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4.12.4
General notes
WARNING
♦ For safety reasons, only tyres of same type and tread pat‐
tern should be fitted on a vehicle! Approved wheel and tyre
combinations, e.g. ⇒ Running gear; Rep. gr. 44 ; Touareg
as of model year 2003
♦ On vehicles with four-wheel drive, tyres of the same type
and tread pattern must be used. Otherwise the centre dif‐
ferential may be damaged.
Note
♦
Tyre pressures for the relevant model can also be found on a
sticker. It is attached to the inside of tank flap or to B-pillar.
♦
Please note that the indicated pressures apply to cold tyres.
Do not reduce pressure of warm tyres with increased pres‐
sure.
♦
Tyre pressures for the relevant model can also be found on a
sticker. It is attached to the inside of tank flap or to B-pillar.
♦
Adjust the tyre pressure to suit the vehicle load.
♦
The spare wheel should have the highest tyre pressure deter‐
mined for the vehicle.
♦
For vehicles with tyre pressure monitoring (TPM), the new tyre
pressures must be adapted
.
Winter tyres
Note
♦
Important information on recommended winter tyres can be
found in:
♦
⇒ Wheel and tyre guide - Standard; Rep. gr. 44 ; Recom‐
mended winter tyres (Running gear→Wheel and tyre guide -
Standard→Rep. Gr. 44→Recommended winter tyres)
♦
If winter tyres are fitted, a sticker, visible for the customer and
indicating the speed limit, must be applied in the interior of the
vehicle.
♦
The tyre pressure of winter tyres does not have to be in‐
creased. This only applies however if the winter tyre used
corresponds exactly to the approved summer tyre size and the
speed index is no higher than „H“. If this is not the case, please
refer to the recommendation of the tyre manufacturer.
Note
For technical reasons it is possible that several cross references
are not directed to the correct chapter. In this case select the pro‐
cedure manually in the information.
Touareg 2003 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 11.2011
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4. Descriptions of work