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Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Direct System






Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Direct System

Observe notes about usage in your owner's manual.

The tire pressure monitoring system monitors tire pressure as well as temperature when driving.

For passenger safety, always replace any damaged tire pressure sensors or valves.

Do not clean tire pressure sensors with steam blasting or strong compressed air.

For safety reasons, the tire pressure monitoring sensor should be replaced and the rim cleaned after using tire sealant.

There is a Base version (Low) or Comfort version (High).

The low version consist of a control module, a central antenna and a tire pressure sensor in each wheel.

The high version also has a trigger in each wheel housing and also recognizes the positions of the installed sensors.

To determine which version is installed, look at the vehicle data label or in ELSA in Vehicle Individual under "Vehicle Data" by the PR number => [ Tire Pressure Monitoring System/Tire Pressure Monitoring System Display ] Application and ID.

If wheel positions are changed on the vehicle, wheels changed, the tire pressure sensors replaced or pressures changed, this must be confirmed in the MMI.

Check the VIN in ELSA to see which version is installed.

Check the tire pressures and then adapt the tire pressure sensors using the MMI whenever changing a wheel with the tire pressure sensor (summer/winter tires).

A fault may be saved in the Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) memory if:

When installing less than four wheels with tire pressure sensors.

When installing winter tires or incorrect tire pressure sensors. (If this is the case, the yellow indicator lamp in instrument cluster "system malfunction diagram" is set and cannot be deactivated by the system).