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Tyre pressure control & self level suspension

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Tyre pressure control & self level suspension

Post by mrb0011 » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:54 am

Are the tyre pressure control and self level suspension sensors linked in any way?

I have been having problems with the self level suspension error, which was traced to a faulty rear off-side sensor. This was replaced, and the fault cleared from the memory. All was well for a week, but now it has come back. This was shortly preceded by a tyre pressure control error.

Over the last couple of months we have had 3 or 4 tyre pressure control errors come up, but haven't been able to detect any loss in pressure on the tyres. Resetting the TPC removes the error for a while, but it does seem to keep coming back. Is it a coincidence that this has happened at the same time as the suspension errors?

Before taking the car back to the garage, I would like to have a better idea as to the possible causes.

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Michael.
2004 54 X5 3.0D, E39 M5

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Re: Tyre pressure control & self level suspension

Post by X5Sport » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:13 pm

TPMS on the 3.0D is linked to the ABS system and it works by monitoring the rotation differences between the wheels which different inflation levels causes. I used to get get errors on random occasions on mine but no pressure differences were apparent. I used to reset the system and all was well for weeks, sometimes months. Temperature changes can have an affect, as can tread depth variations between different tyres.
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Re: Tyre pressure control & self level suspension

Post by mrb0011 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:28 pm

Thanks - so it sounds unlikely that it is connected to the self-level suspension issue.
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