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The
tire
pressure monitoring system
*
helps the driver to keep an
eye on tire pressures. But the driver still has the responsibi lity for
maintaining the correct
tire
pressure
.
•
Applies
to vehic les:
with tire pressure mon
itor
ing
system
Wheel
change
If a wheel is changed, the wheels that were exchanged
have to be re-programmed
.
- Turn on the ignition.
-
Press the button~
page
258, fig
.
155 for approximately 5
seconds. You will hear a beep and the symbol in the
button flas hes three
times
.
Programming is necessary
:
•
after the tires have been
rotated
on the vehicle, or the spare tire
is
used,
•
if tires with new wheel sensors are used
.
All pressure warning indicators
in the
display will be
cance led.
The
system malfunction error message wil
l
not disappear until the
vehicle is underway
.
With pressing the button
~
page
258,
fig.
155,
the re-programming
of the new sensors and storing of
act ual
pres
-
sures starts.
This learning phase
can take
up
to
10 minutes driving
time
.
During the
learning
process the tire pressure monitoring system* is
not avai lable.
•
App
lies
to
veh icles:
with
tir
e
pressure monitoring
system
Malfunctions
•
A malfunction can have various causes.
Fig
.
156
Display:
Syst em malfun ct ion
If
the
.J.,
warning light in
the
instrument cluster
flashes for
approxi
-
mately one minute and then
remains
continuously illuminated and
additional ly the
T
~
~
fig. 156 symbol appears in the display, the
tire pressure mon itoring system* is not available. This can have
various causes.
•
If the message appears at the end of the lear
n
ing process, the
system
cannot
recognize
the
wheels installed on
the
vehicle. This
can be because one or more wheels without a wheel sensor were
insta
lled.
•
A wheel sensor or other component may have
f
ailed
.
•
During initialization
the system
has
detected
more than 4 wheels
on the vehicle, for example whi le driving next to another car with a
tire pressure
monitoring
system*.
•
A whee
l
change was made but the button
~
page
258
,
fig. 155
was not pressed.
•
Audi replacement parts were not used.
•
If snow chains are being used, system function can be compro
-
mised due to the shielding properties of the chains
.
•
The tire pressu re monitoring system* may not be available
because of a radio malfunction
.
Vehicle care
I
t
•
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