Tire labeling, Operation – Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2009 Owners Manual User Manual
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Tires and wheels
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X
Press button
j
or
k
repeatedly until
you see the current inflation pressures for
each tire appear in the display or the fol-
lowing message appears in the display
Tire Pressure Monitor
Active
Menu: R-Button
X
The following message will appear in the
multifunction display:
Restart tire
pressure monitor?
X
If you wish to confirm: Press button
æ
.
The following message will appear in the
multifunction display:
Tire Pressure Monitor
Restarted
After driving a few minutes the system veri-
fies that the current tire inflation pressures
are within the system’s specified range.
Afterwards the current tire inflation pres-
sures are accepted as reference values and
then monitored.
X
If you wish to cancel: Press button
ç
.
Besides tire name (sales designation) and
manufacturer name, a number of markings
can be found on a tire.
Following are some explanations for the
markings on your vehicle’s tires:
1
Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
(
2
DOT, Tire Identification Number
(
3
4
Maximum tire inflation pressure
(
5
Manufacturer
6
7
Tire size designation, load and speed rat-
ing (
8
9
Tire name
i
For illustration purposes only. Actual data
on tires are specific to each vehicle and
may vary from data shown in above illus-
tration.
For more information, see “Rims and
tires” (
Operation