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rther relat ed subje cts:
R Noteso ntirep ressur e(/pag e448)
R Tire pressur etable (/page449)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page454) Ti
re pres sur em onitoring system Fu
nction ofthet irep ressur emonitoring sys‐
te m &
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinc or‐
re ct tirep ress ure
Eac htire, incl uding thes par etire( ifpr esent ),
should becheckeda tleas tonceam onth
when coldandthen inflated tothep ressur e
re comme ndedbythev ehicle manufacturer
(see theT irea nd Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplac‐
ar do nthe driver's side B‑pillar orthet ire
pr essur etableon thei nside ofthef uel filler
fl ap ofyour vehicle). Ifyo ur vehicle hastires
of ad iffe re nt size than thes ize indicat edon
th eT irea nd Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dor th
et irep ressur etable, youm ustfind out the
cor rect tirep ress ures fort hese tires.
As anadded safetyf eatur e,your vehicle has
been equipped withat irep ressur emonit or‐
ing system (TPMS) that illumin ates alow tire
pr essur eind icat orlam pwhen oneo rm oreo f
yo ur tires ares ign ifican tlyu nderinf lated.
Ac cor ding ly,i ft he lowt irep ressur eindicat or
lam plights up,yous hould stop and check
yo ur tires assoo nasposs ible, andinflate
th em tothec orrect press ure. Driving on a
sig nifica ntly underinf late dt irec auses thet ire
to ove rheat and canlead totiref ailur e.
Und erinf lation alsoincreases fuelconsum p‐
tion ,reduces thel ifee xpe ctan cy ofthet ire
and mayadversely affect theh andling and
br aking charact eristic so fthe vehicle. Please
no te that theT PMS isno tas ubstitutef or
pr oper tirem aint enanc e,and itis thed rive r's
re sponsibili tyto maint aincorrect tirep res‐
su re,e veni fu nder inflation hasnotreac hed
th el eve ltot rigg er illum inati on oftheT PMS
lo wt irep ressur eindicat orlam p. Yo
ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atew hen
th es ystemi snotoper ating proper ly.T he
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith
th el ow tirep ressur eindicat orlam p.When
th es ystemd etects amalfuncti on,thei ndica‐
to rlamp willflash fora pproxima tely am inut e
and then remain continuously illumina ted.
This sequence willcontinue upon subseq uent
ve hicle star t-ups aslon gasthe malfunction
ex ists.
When them alfunct ionindicat orisillumina‐
te d, thes ystemm aynotb ea ble todetect or
sig nal lowt irep ress urea sintende d.TPM S
mal functi onsmayoccu rfor av ariety of rea‐
son s,inc ludin gthe installation ofinc om pati‐
ble replacemen toralter nat etires orwheels
on thev ehicle that prev ent theT PMS from
func tioningproper ly.
Alw aysc hec kthe TPMS malfunction warning
lam pafter replacing oneormor etires or
wheels onyour vehicle toensur ethat the
re placemen toralter nat etires and wheels Wheels
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wthe TPMS tocontinu etof unction prop‐
er ly. The
system checks thet irep ressur eand thet ire
te mp eratur eofthe tires installed onthev ehicle
by means ofat irep ressu resensor .
Ne wt irep ressur esensor s,e.g. inwint ertires,
ar ea utomaticall ytaught -indur ing thef irst jou r‐
ne yt heya reused.
The tirep ressur eand thet iret em per atur e
appear inthem ultifunc tiondispla y
(/ page452).
If th er ei sas ubstantia lpress urel osso rift he
tir et em per atur eise xcessiv e,youw illbe warned
in thef ollo wing ways:
R Viad ispla ymessag es(/ page535)
R Viat he 0077 warning lam pint he instrument
clus ter( /pag e554)
The tirep ressu remonit oring system isonl yan
aid. Itis thed rive r's responsibili tyto setthe tire
pr essur etot he recomme ndedcoldtirep ress ure
su itab lefort he oper ating situation. Setthe tire
pr essur efor cold tires using atirep ressu re ga
ug e. No tethat thec orrect tirep ress uref or the
cur rent operati ng situa tionm ustfirst be taught -
in to thet irep ressur emonit oring system.
In mos tcases, thet irep ressur emonit oring sys‐
te mw illa utom atical lyupd atet he newr efer enc e
va lues afte ry ou have chang edthet irep ressur e.
Yo uc an,h ow ever,a lso updat ethe refere nce val‐
ues byrestar tin gt he tirep ressur emonit oring
sy stem manuall y(/ pag e453).
Sy stem limit s
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing situations:
R The tirep ressur ehasbeen setinc orrectl y
R The reisas udden pressur eloss caused, for
ex am ple, byaforeign object penetratin gthe
tir e
R Ther eisam alfu nctio ncausedb yanother
ra dio signal source
Be suretoa lso paya ttent ion tothef ollo wing
re lat ed topic:
R Noteso ntirep ressur e(/pag e448) Che
ckingt he tirep ressur ewitht he tirep res‐
sur em onitoring system
Re quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
On- boar dcom put er:
4 Service 5
Tires
One ofthef ollo wing displa ysappear s:
R Cur rent tirep ress ureo feachw heel: R
Tire pres sure willbedisplayed afterdriv inga
few minutes
R Tire Pres sure MonitorA ctive:t heteac h-in
pr oce ssofthes ystemi snotyetc omple te. 452
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