TPMS MERCEDES-BENZ SLC 2020 Owners Manual

is
shown inthe Serv . Serv
.men uofthe multif unc-
tion display. Ex
ample: currenttirep ress uredisplay
For informat iononthe mess agedisplay, refer
to the "Check ingthe tirep ress ureelect roni-
cally" section(Ypage 277).
Imp ortant safet ynotes G
WARN
ING
Eac htire, inc luding thespare (ifprov ided),
should bechec kedatleast onceam onth
when coldandinflated tothe press urerec-
omme ndedbythe vehic lemanuf acturer on
the Tire andLoadin gInformat ionplacard on
the drive r'sdoor B-pillar orthe tirep ress ure
label onthe inside ofthe fuel filler flap.If
your vehic lehas tires ofad iffe ren tsize than
the size indic ated onthe Tire andLoadin g
Inf ormat ionplacard orthe tirep ress ure
label, youshould determin ethe proper tire
press ureforthosetires.
As anadded safetyfeat ure, your vehic lehas
been equipped withatirep ress uremon itor-
ing syst em(TPMS )that illuminat esalow tire
press uretelltalewhen oneormore ofyour
tir es are sign ifican tlyunder inflated. Accor d-
ingly, when thelow tirep ress uretelltaleillu-
min ates, youshould stopand chec kyour
tir es assoon aspossible ,and inflate themt o
the proper pressure.Drivin gonas ignifi-
can tlyunder inflated tirec auses thetiret o
over heat andcanlead totiref ailure. Under-
inf lation alsoreduc esfuel effic iencyand tire
tr ead life,and may affec tthe vehic le'shan-
dling andstopping ability.
Please notethat the TPMS isnot asubst i-
tut efor proper tirem aint enan ce,and itis
the drive r'srespo nsibilit ytom aintaincor-
rec ttirep ress ure, even ifunder inflation has not
reach edthe level totrigger illuminat ion
of the TPMS lowtirep ress uretelltale.
Your vehic lehas also been equipped witha
TPMS malfun ction indic atortoindic ateifthe
syst emisnot operat ingproper ly.The TPMS
malfun ction indic atoriscom bined withthe
low tirep ress uretelltale. When thesyst em
dete ctsam alfunction, thewarnin glamp will
flash forapprox imatelyam inute and then
remain continuously illuminat ed.This
sequen cewill berepeat edever ytimet he
vehic leisstar ted aslong asthe malfun ction
exis ts.
When themalfun ction indic atorisillumina-
ted, thesyst emmay notbeable todete ctor
sign allow tirep ress ureasintended .TPMS
malfun ctions may occurfor avariet yofrea-
son s,inc luding theinstallation ofinc ompat i-
ble replac ementoralter natetires orwheels
on the vehic lethat preventtheTPMS from
func tioningproper ly.Always checkthe
TPMS malfun ction tellt aleafterreplac ing
one ormore tires orwheels onyour vehic le
to ens ure that thereplac ementoralter nate
tir es and wheels allowtheTPMS tocon tinue
to func tion proper ly.
It is the drive r'srespo nsibilitytoset the tire
press uretothat recomme ndedforcold tires
which issuitable forthe operat ingsituat ion
(Y page 271).Notet hat the correcttirep res-
sure forthe curr entoperat ingsituat ionmust
firs tbetaught -intothe tirep ress uremon itor.
If as ubst antialloss ofpress ureoccurs, the
warnin gthreshold forthe warnin gmessage is
aligned tothe taught -inrefe rencevalues.
Restar tthe tirep ress uremon itorafteradjust -
ing the press ureofthe cold tires
(Y page 278). Thecurrentpress uresare
saved asnew referencevalues. Asaresult ,a
warnin gmessage willappear ifthe tirep res-
sure drops significant ly.
The tirep ress uremon itordoes notwarn youof
an incorre ctly set tirep ress ure. Obser vethe
not eson the recomme ndedtirep ress ure
(Y page 271).
The tirep ress uremon itorisnot able towarn
you ofas udden lossofpress ure,e.g.ifthe
tir ei sp enet ratedbyaf oreign object.Int he
even tofas udden lossofpress ure,bringthe 276
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