BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure - Correct PSI Pressure

About BMW 1 Series

BMW 1 Series recommended tyre pressure can be found on a tyre placard on the side of driver’s door or door jam, on the fuel door or in the owners manual. Tyre inflation will be listed in psi (pounds per square inch), bar or kPa (kilopascals).

BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressures

Checking regularly all tyres on your BMW 1 Series, including your spare tyre, once a month or before a long trip is recommended.

Pressure Data

Units:

Model / Engine	Tyre Size	Front tyre pressure	Rear tyre pressure
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	195 55 R16 87V	32	35
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	195 55 R16 87V SSR	32	35
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	205 50 R17 89V	32	35
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	205 50 R17 89V SSR	32	35
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	205 55 R16 91V	29	32
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	205 55 R16 91V SSR	29	32
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	225 40 R18 88Y VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	225 45 R17 91W SSR	29	32
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	225 45 R17 91W VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	245 35 R18 88Y HA SSR		32
BMW 1 Series 1.6 114 i	245 40 R17 91W HA SSR		32
BMW 1 Series 1.6 116 d Efficient Dynamics	205 55 R16 91V	41	44
BMW 1 Series 1.6 116 d Efficient Dynamics	205 55 R16 91V SSR	41	44
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	195 55 R16 87H SSR	32	36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	205 45 R18 86W VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	205 50 R17 89V SSR	29	36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	205 50 R17 89V VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	205 55 R16 91H SSR	29	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	215 40 R18 85Y VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	225 40 R18 88W HA SSR		36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	225 45 R17 91V HA SSR		33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 116 i	245 35 R18 88Y HA SSR		36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	195 55 R16 87V SSR	33	39
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	205 45 R18 86W VA SSR	33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	205 50 R17 89V	35	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	205 50 R17 89V SSR	32	39
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	205 50 R17 89V SSR	35	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	205 50 R17 89V VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	205 55 R16 91V	32	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	205 55 R16 91V SSR	30	36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	205 55 R16 91V SSR	32	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	215 40 R18 85Y VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	225 40 R18 88W HA SSR		41
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	225 40 R18 88Y VA SSR	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	225 45 R17 91V HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	225 45 R17 91W SSR	32	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	225 45 R17 91W VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	245 35 R18 88Y HA SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	245 35 R18 88Y HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d	245 40 R17 91W HA SSR		32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	195 55 R16 87V SSR	32	38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	205 45 R18 86W VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	205 50 R17 89V SSR	29	36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	205 50 R17 89V VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	205 55 R16 91V SSR	29	33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	215 40 R18 85Y VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	225 40 R18 88W HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	225 45 R17 91V HA SSR		36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i	245 35 R18 88Y HA SSR		36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d	205 45 R18 86W VA SSR	38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d	205 50 R17 89W SSR	32	39
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d	205 50 R17 89W VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d	215 40 R18 85Y VA SSR	33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d	225 40 R18 88W HA SSR		41
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d	225 45 R17 91W HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d	245 35 R18 88Y HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 125 i	205 50 R17 89W	32	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 125 i	205 50 R17 89W SSR	32	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 125 i	225 40 R18 88Y VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 125 i	225 45 R17 91W SSR	32	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 125 i	225 45 R17 91W VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 125 i	245 35 R18 88Y HA SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 125 i	245 40 R17 91W HA SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 3.0 130 i	205 45 R18 86W VA SSR	35
BMW 1 Series 3.0 130 i	205 50 R17 89W SSR	35	41
BMW 1 Series 3.0 130 i	205 50 R17 89W VA SSR	35
BMW 1 Series 3.0 130 i	215 40 R18 85Y VA SSR	35
BMW 1 Series 3.0 130 i	225 40 R18 88W HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 3.0 130 i	225 45 R17 91W HA SSR		39
BMW 1 Series 3.0 130 i	245 35 R18 88Y HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 i Convertable	195 55 R16 87H SSR	32	36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 i Convertable	205 50 R17 89V SSR	29	33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 i Convertable	205 50 R17 89V VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 i Convertable	205 55 R16 91H SSR	29	30
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 i Convertable	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 i Convertable	225 45 R17 91V HA SSR		33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 i Convertable	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d Convertable	205 50 R17 89W SSR	32	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d Convertable	205 50 R17 89W VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d Convertable	205 55 R16 91V SSR	29	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d Convertable	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d Convertable	225 45 R17 91W HA SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 d Convertable	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Convertable	205 50 R17 89V SSR	32	36
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Convertable	205 50 R17 89V VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Convertable	205 55 R16 91V SSR	29	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Convertable	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Convertable	225 45 R17 91V HA SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Convertable	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Convertable	205 50 R17 89W SSR	33	38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Convertable	205 50 R17 89W VA SSR	33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Convertable	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Convertable	225 45 R17 91W HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Convertable	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	205 50 R17 89W SSR	35	38
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	205 50 R17 89W VA SSR	35
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	35
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	225 45 R17 91W HA SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		38
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	205 50 R17 89W VA SSR	36
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	39
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	225 45 R17 91W HA SSR		39
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Convertable	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		39
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 d Coupe	195 55 R16 87H	29	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 d Coupe	205 50 R17 89V SSR	29	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 d Coupe	205 50 R17 89V VA SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 d Coupe	205 55 R16 91H SSR	29	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 d Coupe	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	29
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 d Coupe	225 45 R17 91V HA SSR		32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 118 d Coupe	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Coupe	205 50 R17 89V SSR	30	33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Coupe	205 50 R17 89V VA SSR	30
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Coupe	205 55 R16 91V SSR	30	33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Coupe	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	30
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Coupe	225 45 R17 91V HA SSR		33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 120 i Coupe	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		33
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Coupe	205 50 R17 89W SSR	32	35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Coupe	205 50 R17 89W VA SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Coupe	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	32
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Coupe	225 45 R17 91W HA SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 2.0 123 d Coupe	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		35
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Coupe	205 50 R17 89W SSR	33	36
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Coupe	205 50 R17 89W VA SSR	33
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Coupe	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	33
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Coupe	225 45 R17 91W HA SSR		36
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Coupe	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		36
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Coupe	215 40 R18 89Y VA XL SSR	38
BMW 1 Series 3.0 125 i Coupe	245 35 R18 92Y HA XL SSR		38

