Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2009 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 242)

Tires and wheels
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X Press button j or k repeatedly until
you see the current inflation pressures for
each tire appear in the display or the fol-
lowing message appears in the display
Tire Pressure Monitor
Active
Menu: R-Button
X Press the reset button ( Y page 107).
The following message will appear in the
multifunction display:
Restart tire
pressure monitor?
X If you wish to confirm: Press button
æ .
The following message will appear in the
multifunction display:
Tire Pressure Monitor
Restarted
After driving a few minutes the system veri-
fies that the current tire inflation pressures
are within the system’s specified range.
Afterwards the current tire inflation pres-
sures are accepted as reference values and
then monitored.
X If you wish to cancel: Press button
ç .
Tire labeling
Besides tire name (sales designation) and
manufacturer name, a number of markings
can be found on a tire.
Following are some explanations for the
markings on your vehicle’s tires:
1 Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
(
Y page 246)
2 DOT, Tire Identification Number
(
Y page 244)
3 Maximum tire load ( Y page 245)
4 Maximum tire inflation pressure
(
Y page 245)
5 Manufacturer
6 Tire ply material ( Y page 247)
7 Tire size designation, load and speed rat-
ing (
Y page 241)
8 Load identification ( Y page 243)
9 Tire name
i For illustration purposes only. Actual data
on tires are specific to each vehicle and
may vary from data shown in above illus-
tration.
For more information, see “Rims and
tires” (
Y page 345).
Operation