UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL
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5.
Equipped
Tire Pressure Monit oring Telltale Lamp — If
overheat and can lead to tire failu re. Und erinflation also
red uces fuel efficiency and tire tread life, and may affect
the vehicle’s hand ling and stop ping ability.
Each tire, inclu ding the spare (if provid ed),
shou ld be checked monthly when cold and
inflated to the inflation pressu re recom mend ed
by the vehicle manu factu rer on the vehicle
NOTE: Please note that the TPMS is not a substitu te for
prop er tire maintenance, and it is the driver ’s resp onsi-
bility to maintain correct tire pressu re, even if und erin-
flation has not reached the level to trigger illumination of 4
the TPMS low tire pressu re telltale.
placard or tire inflation pressu re label. (If you r vehicle
has tires of a different size than the size ind icated on the
vehicle placard or tire inflation pressu re label, you shou ld
determ ine the prop er tire inflation pressu re for those
tires.)
Your vehicle has also been equ ipped with a TPMS
malfunction ind icator to ind icate when the system is not
operating prop erly. The TPMS malfunction ind icator is
combined with the low tire pressu re telltale. When the
system detects a malfunction, the telltale will flash for
approxim ately one minu te and then rem ain continu ously
illuminated . This sequ ence will continu e upon subse-
quent vehicle start-u ps as long as the malfunction exists.
When the malfunction ind icator is illuminated , the sys-
tem may not be able to detect or signal low tire pressu re
As an added safety featu re, you r vehicle has been
equ ipped with a Tire Pressu re Monitoring System
(TPMS) that illuminates a low tire pressu re telltale when
one or more of you r tires is significantly und er-inflated .
Accord ingly, when the low tire pressu re telltale illumi-
nates, you shou ld stop and check you r tires as soon as
possible, and inflate them to the prop er pressu re. Driving
on a significantly und er-inflated tire causes the tire to
| Categories | Chrysler Manuals, Chrysler Town and Country Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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