spare tire location MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG GT COUPE 2015 C197 Owner's Manual

warning message will appear if th
etirep res-
sure drop ssignificantly.
The tir epressure monito rdoes not warn you
of an incorrectly set tir epressure. Observe
th en otes on th erecommended tir epressure
(Y page 253).
The tir epressure monito risnot able to warn
you of asudden loss of pressure, e.g .ifthe
tir eisp enetrated by aforeign object .Inthe
even tofas udden loss of pressure, brin gthe
vehicle to ahalt by braking carefully. Avoid
abrupt steerin gmaneuvers.
The tir epressure monito rhas ay ellow warn-
ing lamp in th einstrumen tcluster for indicat-
ing apressure loss or malfunction .Whether
th ew arning lamp flashes or light supindi-
cates whether atirep ressure is to olow or the
tir ep ressure monito rismalfunctioning:
R if th ewarning lamp is lit continuously, the
tir ep ressure on one or mor etires is signif-
icantly to olow. The tir epressure monito ris
not malfunctioning.
R if th ewarning lamp flashes for aroun da
minute and then remains lit constantly, the tir ep ressure monito rismalfunctioning.
i In addition to th
ewarning lamp, ames-
sage appears in th emultifunction display.
Further informatio ncan be foun don
( Ypage 182).
If th etirep ressure monito rismalfunctioning,
it may tak emoret hant en minutes for th etire
pressure warning lamp to inform you of the
malfunction by flashing for approximately one
minute and then remainin glit. When th emal-
function has been rectified, th etirep ressure
warning lamp goes out after afew minutes of
driving.
The tir epressure values indicated by th eon-
board compute rmay differ fro mthose meas-
ured at agas statio nwithapressure gauge.
The tir epressures shown by th eon-board
compute rrefer to those measured at sea
level. At high altitudes, th etirep ressure val-
ues indicated by apressure gauge are higher than those shown by th
eon-board computer.
In this case ,donot reduc ethe tirep ressures.
The operatio nofthetirep ressure monito rcan
be affected by interference fro mradio trans-
mittin gequipment (e.g .radio headphones,
two-way radios )tha tm ay be bein goperated
in or near th evehicle.
Checkin gthe tirep ressur eelectroni-
cally X
Make sure that th eSmartKey is in position
2 in th eignitio nlock (Y page 119).
X Pres sthe 0059 or0065 button on th esteer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Serv. Serv. menu.
X Pres sthe 0063 or0064 button to select
Tir eP ressure
Tir eP ressure.
X Pres sthe 0076 button.
The curren ttirep ressure of each tir eis
shown in th emultifunction display.
If th evehicle has been parked for over
20 minutes ,the Tir ep ressure wil lbe
Tir ep ressure wil lbe
displayed after drivin gafew
displayed after drivin gafew
minutes
minutes message appears.
After ateach-in process, th etirep ressure
monito rautomatically detect snew wheels or
new sensors. As lon gasaclear allocation of
th et irep ressure value to th eindividual
wheels is not possible, the TireP ressure
Tir eP ressure
Monito rActive
Monito rActive display message is shown
instead of th etirep ressure display. The tire
pressures are already bein gmonitored.
i If an emergency spare wheel is mounted,
th es ystem may continue to show th etire
pressure of th ewheel that has been
removed for afew minutes .Ifthiso ccurs,
not ethatthe value displayed for th eposi-
tio nw here th espare wheel is mounted is
not th esame as th ecurren ttirep ressure of
th ee mergency spare wheel. 258
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ep ressureWheels and tires