Volkswagen Golf GTI 2016, Owner'S Manual

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For this reason, it is vital to make certain that all four tires are
inflated to the correct pressure when they are cold, before
calibrating the system. Cold tire tires are tires that have not been
driven more than a couple of miles (kilometers) at low speed within
the last 3 hours.
During normal vehicle operation, the system calibrates itself to the
tires installed and the changed tire pressures. The calibrated values
are stored and monitored after a long journey at various speeds.
If the wheels are loaded more heavily than normal, for example, if
the vehicle is carrying heavy load, the tire pressure must be raised
to the recommended full-load tire pressure before recalibaration
→ Tires and wheels .
Recalibrate the system to reset the benchmark TPMS pressure in
the following situations:
After installing tires on your vehicle that have recommended cold
tire inflation pressures that are different from the tires that were
taken off.
After any tire on your vehicle is removed and then remounted,
even if the same tire and wheel rim that were taken off are
reinstalled (for instance, after repair).
After any tire on your vehicle is changed and replaced by another