Tire in fla tio n p re s s u re
Tire c o n d itio n
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In fo rm a tio n fo r yo u r s a fe ty
Do n ot d rive o n a d e fla te d (fla t)
tire . A fla t tire g re a tly im p a irs
s te e ring a nd b ra kin g re s p ons e , a nd c a n
le a d to c om p le te lo s s o f c ontro l o ve r
th e ve hic le .
The fa c to ry a p p ro ve d ra d ia l tire s a re
m a tc he d to th e ve hic le a nd h a ve b e e n
s e le c te d to p ro vid e o p tim um s a fe ty a nd
d rivin g c om fort.
Avo id o ve rlo a d ing th e ve hic le s o th a t
th e p e rm itte d lo a d o n th e tire s is n ot e x-
c e e d e d . O ve rlo a d ing c a n le a d to o ve r-
he a tin g a nd inc re a s e s th e ra te a t w hic h
d a m a ge d e ve lop s in s id e th e tire s . Yo u
c ould h a ve a b lowout a s a re s ult.
Un us ua l vib ra tio ns e nc ounte re d d uring
norm a l ve hic le o p e ra tio n c a n in d ic a te
tire fa ilure o r s om e o th e r ve hic le d e fe c t.
This is a ls o tru e fo r irre gula ritie s in th e
ve hic le 's h a nd ling c ha ra c te ris tic s , s uc h
a s a p ro nounc e d te nd e nc y to p ull to th e
le ft o r rig ht. S hould th is o c c ur, re s p ond
b y im m e d ia te ly re d uc ing yo ur s p e e d .
P ro c e e d c a re fully to th e n e a re s t B MW
c e nte r o r p ro fe s s iona l tire c e nte r, o r
ha ve th e ve hic le to we d in to h a ve it a nd
its tire s in s p e c te d .
It is not m e re ly th e tire 's s e rvic e life , b ut
a ls o d rivin g c om fort a nd – a b ove a ll e ls e
– d
rivin g s a fe ty th a t d e p e nd o n th e c on-
d itio n o f th e tire s a nd th e m a inte na nc e
of th e s p e c ifie d tire p re s s ure .
Inc orre c t in fla tio n p re s s ure is a fre q ue nt
c a us e o f tire d a m a ge . It a ls o s ignifi-
c a ntly in flue nc e s th e ro a d hold ing a b ility
of yo ur B MW.
Tire tre a d – tire d a m a g e
Ins p e c t yo ur tire s fre q ue ntly fo r tre a d
we a r, s igns o f d a m a ge a nd fo r fo re ign
ob je c ts lo d ge d in th e tre a d . C he c k th e
tre a d d e p th .
Che c k tire in fla tio n p re s s ure s re g-
ula rly – in c lud ing th e s p a c e -s a ve r
s p a re tire – a t le a s t tw ic e a m onth a nd
b e fore b e ginning a lo nge r trip (s e e
p a ge 2 7). If th is is n ot d one , in c orre c t
tire p re s s ure s c a n c a us e d rivin g in s ta -
Tre a d d e p th s hould n ot b e a llowe d to
go b e low 0 .1 2 in (3 m m ), e ve n th ough
th e le ga lly s p e c ifie d m inim um tre a d
d e p th is o nly 0 .0 63 in (1 .6 m m ). At a
b ility a nd tire d a m a ge , u ltim a te ly re s ult- tre a d d e p th o f 0 .0 63 in (1 .6 m m ), tre a d
ing in a c c id e nts .<
d e p th in d ic a to rs (a rro w) in th e tre a d -
gro ove b a s e in d ic a te th a t th e le ga lly-
p e rm is s ib le w e a r lim it h a s b e e n
re a c he d . B e low 0 .1 2 in (3 m m ) tre a d
d e p th , th e re is a n in c re a s e d ris k o f
a q ua p la ning, e ve n a t re la tive ly m od e r-
a te s p e e d s a nd with only s m a ll a m ounts
of w a te r o n th e ro a d .
Tire d a m a ge (up to a nd in c lud ing s ud -
d e n a nd c om p le te a ir lo s s ) c a n e nd a n-
ge r th e live s o f b oth th e ve hic le o c c u-
p a nts a nd o th e r d rive rs o n th e ro a d .<
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