TPM malfunction

.e92hoang. · 04-22-2011, 11:55 AM

i just put new wheels on my 2008 e92. i bought used tpm sensors from someone on the forum. they seem to be working fine, but after a week, my car threw the "tpm malfunction", then it says "tpm inactive" i tried restting the tom but it wouldnt reset. any idea whats going on with it? do the tpm senors go bad?? what should i do now?

thanks in advance

ultraslan · 05-01-2011, 03:38 PM

i got the same problem , anyone ?

fherjohn · 05-01-2011, 03:49 PM

One of them is bad. Take it to the stealership so they can find which one is wrong. I have some tpm sensors I'm selling if u find a bad one as well.

michael1284 · 05-01-2011, 04:34 PM

If u go to discount tire they have a handheld that sends out signals and they can find out if one is bad.

Cuba · 05-20-2011, 02:18 PM

I just got this sane problem today. All I did was turn my wheel all the way to the left and all the way to the right in order to uninstall my fogs. After doing this error came on. I didn't touch the tire.

Strange. Anybody know what caused this.

I'm hoping this will go away on it's own

Cuba · 05-21-2011, 09:18 PM

Okay so I solved my problem. It was completely my fault. But it is a solution at that. Turns out I was uninstalling my HID foglights and I went to cut the zip ties of that was holding a wire and cut the wire leading to the left foglight and the tpms sensor receiver on the inner wheelwell.

Maybe somebody will accidentally do the same thing as me

04-22-2011, 11:55 AM	#1
.e92hoang. Enlisted Member 3 Rep 35 Posts Drives: 335i coupe Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: bay area, ca iTrader: (1)	TPM malfunction - TPM inactive i just put new wheels on my 2008 e92. i bought used tpm sensors from someone on the forum. they seem to be working fine, but after a week, my car threw the "tpm malfunction", then it says "tpm inactive" i tried restting the tom but it wouldnt reset. any idea whats going on with it? do the tpm senors go bad?? what should i do now? thanks in advance
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ultraslan Private First Class 8 Rep 129 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 335i Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	i got the same problem , anyone ?
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fherjohn Lieutenant 32 Rep 532 Posts Drives: m3 e93 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San diego iTrader: (6)	One of them is bad. Take it to the stealership so they can find which one is wrong. I have some tpm sensors I'm selling if u find a bad one as well.
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michael1284 Colonel 210 Rep 2,629 Posts Drives: 2018 M3 Comp Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: DFW iTrader: (44)	If u go to discount tire they have a handheld that sends out signals and they can find out if one is bad. __________________ e92, e90, f30 #DieselLife, e46, f80
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05-20-2011, 02:18 PM	#5
Cuba Cuba 81 Rep 1,676 Posts Drives: 07 328xi Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: PA iTrader: (12)	I just got this sane problem today. All I did was turn my wheel all the way to the left and all the way to the right in order to uninstall my fogs. After doing this error came on. I didn't touch the tire. Strange. Anybody know what caused this. I'm hoping this will go away on it's own __________________ 07 328xi Monaco Blue\|Premium\|Cold\|Navi\|CA\|LLumar\|Mtec\|DDM\|aFe\|Ambe r-Gone\|Rear Fogs\|Bimmian\|PY-Speed\|OEM\|e92-lighting\|V1\|BavAuto\|Weisslicht\|Cyba\|Beyern\|Falken\| Sonic Tuning\|ECS Tuning\|JL Audio\|Rockford Fosgate
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05-21-2011, 09:18 PM	#6
Cuba Cuba 81 Rep 1,676 Posts Drives: 07 328xi Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: PA iTrader: (12)	Okay so I solved my problem. It was completely my fault. But it is a solution at that. Turns out I was uninstalling my HID foglights and I went to cut the zip ties of that was holding a wire and cut the wire leading to the left foglight and the tpms sensor receiver on the inner wheelwell. Maybe somebody will accidentally do the same thing as me __________________ 07 328xi Monaco Blue\|Premium\|Cold\|Navi\|CA\|LLumar\|Mtec\|DDM\|aFe\|Ambe r-Gone\|Rear Fogs\|Bimmian\|PY-Speed\|OEM\|e92-lighting\|V1\|BavAuto\|Weisslicht\|Cyba\|Beyern\|Falken\| Sonic Tuning\|ECS Tuning\|JL Audio\|Rockford Fosgate
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