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Wheels and tires, Tire pressure – Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class 2013 Owners Manual User Manual

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for approximately one minute and then

remaining lit.
When the malfunction has been rectified,

the tire pressure warning lamp goes out

after a few minutes of driving.

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The tire pressure values indicated by the

on-board computer may differ from those

measured at a gas station with a pressure

gauge. The tire pressures shown by the on-

board computer refer to those measured at

sea level. At high altitudes, the tire pressure

values indicated by a pressure gauge are

higher than those shown by the on-board

computer. In this case, do not reduce the

tire pressures.

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The operation of the tire pressure monitor

can be affected by interference from radio

transmitting equipment (e.g. radio

headphones, two-way radios) that may be

being operated in or near the vehicle.

Checking the tire pressure

electronically

X

Make sure that the SmartKey is in position

2(

Y

page 141) in the ignition lock .

X

Press the = or ; button on the

steering wheel to select the

Service

menu.

X

Press the 9 or : button to select

Tire Pressure

.

X

Press the a button.

The current tire pressure of each tire is

shown in the multifunction display.

If the vehicle has been parked for over

20 minutes, the

Tire pressures will be

displayed after driving a few

minutes

message appears.

After a teach-in process, the tire pressure

monitor automatically detects new wheels or

new sensors. As long as a clear allocation of

the tire pressure value to the individual

wheels is not possible, the

Tire Pressure

Monitor Active

display message is shown

instead of the tire pressure display. The tire

pressures are already being monitored.

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If a spare wheel/emergency spare wheel

is mounted, the system may continue to

show the tire pressure of the wheel that has

been removed for a few minutes. If this

occurs, note that the value displayed for

the position where the spare tire is

mounted is not the same as the spare

wheel/emergency spare wheel's current

tire pressure.

Tire pressure monitor warning

messages

If the tire pressure monitor detects a

significant pressure loss on one or more tires,

a warning message is shown in the

multifunction display. A warning tone also

sounds and the tire pressure warning lamp

lights up in the instrument cluster.
Each tire that is affected by a significant loss

of pressure is highlighted with a color.
If the following message appears in the

multifunction display:

Correct Tire

Pressure:

X

Check the tire pressure on all four wheels

and correct it if necessary.

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If the wheel positions on the vehicle are

rotated, the tire pressures may be

displayed for the wrong positions for a

short time. This is rectified after a few

minutes of driving, and the tire pressures

are displayed for the correct positions.

Restarting the tire pressure monitor

When you restart the tire pressure monitor,

all existing warning messages are deleted and

the warning lamps go out. The monitor uses

the currently set tire pressures as the

reference values for monitoring.
The tire pressure monitor must be restarted

when you set the tire pressure to a new value

(as a result of changed drive or load

characteristics, for example). The tire

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Tire pressure

Wheels

and

tires