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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 tires 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 lf unc-
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 230 .
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
>
Wheel change.
"'Confirm that you wo uld like to begin the
programming process. The message Wh eel
sensors are being init ialised. This may t ake
a few minut es .. . appears in the instrument
clust er disp lay.
You can switch between programmed tire sets
at any time without reinitializing the system .
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Tips
- If the programm ing process was not
completed successfully, the message
Wheel sensors could not be init ialised
appears in the disp lay and the
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dicator light turns on. If this happens,
repeat the procedure.
- Do not store the tire pressure if there are
snow chains on the tire.
' TPMS Tire pressure monitoring system
malfunction
A malfunction can have various causes.
If the
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warning light in the instrument clus-
ter flashes for approximate ly one minute and
then remains cont inuously illumin at ed and
additionally the
lliiff1
symbol appears in the
display, the tire pressure monitor ing system is
not availab le. The text Tire pressure! System
malfun ction appears in the display. This can
have various causes.
- A wheel sensor or other component may
have fai led.
- During init ialization the system has detect -
ed more than 4 wheels on the vehicle, for
examp le w hile driving next to anothe r car
w ith a t ire pressure monitoring system.
- Audi replacement parts were not used.
- If snow chains are being used, system func -
tion can be compromised due to the shield-
ing prope rties of the chains.
- The tire pressure mon itoring system may
not be available because of a radio malfunc-
tion.
- Transm itters w ith the same frequency, such
as radio headphones in the vehicle or radio
equipment, can cause a temporary disrup-
t ion of t he system through excessive elec-
tromagnetic fie lds.
- Eliminate t he interference if you can and
then proceed as fo ll ows: Turn off the engine
for 20 minutes . Then drive another 10 mi -
nutes .
If
the warning light comes on again,
ll-
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