Mercedes Benz SLK R172 owners manual page 320

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318 Tire pressure imately one minute and then remaining lit.removedfor a few minutes. If this occurs, Whenthemalfunctionhasbeenrectified,thenote that the value displayed for the posi- tire pressure warning lamp goes out after ation where the spare wheel is mounted is few minutes of driving. notthesameasthecurrenttirepressureof The tire pressure values indicated by the on-the emergency spare wheel. boardcomputermaydifferfromthosemeas-Tire pressure monitor warning mes- ured at a gas station with a pressure gage.sages The tire pressures shown by the on-board computer refer to those measured at seaIf thetirepressuremonitordetectsapressure level. At high altitudes, the tire pressure val-loss in one or more tires, a warning message ues indicated by a pressure gage are higheris shown in the multifunction display and the thanthoseshownbytheon-boardcomputer.yellow tire pressure monitor warning lamp In this case, do not reduce the tire pressures.comeson. Theoperationofthetirepressuremonitorcan be affected by interference from radio trans-RIf the Please Correct Tire Pressure mitting equipment (e.g. radio headphones,messageappearsinthemultifunction dis- two-way radios) that may be being operatedplay, the tire pressure in at least one tire is in or near the vehicle. too low and must be corrected at the next opportunity. esCheckingthetire pressure electroni-RIftheCheck Tiresmessageappearsinthe ircally multifunction display, the tire pressure in t oneormoretireshasdroppedsignificantly XMakesurethattheSmartKeyisinpositionand the tires must be checked. and2intheignition lock (Y page 139).RIf the Warning Tire Malfunction XPressthe=or;buttononthesteer- appears in the multifunction display, the ing wheel to select the Serv. menu.tire pressure in one or more tires has drop- WheelsXPressthe9or:buttontoselect pedsuddenly and the tires must be Tire Pressure. checked. XPresstheabutton. Observe the instructions and safety notes in The current tire pressure of each tire isthe display messages in the "Tires" section showninthemultifunction display. (Y page 234). If the vehicle has been parked for overiIfthewheelpositionsonthevehicle are 20minutes, the Tire pressure will berotated, the tire pressures may be dis- displayed after driving a few played for the wrong positions for a short minutes message appears. time.Thisisrectifiedafterafewminutesof After a teach-in process, the tire pressuredriving,andthetirepressuresaredisplayed monitorautomatically detects new wheels orfor the correct positions. newsensors. As long as a clear allocation ofRestarting the tire pressure monitor the tire pressure value to the individual wheels is not possible, the Tire PressureWhenyourestartthetirepressuremonitor,all Monitor Active display message is shownexisting warning messages are deleted and instead of the tire pressure display. The tirethe warning lamps go out. The monitor uses pressures are already being monitored.the currently set tire pressures as the refer- iIfanemergencysparewheelismounted,encevaluesformonitoring.Inmostcases,the the system may continue to show the tiretire pressure monitor will automatically pressure of the wheel that has beendetect the new reference values after you

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