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DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
TPMSdoesnotalleviateyourneedto
checkthepressureandconditionofall
fourtiresbeforeyoudriveeachday.
CAUTION
Toavoidfalsereadings,thesystem
samplesforalittlewhilebefore
indicatingaproblem.Asaresultit
willnotinstantaneouslyregistera
rapidtiredeflationorblowout.
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CAUTION
Eachtire,includingthespare(if
provided),shouldbechecked
monthlywhencoldandinflatedto
theinflationpressurerecommended
bythevehiclemanufactureronthe
vehicleplacardortireinflation
pressurelabel.(Ifyourvehiclehas
tiresofadifferentsizethanthesize
indicatedonthevehicleplacardor
tireinflationpressurelabel,you
shoulddeterminethepropertire
inflationpressureforthosetires.)
Asanaddedsafetyfeature,your
vehiclehasbeenequippedwithatire
pressuremonitoringsystem(TPMS)
thatilluminatesalowtirepressure
telltalewhenoneormoreofyour
tiresissignificantlyunder-inflated.
Accordingly,whenthelowtire
pressuretelltaleilluminates,you
shouldstopandcheckyourtiresas
soonaspossible,andinflatethemto
theproperpressure.Drivingona
significantlyunder-inflatedtire
causesthetiretooverheatandcan
leadtotirefailure.Under-inflation
alsoreducesfuelefficiencyandtire
treadlife,andmayaffectthe
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NOTE
Thisdevicecomplieswithpart15ofthe
FCCRules.Operationissubjecttothe
followingtwoconditions:(1)This
devicemaynotcauseharmful
interference,and(2)thisdevicemust
acceptanyinterferencereceived,
includinginterferencethatmaycause
undesiredoperation.
qTirePressureMonitoringSystem
WarningLight
Thiswarninglightilluminatesforafew
secondswhentheignitionswitchisturned
totheONposition.
Thereafter,thewarninglightilluminates
whentirepressureistoolowinoneor
moretires,andflasheswhenthereisa
systemmalfunction.
vehicle'shandlingandstopping
ability.
PleasenotethattheTPMSisnota
substituteforpropertire
maintenance,anditisthedriver's
responsibilitytomaintaincorrecttire
pressure,evenifunder-inflationhas
notreachedtheleveltotrigger
illuminationoftheTPMSlowtire
pressuretelltale.
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| Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2006 |
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