Disclaimer: Tyre pressure data is for reference only. Always consult your vehicle's owner's manual or door jamb placard for the most accurate values.

How to Check and Maintain the Tyre Pressure on Your BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure

Cool Down: Ensure tyres are cold (driven less than 2 miles).
Unscrew: Remove the valve cap from the tyre valve.
Measure: Press your gauge onto the valve stem firmly.
Compare: Match reading to the table above or your door placard.
Adjust: Add air if low; release air if high (using the pin in the valve).
Cap: Replace the valve cap securely.

Understanding the Importance of Proper Tyre Pressure for Your BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure

Maintaining the correct tyre pressure is essential for the longevity of your tyres and fuel efficiency. Under-inflated tyres can lead to overheating and premature failure, while over-inflation results in a harsh ride, reduced traction, and uneven tread wear.

Maintaining the Ideal Tyre Pressure for Your BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure: Dos and Don'ts

Do check pressures when tyres are cold (driven less than 2 miles).
Do use a reliable gauge; gas station gauges can be inaccurate.
Don't bleed air from hot tyres; pressures naturally rise when driving.
Don't ignore the spare tyre check.

Winter vs. Summer Tyre Pressures

In winter, for the BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure, consider adding 0.2 bar (3 PSI) to the standard pressures if you are using winter tyres, as cold air causes pressure to drop.

5-Point Tyre Safety Check

Pressure: Check all 4 tyres + spare monthly.
Condition: Look for cuts, bulges, or embedded objects.
Tread: Legal minimum is 1.6mm; recommended replacement at 3mm.
Valves: Ensure caps are tight to prevent dirt ingress.
Alignment: uneven wear indicates tracking issues.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the recommended tyre pressure for the BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure?

For the BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure, the recommended tyre pressure typically ranges between 29 PSI and 44 PSI, depending on the specific trim level and year of manufacture. Always check your door jamb placard for the exact value.

What tyre sizes fit the BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure?

Common tyre sizes for the BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure include 29. Consult your vehicle's owner's manual for the full range of approved sizes.

How often should I check my BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure tyre pressure?

You should check the tyre pressure on your BMW 1 Series Tyre Pressure at least once a month and before any long journeys. Cold inflation pressure (before driving) provides the most accurate reading.