1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Two questions

:cornut: Window-I can't help there until I know whether your car is an R50,R52, R53,R56 etc.
Tire Light- Check all tire pressures to ensure that they are equal and at proper pressure (36-38psi on my R56). From what you describe, one or perhaps all of the tires are low.

Jason

 

For an R53 just reset it. This happens sometime when the seasons change.

Turn on your car.

HOLD DOWN low tire button by your e-brake for 30 seconds or so then let go of the button.

Shut the car off and restart your car.

The light should be gone.

I have even mastered doing this while driving to work on very cold days when the stupid light comes on. :lol:

Make sure all your tire pressures are ok or the light may come on again if you really have a problem.

 

I am not sure about the stuck window. I have heard of people hitting the door in a "special" spot but this issue has never happened to me.


Well at least not yet.:fingerscrossed:

 

Is your car an R53 or R56? Pic is of an R56, reset procedure is different between them. For the R56, it's in the owner's manual.

As to the window, is it off the track, or the winder mechanism broken, or?????

Could be any number of things, did you check the fuses? Does the motor make anynoise when you click the switch?

Could be a programming issue too.

Haven't heard of anyone having to do the Fonzi move on R56 windows.....

 

The special spot to hit is just above the speaker and below the opener handle (per sewing site search).

For reference - Another way the tire monitor can be activated is when driving "for some distance" on an uneven surface, such as road construction that has right hand wheels on a different surface contour than the left hand wheels. I surmise the rotational speed delta is enough to trip the light. This happened to me in the middle of a road trip.

 

My tire light sometimes comes on for no apparent reason but only with my winter wheels/tires. I still check the pressure just in case but I usually end up just resetting it.

 

The temp swings in winter often will trigger the tire nanny light. Rule of thumb is you lose 1 pound of pressure for every 10 degree drop in temp. Add to this tires lose about 1 pound of pressure a month.