Audi R8 Spyder 2012 Owner's Manual page 204

202 T i re s and w h ee l s
- The tire pressure monitoring system
helps the driver to keep an eye on tire
pressures. But the driver st ill has the re-
sponsibility for maintaining the correct
tire pressure.
- Tire pressure must only be adjusted
when the temperature of the tires is
about the same as ambient air tempera-
ture.
- When t ires are replaced, the sensors and
valves should not be exchanged . The
valve core, nut, valve sealing and seal
washer (replacement kit) needs to be re-
placed. If necessary, the valve and the
whee l electronics have to be rep laced.
- The tire pressure monitoring system on
your Audi was calibrated using tires w ith
"RO" identification. We recommend us-
ing these tires.
- If you should put different whee ls and
ti res on yo ur vehicle (e.g. w inter wheels
and tires), you must be certain that the
whee ls and tires are compatible with the
tire pressure monitoring system . Other-
wise the system w ill reg ister a ma lfunc-
tion and a fault message will be dis-
played . For more information, contact
your authorized Audi dealer .
- For Declaration of Compliance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada regula-
tions ~ page
222 .
Programming a new set of tires
App lies to vehicles: with tire pressure monitor ing system
When driving with a new set of ti res, you can
program them to the t ire pressure monitoring
system using the menu disp lay.
"' Turn the ign ition on.
"' Select the menu : Set > Tire pressure
>
Wh eel change.
"' Confirm that you wou ld like to begin the
programming process. The message Wh eel
sensors are being init ialised. This may t ake
a fe w minute s .. . appears in the instrument
cluster disp lay.
You can switch between programmed tire sets
at any time without reinitializing the system .
(D
Tips
If the programming process was not com-
pleted successfully, the message Wheel
sensors could not be initi alised appears in
the disp lay and the
IIQIS,
indicator light
turns on. If this happens, repeat the pro-
cedure.