Mercedes Benz CLA C117 owners manual page 323

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Tire pressure 321 LoadingInformationplacardontheB-pillar recommendedbythevehiclemanufacturer onthedriver's side of your vehicle. ontheTire and Loading Information placard XIf necessary, increase the tire pressure toonthedriver's door B-pillar or the tire pres- the recommended value (Y page 317).surelabelontheinsideofthefuelfillerflap.If your vehicle has tires of a different size than XIfthetirepressureistoohigh,releaseairby the size indicated on the Tire and Loading pressing down the metal pin in the valve Information placard or, if available, the tire using the tip of a pen, for example. Then, pressure label, you should determine the checkthetirepressureagainusingthetire proper tire pressure for those tires. pressure gauge. Asanaddedsafetyfeature, your vehicle has XScrewthevalvecapontothevalve. beenequippedwithatirepressuremonitoring XRepeatthesestepsfor the other tires. system(TPMS)thatilluminatesalowtirepres- sure telltale when one or more of your tires are significantly underinflated. Accordingly, Tire Pressure Monitor whenthelowtire pressure telltale lights up, youshouldstopandcheckyourtiresassoon General notes as possible, and inflate them to the proper If a tire pressuremonitorisinstalled,thevehi- pressure. Driving on a significantly underin- cle's wheels have sensors that monitor the flated tire causes the tire to overheat and can tire pressures in all four tires. The tire pres- lead to tire failure. sure monitor warns you if the pressure drops Underinflation also reduces fuel efficiency tires in one or more of the tires. The tire pressure andtiretreadlife,andmayaffectthevehicle's monitor only functions if the correct sensors handlingandstoppingability.Pleasenotethat are installed on all wheels. and the TPMS is not a substitute for proper tire Information on tire pressures is displayed in maintenance, and it is the driver's responsi- themultifunctiondisplay.Afterafewminutes bility to maintain correct tire pressure, even if of driving, the current tire pressure of each underinflation has not reached the level to Wheels tire is shownintheServiceService menu of the mul- trigger illumination of the TPMS low tire pres- tifunction display. sure telltale. Your vehicle has also been equipped with a TPMSmalfunction indicator to indicate when the system is not operating properly. The TPMSmalfunctionindicatoriscombinedwith the low tire pressure telltale. When the sys- temdetects a malfunction, the warning lamp will flash for approximately a minute and then Example: current tire pressure display remain continuously illuminated. This sequencewillberepeatedeverytimethevehi- Forinformationonthemessagedisplay,refer cle is started as long as the malfunction to the "Checking the tire pressure electroni- exists. When the malfunction indicator is illu- cally" section (Y page 322). minated,thesystemmaynotbeabletodetect or signal low tire pressure as intended. Important safety notes TPMSmalfunctionsmayoccurforavarietyof GWARNING reasons, including the installation of incom- Each tire, including the spare (if provided), patible replacement or alternate tires or should be checked at least once every two wheels on the vehicle that prevent the TPMS weekswhencoldandinflatedtothepressure from functioning properly. Always check the Z

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