Tire Pressure Monitoring - Overview - Volvo XC60 Owner's Manual

WHEELS AND TIRES
NOTE
Please consult state or provincial regulations
restricting the use of studded winter tires
before installing such tires.
304

Tire pressure monitoring - overview

Volvo provides two different systems to monitor
tire pressure: Tire Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS) or Tire Monitor.
Determining which tire monitoring
system is in your vehicle
To see which system is installed in your vehicle,
press the MY CAR button on the center console.
Settings Car settings.
Go to
•
If your vehicle has a menu called
monitoring
, see Tire Monitor - introduction
(p. 305).
•
If your vehicle has a menu called
pressure
, see Tire Pressure Monitoring Sys-
tem (TPMS) – general information (p. 308).
Introduction
Each tire, including the spare (if provided), should
be checked monthly when cold and inflated to
the inflation pressure recommended by the vehi-
cle manufacturer on the vehicle placard or tire
inflation pressure label. (If your vehicle has tires
of a different size than the size indicated on the
vehicle placard or tire inflation pressure label, you
should determine the proper tire inflation pres-
sure for those tires.)
As an added safety feature, your vehicle has
been equipped with a tire pressure monitoring
system that illuminates a low tire pressure telltale
( ) when one or more of your tires is signifi-
cantly under-inflated. Accordingly, when the low
tire pressure telltale illuminates, you should stop
and check your tires as soon as possible, and
inflate them to the proper pressure.
Driving on a significantly under-inflated tire cau-
ses the tire to overheat and can lead to tire fail-
ure. Under-inflation also reduces fuel efficiency
and tire tread life, and may affect the vehicle's
handling and stopping ability. Please note that a
tire pressure monitoring system is not a substi-
tute for proper tire maintenance, and it is the driv-
Tire
er's responsibility to maintain correct tire pres-
sure, even if under-inflation has not reached the
level to trigger illumination of the system's low
Tire
tire pressure telltale.
Your vehicle has also been equipped with a
TPMS malfunction indicator to indicate when the
system is not operating properly. The monitoring
system's malfunction indicator is combined with
the low tire pressure telltale.
When the system detects a malfunction, the tell-
tale will flash for approximately one minute and
then remain continuously illuminated. This
sequence will continue upon subsequent vehicle
start-ups as long as the malfunction exists. When
the malfunction indicator is illuminated, the sys-
tem may not be able to detect or signal low tire
pressure as intended.
System malfunctions may occur for a variety of
reasons, including the installation of replacement
or alternate tires or wheels on the vehicle that