MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
NOTE
qTemporarySpareTire
(WithTirePressureMonitoringSystem)
YourMazdaisnotequippedwithaspare
tire.Ifyourequireasparetire,consultan
AuthorizedMazdaDealer.
Whentireswithsteelwirereinforcementin
l
thesidewallsareused,thesystemmaynot
functioncorrectlyevenwithagenuine
wheel.
RefertoSystemErrorActivationonpage
5-30.
Inspectthetemporarysparetireatleast
monthlytomakesureit'sproperlyinflated
andstored.
Besuretoinstallthetirepressuresensors
l
whenevertiresorwheelsarereplaced.
RefertoTiresandWheelsonpage5-31.
NOTE
Thetemporarysparetireconditiongradually
deterioratesevenifithasnotbeenused.
Ifatirewearsevenly,awearindicator
willappearasasolidbandacrossthe
tread.
Thetemporarysparetireiseasierto
handlebecauseofitsconstructionwhich
islighterandsmallerthanaconventional
tire.Thistireshouldbeusedonlyforan
emergencyandonlyforashortdistance.
Replacethetirewhenthishappens.
Tread wear indicator
Usethetemporarysparetireonlyuntilthe
conventionaltireisrepaired,whichshould
beassoonaspossible.
Maintainitspressureat420kPa(4.2
2
kgf/cm orbar,60psi).
CAUTION
New tread
Worn tread
ØDonotuseyourtemporaryspare
tirerimwithasnowtireora
conventionaltire.Neitherwill
properlyfitandcoulddamage
bothtireandrim.
Youshouldreplaceitbeforethebandis
acrosstheentiretread.
NOTE
Tiresdegradeovertime,evenwhentheyare
notbeingusedontheroad.Itisrecommended
thattiresgenerallybereplacedwhentheyare
ØThetemporarysparetirehasa
treadlifeoflessthan5,000km
(3,000
miles).Thetreadlifemay
6
yearsorolder.Heatcausedbyhotclimates
beshorterdependingondriving
conditions.
orfrequenthighloadingconditionscan
acceleratetheagingprocess.Youshould
replacethesparetirewhenyoureplacethe
otherroadtiresduetotheagingofthespare
tire.Regardingthemanufacturingweekand
yearisindicatedwith4digit.
ØThetemporarysparetireisfor
limiteduse,however,ifthetread
wearsolid-bandindicator
appears,replacethetirewiththe
sametypeoftemporaryspare
(page8-24).
RefertoThetirelabelingonpage9-18.
8-25
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