Useful information about wheels and tyres
Introduction
This chapter contains information on the followingsubjects:
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Handling wheels and tyres
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Wheel rims and wheel bolts
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Tyre pressure
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Tread depth and wear indicators
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Tyre damage
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Spare wheel or temporary spare wheel
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Tyre lettering and tyre type
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Maximum load and speed range for tyres
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Winter tyres
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Snow chains
The tyres are the most used and most underestimated parts of a vehicle. Tyres are very important
as the narrow tyre surfaces are the only contact between the vehicle and the road.
The service life of tyres is dependent on tyre pressure, driving style, handling and correct fitting.
Differing tyre pressures or tyre pressures that are too low can cause tyre damage, tyre
failure, loss of vehicle control, accidents, serious injury and death.
• If the indicator lamp
lights up, stop the vehicle as soon as possible and check all
the tyres
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Useful information about wheels and tyres
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• Different tyre pressures or tyre pressures that are too low can increase wear on the
tyres, reduce vehicle stability and increase the braking distance.
• Differing tyre pressures or tyre pressures that are too low can cause sudden tyre
failure and lead to a tyre bursting and the loss of control over the vehicle.
• The driver is responsible for the correct tyre pressure of all tyres on the vehicle. The
recommended tyre pressure can be found on a sticker
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Tyre pressure
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• The tyre monitoring system cannot function correctly until all cold tyres have the
correct tyre pressure.
• The pressure in all tyres must always be appropriate to the vehicle load
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Tyre
pressure
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• Always inflate all tyres to the correct tyre pressure before every journey
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Tyre
pressure
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• If the vehicle is driven with insufficient tyre pressure, this results in greater tyre flexing.
This could warm up the tyre to such an extent that the tread may separate and the tyre
could burst. This could cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
• High speeds and overloading of the vehicle may cause the tyres to heat up to such an
extent that the tyre bursts, leading you to lose control of the vehicle.
• If the tyre pressure is too low or too high, the tyres will wear prematurely and the
vehicle will not handle well.
• If the tyre is not flat and it is not necessary to change the wheel immediately, drive at
low speed to the nearest qualified workshop and check and correct the tyre pressure
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Tyre pressure
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WARNING
