I had a tire pressure warning come up on screen during the drive yesterday but the on board computer said I can resume the drive as the car is equipped with run-flat tires.
Well, it turns out that these Pirelli tires are not run flats and the pressure dropped quickly and below critical. The car has no spare tire, no tire-puncture fix solutions in place, no high-jack or even a pump included.
The car is the “Ultimate pack”… Does this sound normal?
Bought the car new from BMW.
I don’t think M Cars come with run flats. Also, if the car says you can continue driving, evaluate the problem and verify that it’s actually safe to do so because a lot of the times the car will say it’s safe to continue driving when in reality you should probably stop and be towed.
You would have to add the option of the space saver spare in order to have a spare tire and jack in BMWs.
I literally laughed in an advisor’s face the first time they told me what their tires cost, and not intentionally being an asshole about it, I laughed because it was actually hilarious how unreasonably expensive it was
On my 2022 x5m , the spare tire was an option and needed to be added at order. It is not standard.
Dude I’d just get the road side service that insurance sells. I paid $7 for 6 months. I don’t buy run flats anymore. Seems a bit unnecessary, owning a BMW, something can go wrong and need a tow…
Yes. BMWs suck.
It’s not that BMWs suck so much as BMW’s business practices suck.
Which Wheel/tire set did you have on the X5? Not all are RFT’s
runflat tires need to be put in the computer, everytime you chance your tires you gotta put that in the computer, things such as summer or winter tires, size and if its a runflat or not
so its posible the they put in the computer that its runflat instead it isnt
its in the vechicle settings on tires
YIKES!
You should ALWAYS know if you have a spare before getting on the road… especially with performance tires. They have donuts for your car. Get one. I hope this is helpful. I’m not trying to ve a 🍆
Yea lots of luxury cars are like this now unfortunately. My q7 doesn’t have a spare or jack but comes w a mobility kit that has sealant and a compressor that broke. For long distance driving I might consider a spare hitch carrier
M cars don’t come with run flats, they also don’t come with a spare. You should have a mobility kit in the boot, which should have come with the car. Flick the switch one way and it’s a compressor, flick it the other way and it’s seals the tire and inflates it.
Lol. X5 M does not have run flat tires. But you definitely should have a tire sealant somewhere.
If you took a BMW in for a low tire, you should be shot.
Are you the original owner? Sounds like the car might have been built with runflats and the tires were switched at some point. If the car was built without runflats you usually have a spare and change kit included.
The car had 17 miles on it and was sold as new directly from the BMW showroom. But it wasn’t me placing the order on the car
M cars don’t come with run flat tires, many BMWs don’t come with those kit’s unless you worked it into the deal. Even still I rarely see them. You have a X5M it’s performance based vehicle, no spare tire as it would be massive. 21’ wheels in front and 22’ in the back. No jacks either. You aren’t missing anything from the car just don’t let it happen.