Wheels and tires, Tire pressure – Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class 2015 Owners Manual User Manual

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minute and then remaining lit. When the mal-

function has been rectified, the tire pressure

warning lamp goes out after a few minutes of

driving.
The tire pressure values indicated by the on-

board computer may differ from those meas-

ured at a gas station with a pressure gauge.

The tire pressures shown by the on-board

computer refer to those measured at sea

level. At high altitudes, the tire pressure val-

ues indicated by a pressure gauge are higher

than those shown by the on-board computer.

In this case, do not reduce the tire pressures.
The operation of the tire pressure monitor can

be affected by interference from radio trans-

mitting equipment (e.g. radio headphones,

two-way radios) that may be being operated

in or near the vehicle.

Checking the tire pressure electroni-

cally

X

Make sure that the SmartKey is in position

2 in the ignition lock (

Y

page 143).

X

Press the = or ; button on the steer-

ing wheel to select the

Serv.

Serv.

menu.

X

Press the 9 or : button to select

Tire Pressure

Tire Pressure

.

X

Press the a button.

The current tire pressure of each tire is

shown in the multifunction display.

If the vehicle was parked for longer than

20 minutes, the

Tire pressure will be

Tire pressure will be

displayed after driving a few

displayed after driving a few

minutes

minutes

message is shown.

After a teach-in process, the tire pressure

monitor automatically detects new wheels or

new sensors. As long as a clear allocation of

the tire pressure value to the individual

wheels is not possible, the

Tire Pressure

Tire Pressure

Monitor Active

Monitor Active

message is shown instead

of the tire pressure display. The tire pressures

are already being monitored.

Tire pressure monitor warning mes-

sages

If the tire pressure monitor detects a pressure

loss in one or more tires, a warning message

is shown in the multifunction display and the

yellow tire pressure monitor warning light

comes on.

R

If the

Correct Tire Pressure

Correct Tire Pressure

message

appears in the multifunction display, the

tire pressure in at least one tire is too low

and must be corrected at the next oppor-

tunity.

R

If the

Check Tire Pressure Soon

Check Tire Pressure Soon

mes-

sage appears in the multifunction display,

the tire pressure in one or more tires has

dropped significantly and the tires must be

checked.

R

If the

Tire Pressure Warning Tire

Tire Pressure Warning Tire

Failure

Failure

message appears in the multi-

function display, the tire pressure in one or

more tires has dropped suddenly and the

tires must be checked.

Observe the instructions and safety notes in

the display messages in the "Tires" section

(

Y

page 245).

i

If the wheel positions on the vehicle are

rotated, the tire pressures may be dis-

played for the wrong positions for a short

time. This is rectified after a few minutes of

driving, and the tire pressures are displayed

for the correct positions.

Restarting the tire pressure monitor

When you restart the tire pressure monitor, all

existing warning messages are deleted and

the warning lamps go out. The monitor uses

the currently set tire pressures as the refer-

ence values for monitoring. In most cases, the

tire pressure monitor will automatically

detect the new reference values after you

have changed the tire pressure. However, you

can also define reference values manually as

described here. The tire pressure monitor

then monitors the new tire pressure values.

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Tire pressure

Wheels

and

tires

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