Tires, Wheels and Loading
LowTire
Pressure
Warning
Light
Possible
cause
CustomerActionRequired
Flashing
Warning
Light
Sparetirein Yourtemporarysparetireisinuse.Re-
use
pairthedamagedroadwheelandre-
mountitonthevehicletorestoresystem
functionality.Foradescriptionofhow
thesystemfunctionsunderthesecondi-
tions,refertoWhenyourtemporary
sparetireisinstalledinthissection.
Ifyourtiresareproperlyinflatedand
yoursparetireisnotinuseandthe
TPMSwarninglightstillflashes,contact
yourauthorizeddealerassoonaspos-
sible.
TPMSmal-
function
Wheninflatingyourtires
Whenputtingairintoyourtires(suchasatagasstationorinyour
garage),theTirePressureMonitoringSystemmaynotrespond
immediatelytotheairaddedtoyourtires.
Itmaytakeuptotwominutesofdrivingover20mph(32km/h)forthe
lighttoturnOFFafteryouhavefilledyourtirestotherecommended
inflationpressure.
Howtemperatureaffectsyourtirepressure
TheTirePressureMonitoringSystem(TPMS)monitorstirepressurein
eachpneumatictire.Whiledrivinginanormalmanner,atypical
passengertireinflationpressuremayincreaseapproximately2to4psi
(14
to28kPa)fromacoldstartsituation.Ifthevehicleisstationary
overnightwiththeoutsidetemperaturesignificantlylowerthanthe
daytimetemperature,thetirepressuremaydecreaseapproximately3psi
(20.7
kPa)foradropof30°F(16.6°C)inambienttemperature.This
lowerpressurevaluemaybedetectedbytheTPMSasbeingsignificantly
lowerthantherecommendedinflationpressureandactivatetheTPMS
warningforlowtirepressure.Ifthelowtirepressurewarninglightis
ON,visuallycheckeachtiretoverifythatnotireisflat.(Ifoneormore
tiresareflat,repairasnecessary.)Checkairpressureintheroadtires.If
anytireisunder-inflated,carefullydrivethevehicletothenearest
locationwhereaircanbeaddedtothetires.Inflateallthetirestothe
recommendedinflationpressure.
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2009
Focus(foc)
OwnersGuide,2ndPrinting
USA(fus)
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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