Volkswagen Touareg 2010 Manual page 31

For service:
– Check tyre treads and side walls for damage and remove for‐
eign bodies such as, for example, nails or glass splinters.
– Check tyres for cupping, one-sided wear, porous side walls,
cuts and punctures.
– Check tyre age. We recommend not to use any tyres older
than 6 years. Inform customer!
WARNING
The customer must be informed of any faults found.
4.5.2 Checking wear pattern
Note
The wear pattern on the front tyres will indicate, for example, if
toe and camber settings should be checked:
Causes:
♦ Feathering on tread indicates incorrect toe setting.
♦ One-sided tread wear is mainly attributed to incorrect camber.
– When wear of this nature is detected, determine cause by
checking alignment (repair measure).
4.5.3 Checking tread depth (including spare
wheel)
– Check tyre tread depth.
Minimum tread depth: 1.6 mm
Note
This figure may vary according to legislation in individual coun‐
♦
tries.
The minimum tread depth is reached when the tyres have
♦
worn down level with the 1.6 mm high tread wear indicators
positioned at intervals around the tyre.
If the tread depth is approaching the minimum allowed depth,
♦
inform the customer.
4.5.4 General notes
WARNING
♦ For safety reasons, only tyres of same type and tread pat‐
tern should be fitted on a vehicle! Approved wheel and tyre
combinations, e.g. ⇒ Running gear; Rep. gr. 44 ; Touareg
as of model year 2011
♦ On vehicles with four-wheel drive, tyres of the same type
and tread pattern must be used. Otherwise the centre dif‐
ferential may be damaged.
Touareg 2010 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 11.2011
4. Descriptions of work
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