Mercedes-Benz 2008 R 350 Automobile User Manual


 
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Operation
Tires and wheels
Reactivating the Run Flat Indicator
The tire inflation pressure monitor must be
reactivated in the following situations:
ț if you have changed the tire inflation
pressure
ț if you have replaced the wheels or tires
ț if you have installed new wheels or
tires
̈ Using the Tire and Loading Information
placard on the driver’s door B-pillar or,
if available, the tire inflation pressure
label on the inside of the fuel filler flap,
make sure the tire inflation pressure of
all four tires is correct.
̈ Switch on the ignition (page 39).
Make sure the standard display menu
appears in the multifunction display
(
page 164).
̈ Press button k or j repeatedly
until the following message appears in
the multifunction display:
̈ Press the reset button on the instru-
ment cluster (
page 154).
The following message will appear in
the multifunction display:
Restart
Run Flat Indicator?
Warning! G
The Run Flat Indicator does not provide a
warning for wrongly selected tire inflation
pressures. Always adjust tire inflation pres-
sure according to the Tire and Loading
Information placard on the driver’s door
B-pillar (
page 366) or, if available, on the
tire inflation pressure label located on the
inside of the fuel filler flap (
page 352).
The Run Flat Indicator does not replace
regular checks of the tire inflation pressures
since a gradual pressure loss in more than
one tire cannot be detected by the Run Flat
Indicator.
The Run Flat Indicator is not able to issue a
warning due to a sudden dramatic loss of
tire inflation pressure (e.g. tire blowout
caused by a foreign object). In this case
bring the vehicle to a halt by carefully apply-
ing the brakes and avoiding abrupt steering
maneuvers.
Warning! G
The Run Flat Indicator can only warn you in
a reliable manner if you have set the correct
tire inflation pressures for each tire.
If an incorrect tire inflation pressure was
set, the system will monitor the pressure
according to the incorrect value.