Tire Care And Maintenance - Tesla MODEL X 2019 Owner's Manual

Maintaining Tire Pressures
If you are not towing a trailer, keep tires
inflated to the pressures shown on the Tire
and Loading Information label, even if it differs
from the pressure printed on the tire itself. The
Tire and Loading Information label is located
on the center door pillar and is visible when
the front door is open.
If you are towing a trailer, do not use the tire
pressures printed on the Tire and Loading
Information Label. Instead, refer to the tire
pressures published in the towing topic (see
Towing and Accessories
The Tire Pressure indicator light on
the instrument panel alerts you if
one or more tires is under- or over-
inflated.
The Tire Pressure indicator light does not
immediately turn off when you adjust tire
pressure. After inflating the tire to the
recommended pressure, you must drive over
25 km/h for more than 10 minutes to activate
the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS),
which turns off the Tire Pressure indicator
light.
If the indicator light flashes for one minute
whenever you power on Model X, a fault with
the TPMS is detected (see
on page 180).
Maintenance
on page 92).
TPMS Malfunction

Tire Care and Maintenance

You can display tire pressures on the
instrument panel by choosing to display Car
Status using the right or left steering wheel
buttons (see Using Left Steering Wheel
Buttons on page 55 or
Wheel Buttons on page 56). You can also
choose whether you want to display tire
pressures using BAR or PSI by touching
Controls > Display > Tire Pressure.
Warning: Under-inflation is the most
common cause of tire failures and can
cause a tire to overheat, resulting in
severe tire cracking, tread separation, or
blowout, which causes unexpected loss of
vehicle control and increased risk of
injury. Under-inflation also reduces the
vehicle's range and tire tread life.
Warning: Check tire pressures using an
accurate pressure gauge when tires are
cold. It takes only about 1.6 kms of driving
to warm up the tires sufficiently to affect
tire pressures. Parking the vehicle in
direct sunlight or in hot weather can also
affect tire pressures. If you must check
warm tires, expect increased pressures.
Do not let air out of warm tires in an
attempt to match recommended cold tire
pressures. A hot tire at or below the
recommended cold tire inflation pressure
is dangerously under-inflated.
Warning: Do not use any tire sealant
other than the type provided in a Tesla
tire repair kit. Other types can cause tire
pressure sensors to malfunction. If your
Model X did not include a tire repair kit,
you can purchase one from Tesla.
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