wheels with RDC electronics
are on board

after installation of one or several
wheels with an electronics system
still unknown to the system.
It takes a few minutes to learn the
new wheel electronics ID numbers
after system activation. Only then can
RDC detect and report a flat tire.

Please contact your BMW Sports
Activity Vehicle center for additional
information.

The adaptive brake light provides
drivers of following vehicles with an
indication of the intensity with which
the brakes are being applied in your
own vehicle.

The display occurs in two stages:

Normal braking:
The brake light units within the tail
lamps and the high-mount brake
lamp integrated within the rear
spoiler both light up with normal
intensity

Hard braking or braking with ABS
active:
The tail lamps also come on, lighting
up with the same intensity as the
brake lamps to provide a more con-
spicuous warning.