New Wheels on E92: TPMS Coding Necessary?

Hi everyone,

When getting new wheels with TPM sensors for an E92 (2012 model), is there ever the need to do any coding on the car to work with the sensors, or is all that needs to be done a simple "reset" of the tire pressure monitor via iDrive?

I hear that BMW's full wheel sets (e.g. the 313 style with TPM) are supposedly "plug-and-play", i.e. no coding necessary, just simple reset. But is this also true if I had such a wheel set assembled from individual pieces (313 style rim + tire + TPM sensor)? Or what specifically does this depend on?

Thanks in advance!

Reset should be all that is necessary.

When my runflats running factory air settings (something like 35psi front, 39 psi rear) were replaced with non-runflats with new sensors and 40 psi on all four corners, no reset was necessary. So my guess is at worst a simple reset will take care of any issues.

Agree with others above... Ordered winter tires from tire rack, installed the tires and hit reset... TPMS worked fine...

Thanks guys!

got new wheels fitted today..TPMS resetting not required

No jumping thru hoops needed. Our BMWs have a radio receiver inside each wheel well which picks up the signal from the adjacent monitor. Lesser cars have only a single central receiver which has to sort out each corner, and they require a corner by corner relearn procedure.

Originally Posted by Wihelm G

When my runflats running factory air settings (something like 35psi front, 39 psi rear) were replaced with non-runflats with new sensors and 40 psi on all four corners, no reset was necessary. So my guess is at worst a simple reset will take care of any issues.

Wilhelm, nothing at all unsafe about 40 psi, but don't you find it awfully noisy? My tires almost ping when they're at 40.

Originally Posted by DSXMachina

Wilhelm, nothing at all unsafe about 40 psi, but don't you find it awfully noisy?

The short answer is "No."

I switched from second generation runflats to Michelin Primacy MXV4, so the noise level is an improvement any way you look at it. Most of the major highways I travel are in pretty good shape. A significant amount of time is spent in stop and go traffic, and at that speed I can't tell if the tires are at 60psi or flat. Years of riding modified bikes without a helmet and shooting trap before getting my first pair of custom fit earplugs may also be a contributing factor. The frequency of rubber crunching on rain grooves in the pavement is close enough to the frequency of the wife's normal conversation voice, a frequency I learned to block almost completely years ago. Young Jeezy, Drizzy, Beezy, Wiz Khalifa and Lupe Fiasco on the radio pretty much murders any other noise that may get through.

As a bonus, it's easier to remember "40" than some other random numbers and to see the needle of the air gauge split the 4 and the 0 than line up with some random microscopic hash mark.

Changed mine today and no light on yet. Did not reset the TPMS (yet) but will likely do when I've verified/set the pressure with cold tires.

Originally Posted by floydarogers

Reset should be all that is necessary.

+1. we have TPMS for all BMW's even the new F30's.