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Tire pressure table (
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Tire and Loading Information placard
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page 365)
Tire pressure monitoring system
Function of the tire pressure monitoring sys‐
tem
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DANGER Risk of accident due to incor‐
rect tire pressure
Each tire, including the spare (if provided),
should be checked monthly when cold and
then inflated to the inflation pressure recom‐
mended by the vehicle manufacturer on the
vehicle placard or tire inflation pressure
label. (If your vehicle has tires of a different
size than the size indicated on the vehicle
placard or tire inflation pressure label, you
should determine the proper tire inflation
pressure for these tires.)
As an added safety feature, your vehicle has
been equipped with a tire pressure monitor‐
ing system (TPMS) that illuminates a low tire
pressure telltale when one or more of your
tires is significantly underinflated. Accord‐
ingly, if the low tire pressure telltale illumi‐
nates, you should stop and check your tires
as soon as possible, and inflate them to the
proper pressure. Driving on a significantly
underinflated tire causes the tire to overheat
and can lead to tire failure. Underinflation
also reduces fuel efficiency and tire tread
life, and may affect the vehicle's handling
and stopping ability. Please note that the
TPMS is not a substitute for proper tire main‐
tenance, and it is the driver's responsibility
to maintain correct tire pressure, even if
underinflation has not reached the level to
trigger illumination of the TPMS low tire pres‐
sure telltale.
Your vehicle has also been equipped with a
TPMS malfunction indicator to indicate when
the system is not operating properly. The
TPMS malfunction indicator is combined with
the low tire pressure telltale. When the sys‐
tem detects a malfunction, the indicator
lamp will flash for approximately a minute
and then remain continuously illuminated.
This sequence will continue upon subsequent
vehicle start-ups as long as the malfunction
exists.
When the malfunction indicator is illumina‐
ted, the system may not be able to detect or
signal low tire pressure as intended. TPMS
malfunctions may occur for a variety of rea‐
sons, including the installation of incompati‐
ble replacement or alternate tires or wheels
on the vehicle that prevent the TPMS from
functioning properly.
Always check the TPMS malfunction telltale
after replacing one or more tires or wheels
on your vehicle to ensure that the replace‐
ment or alternate tires and wheels allow the
TPMS to continue to function properly.
The system checks the tire pressure and the tire
temperature of the tires installed on the vehicle
by means of a tire pressure sensor.
The tire pressure and the tire temperature
appear on the driver display (
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page 364).
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