Warning light on mini

hollydays

Help-cant find my mini manual and a warning light has come on-its shaped like a horseshoe with small lines running across the upper curves of the horseshoe shape with an exclaimation mark.Someone says it might be the brake shoes.Taking it in for an mot soon so want to get this sorted before then.
Any ideas?

HomeJames_3

the only one in the handbook thats like that is the runflat indicator do you have runflat tyres?
it says
flashing: a tyre is punctured reduce speed and stop the vehicle

if the light is permanently on the system is faulty have the system checked by mini services

hope this helps

hollydays

Thanks.i have a mini cooper s-i think they may have these tyres-i have recently had 2 of the tyres changed,worn rather than punctured.

vikingaero

You can reset the RFI light by following the instructions in the handbook.

If you need help or a decent resource try:

www.mini2.com/forum

hollydays

thanks-i did post whether you could reset the light-but erased that question as I thought it might be dumb!
Thanks a lot!

Altarf

As has been mentioned, it is the indicator that shows if you have a puncture, and works irrespective of what sort of tyres you have. It uses the ABS sensors to detect if one wheel is turning at a different rate to the others, which would happen if it was flat or going flat with a slow puncture.

However when you have new tyres fitted then it needs to be reset. The switch to reset it is under the handbrake.

SkintAgain

Hi
Check all your tyre pressures - if one is down on preesure even by 3 psi plus , that will put your light on. Pump it up to approx 10lb above its norm, then drop it to its proper pressure. On some vehicles this will work to switch the light off. If one is down, you may well , obviously, have a tyre thats got a slow puncture which would obviously need sorting anyhow.
DID I read you'd had new tyres?? if so, it could well be it (the sus one) is not sealing properly on the rim and thus losing press. and thus switching the light on. That is, after all what its for ( the light that is
Take it back to where you got the tyres fitted in that case and ave them check it. You can try doing the reset but there's no point if you do have a genuinly leaking tyre for whatever reason.
hth you..
SA