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Eac htire, includin gth espar e(if pro vide d),
sho uld bechecke dat least once amon th
when cold and inflat ed tothepre ssur erec -
omm ended bytheveh icleman ufactureron
th eTir eand Load ingInfor mat ionplac ardon
th edriv er'sdoor B-pillar orthetire pre ssur e
label ontheins ide ofthefuel filler flap .If
your vehiclehas tires ofadif fer entsiz eth an
th esiz eind icat edon theTir eand Load ing
In for mat ionplac ardorthetire pre ssur e
label, youshould determ inethepro per tire
pre ssur efor those tires .
As anadded safetyfeat ure, your vehiclehas
been equipp edwithatire pre ssur emon itor-
ing syst em(TPM S)that illum inatesa low tire
pre ssur ete lltale when oneor mor eof your
ti res are sign ificant lyund erinflat ed. Accord-
ing ly,when thelow tire pre ssur ete lltale illu-
min ates,you should stop and checkyour
ti res assoo nas pos sible ,and inflat eth em to
th epro per pressur e.Drivin gon asign ifi-
can tly und erin flatedtire caus esthetire to
ove rheatand canlead totire failur e.Un der -
inf lat ion also reduce sfuel efficien cy and tire
tr ead life,and may affectth eveh icle's han -
dlin gand stoppi ngabilit y.
Pleas eno te that theTPM Sis no ta subs ti-
tut efor proper tire main tenan ce,and itis
th edriv er'sres pon sibil ity to main tainco r-
rec ttire pre ssur e,eve nif und erinflat ion has
no treac hedthelev elto trigge rillum ination
of theTPM Slow tire pre ssur ete lltale.
US Aon ly:
Your vehiclehas also been equipp edwitha
TPM Smalf unction indicat ortoind icat eif th e
syst emisno toper ating pro perly.The TPM S
malf unction indicat orisco mbin edwithth e
low tire pre ssur ete lltale. When thesyst em
det ects amalf unction ,th ewarn inglamp will
flas hfor appr oximat elyamin ute and then
rem aincontinuo usly illum inated. This
seque ncewill berep eatedeve rytime the
veh icleis start ed aslon gas themalf unction
ex ist s. When
themalf unction indicat orisillum ina-
te d, thesyst emmay notbe able todet ector
sign allow tire pre ssur eas intended. TPMS
malf unction smay occur foravar ietyof rea-
son s,inc ludin gth emoun ting ofinc omp ati-
ble replace men tor altern ate tires orwhee ls
on theveh icleth at pre ven tth eTPM Sfrom
fun ction ing properly.Alw ays checkth e
TPM Smalf unction telltale afterrep laci ng
on eor mor etires orwhee lson your vehicle
to ensur eth at therep lace men tor altern ate
ti res and whee lsallow theTPM Sto continue
to fun ction properly.
It is thedriv er'sres pon sibil ity to set thetire
pre ssur eto that rec omm ended forcold tires
whic his suit able fortheoper ating situati on
(Y page 299). Not eth at theco rrec ttire pre s-
sur efor thecur ren toper ating situati onmust
fir st be taug ht-in tothetire pre ssur emon itor.
If asubs tantial loss ofpre ssur eoc cur s,the
warn ingthres hold forthewarn ingmes sage is
align edtothetaug ht-in refere ncevalue s.
Rest artthetire pre ssur emon itor afteradj ust -
ing thepre ssur eof theco ld tires
(Y page 304). The curren tpre ssur esare
sav edasnewref ere ncevalue s.As ares ult,a
warn ingmes sage willappear ifth etire pre s-
sur edro pssign ificant ly.
The tire pre ssur emon itor does notwarn youof
an incorrectly set tire pre ssur e.Obs erveth e
no teson therec omm ended tire pre ssur e
(Y page 299).
The tire pre ssur emon itor isno table towarn
you ofasudde nloss ofpre ssur e,e.g. ifth e
ti re ispen etrat ed byafor eign object.In the
eve ntofasudde nloss ofpre ssur e,brin gth e
veh icleto ahalt bybrak ingcareful ly.Avoid
abrup tst eer ing mov eme nts.
The tire pre ssur emon itor has ayellow warning
lamp intheins trumen tclus terfor indicat ing
pre ssur eloss oramalf unction .Whet herthe
warn inglamp flashes orligh tsup indicat es
whet heratire pre ssur eis toolow orthetire
pre ssur emon itor ismalf unction ing :
R ifth ewarn inglamp islit continuo usly, the
ti re pre ssur eon oneor mor etires issign ifi-
can tly to olow. Thetire pre ssur emon itor is
no tmalf unction ing .
R ifth ewarn inglamp flashes forappr ox-
imat elyamin ute and then rem ainslit con- Ti
re pressu re
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