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rther relat ed subje cts:
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R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
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re pres sur emoni toring system Fu
nction ofthetir epr essur emoni toring sys‐
te m &
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinc or‐
re ct tirepr ess ure
Eac htir e, incl uding thespar e(if prov ided),
should becheckedmont hlywhen coldand
inf lated totheinf lation pressur ere comme n‐
ded bytheve hicle manuf actureron theve hi‐
cle placard ortireinf lation pressur elabel .(If
yo ur vehicle hastires ofadif fere nt size than
th esize indicat edon theve hicle placar dor
th etir einf lation pressur elabel, yousho uld
de term ine thepr oper tireinf lation pressur e
fo rth ose tires). As
anadded safetyfe atur e,your vehicle has
been equipped withatir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system (TPMS) that illumin ates alow tire
pr essur ete lltale when oneormor eof your
tir es issign ifican tly und er-in flat ed. Accor d‐
ingl y,when thelow tirepr essur ete lltale illu‐
min ates, yousho uld stop and checkyo ur
tir es assoo nas poss ible, andinflateth em to
th epr oper pressur e.Driving onasignif i‐
cant lyunder -inflated tirecauses thetir eto
ove rheat and canlead totirefa ilur e.Un der -
inf lation alsoreduces fuelefficie ncy and tire
tr ea dlife ,and mayaf fect theve hicle ’shan‐
dling andstopping ability.
Please note that theTPMS isno ta subs titute
fo rpr oper tiremaint enance, anditis the
dr iver ’s responsibili tyto maint aincorrect tire
pr ess ure, eve nif und er-inf latio nha sno t
re ac hed theleve lto trig ge rill umina tionof
th eTPMS low tirepr essur ete lltale.
Yo ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith th
elow tirepr essur ete lltale. When thesy s‐
te m detects amal functi on,thete lltale will
fl ash forapp roxima tely one minut eand then
re main continuously illumina ted. This
seq uence willcontinue upon subseq uent
ve hicle star t-ups aslon gas themalfunct ion
ex ists.
When themalfunct ionindicat orisillumina‐
te d, thesy stem mayno tbe able todetect or
sig nal low tirepr ess ureas intende d.TPM S
mal functi onsmayoccu rfo ra va riet yof rea‐
son s,inc ludin gth eins tallation ofreplace‐
ment oralternat etir es orwheels ontheve hi‐
cle that preve nttheTPMS from func tioning
pr oper ly.
Alw aysch eckth eTPMS malfunct iontelltale
af te rre placing oneormor etir es orwheels
on your vehicle toensur eth at there place‐
ment oralternat etir es and wheels allowthe
TPMS tocontinu eto function proper ly. The
system checks thetir epr essur eand thetir e
te mp eratur eof thetir es installed ontheve hicle
by means ofatir epr essu resensor . Wheels
andtires 403
