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Manual transmission:
Press the EDC button repeatedly:
> "Comfort": LED off.
> "Normal": one LED lights up.
> "Sport": both LEDs light up.
The last selected program is active each time
the engine is started.
You can also activate your preferred program
with the button on the steering wheel, refer
to MDrive on page 50.
FTM Flat Tire Monitor*
The concept
The Flat Tire Monitor detects a pressure loss in
one tire by comparing the speeds of the individ-
ual wheels during driving.
In the event of a pressure loss, there is a change
in the rolling circumference and therefore the
rotation speed of the corresponding wheel. The
system detects this change and reports it as a
flat tire.
Functional requirement
In order to assure the reliable reporting of a flat
tire, the system must be initialized for the cor-
rect tire inflation pressure.
The initialization must be repeated after
each time the tire inflation pressure is cor-
rected and after every tire or wheel
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System limits
The Flat Tire Monitor cannot indicate sudden
severe tire damage caused by outside factors
and does not detect a natural, even pressure
drop in all four tires.
In the following situations, the system could be
delayed or malfunction:
> System has not been initialized
> Driving on snowy or slippery road surface
> Sporty driving style: slip in the drive wheels,
high lateral acceleration
> Driving with snow chains
Initializing system
The initialization finishes during driving,
which can be interrupted at any time.
When driving resumes, the initialization is con-
tinued automatically. Do not initialize the sys-
tem when driving with snow
With Sequential Manual Transmission via the
button in the center console:
1. Start the engine, but do not start driving.
2. Press the button for approx. 5 seconds.
After the button is released, the warning
lamp lights up in yellow for several sec-
onds in the instrument cluster, refer to
Indication of a flat tire. The message "Initial-
izing FTM ..." appears on the Control Dis-
play for a few seconds.
3. Start to drive.
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The initialization finishes during driving
without feedback.
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