manual Audi R8 I 1 owners manual page 174

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document_0900452a816e6cc9.book Seite 172 Mittwoch, 21. Februar 2007 1:32 13 172 Wheels and tyres Remove wheel covers (if fitted) and trim rings before attaching The tyre pressures recommended for your vehicle are given on the snow chains. For safety reasons cover caps must then be fitted over sticker attached to the driver's door pillar. the wheel bolts. These are available from Audi R8 dealers. Remove the chains when roads are free of snow . Otherwise they will Initialising the tyre pressure monitoring system impair handling, damage the tyres and wear out very quickly. The inflation pressures for two sets of wheels (e.g. with winter and summer tyres) are stored on your vehicle. You can change between Four-wheel drive: Where snow chains are compulsory on certain these two sets of wheels any number of times without re-initialising roads, this normally also applies to cars with four-wheel drive. Snow the system. chains may only be fitted to the rear wheels (also on vehicles with The tyre pressure monitoring system must be re-initialised by your four-wheel drive). AudiR8 dealer if a new set of wheels is used or the electronic sensors are renewed. Tyre pressure monitoring system  lit Warning lamp If the tyre pressure is more than 0.5 bar below the reference value, Applies to vehicles: with tyre pressure monitoring system the display will show the tyre symbol  with a corresponding Introduction message, such as Tyre pressures too low ⇒. The tyre pressure monitoring system keeps a check on the inflation pressures of the four road wheels while you are WARNING driving. • If the warning lamp  lights up you must slow down immedi- The system warns the driver in the event of a loss of pressure by ately and avoid any severe braking or steering manoeuvres. As means of symbols and messages in the instrument cluster display. soon as you can do so safely, stop and check the tyres and the tyre The system employs sensors on the wheels. The radio signals from pressures. these sensors are transmitted to the tyre pressure monitoring • Never re-adjust the tyre inflation pressure when the tyre is hot. system. This can cause serious damage to the tyre or even a blow-out, Please bear in mind that the tyre inflation pressure is also influ-which could result in an accident. enced by the temperature of the tyre. For every 10°C increase in the • Under-inflated tyres flex more and can overheat at continuous tyre temperature the pressure will normally increase by about high speeds. This can cause tread separation and tyre blow-out, 0.1 bar. The tyre heats up while the vehicle is being driven and the which could result in an accident. tyre pressure will rise accordingly. For this reason, you should only adjust the tyre pressures when they are cold (i.e. approximately at For the sake of the environment ambient temperature). Under-inflated tyres lead to increased fuel consumption and tyre To ensure that the tyre pressure monitoring system works reliably, wear. you should check and, if necessary, adjust the tyre pressures at regular intervals.

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