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  On 8/6/2022 at 8:26 AM, Mkl22 said:

TPMS? 
you should know that quite some cannot even read a simple gauge showing  overheat of the engine. You are asking them to know the advance level of a TPMS warning? 🤣

some people deserve it. 

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Hahaha, got to agree!😁

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  On 8/6/2022 at 8:42 AM, Starry said:

bro...what is the backstory of this picture? No head no tail, hard to tell whether it can happen or not.....

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It had already happened. The driver had stopped on the grass verge after realising the condition of the tyre. How the condition was brought to the attention was not mentioned. The pix actually is self explanatory leh! 😊

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  On 8/6/2022 at 7:14 AM, Fitvip said:

Pix from Facebook.

How could this have happened? How is safety being compromised? Didn't the tyre pressure monitoring system work?

 

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found a similar damaged one on the internet, don't think is coincidence it is a bimmer as well:

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So I was cruising along back to vegas minding my own business when I hear a pop in the right rearish area. A second later my car calmly informed me that the tire pressure was low. 84 miles from vegas. But when I slowed down to 50 the ride was plenty smooth and straight so score one for the runflats....

Then at 27 miles to vegas, after the car had been starting to ride a little rougher it suddenly became obviously not a good idea to drive anymore so I pulled over and had a look. I couldn't see much since it was 10pm but when I realized I could reach around and INTO the tire I figured it probably was a bad idea to keep driving. Fortunately I was able to convince my dad to bring me one of my summer shoes. Took a picture of the tire today.... think it can be fixed?!?!
 

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  On 8/6/2022 at 9:39 AM, Vratenza said:

found a similar damaged one on the internet, don't think is coincidence it is a bimmer as well:

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Also Bummer? Then Bimmer drivers must all same mentality of running flat till chui. No coincident indeed! 

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  On 8/6/2022 at 9:39 AM, Vratenza said:

found a similar damaged one on the internet, don't think is coincidence it is a bimmer as well:

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Does it mean the fault is with the run flat? Or bimmer?

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  On 8/6/2022 at 10:09 AM, Fitvip said:

Does it mean the fault is with the run flat? Or bimmer?

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I guess bro @Jamesc will say..

"There's so many run flat tires in used..

There's so many bimmer running around..

Why we only see a few isolated case?

Must be the driver lah!"

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  On 8/6/2022 at 10:28 AM, Ody_2004 said:

I guess bro @Jamesc will say..

"There's so many run flat tires in used..

There's so many bimmer running around..

Why we only see a few isolated case?

Must be the driver lah!"

😁

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Would he say there is nothing to do with his mil?🤐

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This one from my friend in Singapore. Said they drove past some construction site and it happened. Tyres are 2219 manufactured so can’t be rubber hardened.

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  On 8/6/2022 at 10:09 AM, Fitvip said:

Does it mean the fault is with the run flat? Or bimmer?

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I think historically, BMW is one the first and strong adopter of RFT amongst the manufacturers. Most bimmers are fitted with RFT from the factory.

So I guess chances of a bimmer having issue with RFT is much higher than other car brands.

My theory of why RFT tend to have this unique circumferential tearing is because when a RFT has a leak, the driver can still drive on for a long distance before getting the tire patched. So the period when it is deflated but still running on the stiff sidewall will put prolonged excessive pressure on the jointline between the reinforced sidewall and the tire shoulder. By the time the tire is patched and inflated, everything looks normal from the outside but damage to the internal support structure already occurred. So this tire will be prone to a blow out that tears along the circumference of the sidewall (where the stress damage had occured)

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  On 8/6/2022 at 10:37 AM, Fcw75 said:

This one from my friend in Singapore. Said they drove past some construction site and it happened. Tyres are 2219 manufactured so can’t be rubber hardened.

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maybe freshly laid, piping hot bitumen melted the side wall (maybe underinflated to start off with) ?

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Running on rims.

got people who have never checked tyre pressures after buying car.

True story.then tell me that the car in question has a light on the dashboard. Merc owner.

Singapore cars are not required by law to have a true TPMS system.So a lot of the lower end BMW models from PML  have only a surrogate system based on I think wheel rotation discrepancies. 

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  On 8/6/2022 at 10:47 AM, Vratenza said:

I think historically, BMW is one the first and strong adopter of RFT amongst the manufacturers. Most bimmers are fitted with RFT from the factory.

So I guess chances of a bimmer having issue with RFT is much higher than other car brands.

My theory of why RFT tend to have this unique circumferential tearing is because when a RFT has a leak, the driver can still drive on for a long distance before getting the tire patched. So the period when it is deflated but still running on the stiff sidewall will put prolonged excessive pressure on the jointline between the reinforced sidewall and the tire shoulder. By the time the tire is patched and inflated, everything looks normal from the outside but damage to the internal support structure already occurred. So this tire will be prone to a blow out that tears along the circumference of the sidewall (where the stress damage had occured)

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Logical explanation. It seems the rim is well protected too.

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  On 8/6/2022 at 9:39 AM, Vratenza said:

found a similar damaged one on the internet, don't think is coincidence it is a bimmer as well:

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such damage or the 1 by ts got nothing to do with the tyres.

its the driver, they keep driving with a flat tyres.

the rim cut the into half

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  On 8/6/2022 at 12:23 PM, Beregond said:

such damage or the 1 by ts got nothing to do with the tyres.

its the driver, they keep driving with a flat tyres.

the rim cut the into half

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Must be a deflated RFT since the rims are perfectly preserved?

 

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  On 8/6/2022 at 1:14 PM, Vratenza said:

Must be a deflated RFT since the rims are perfectly preserved?

 

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Rft or normal tyres. U keep driving flat. This will happen. Just that a rft allow u to drive flat for much longer.

Some BM driver never set their internal tpms properly. Their driver can drive with a totally flat tyres for days and days before this happen .

 

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