Maintenance
Checking tire inflation pressure
Check your tires once a month or
more.
Also, check the tire pressure of the
spare tire.
If you overfill the tire, release air by
pushing on the metal stem in the
center of the tire valve. Recheck the
tire pressure with the tire gage. Be
sure to put the valve caps back on
the valve stems. They help prevent
leaks by keeping out dirt and mois-
ture.
WARNING
• Inspect your tires frequently
for proper inflation as well as
wear and damage. Always use
a tire pressure gauge.
•
Tires with too much or too lit-
tle pressure wear unevenly
causing poor handling, loss of
vehicle control, and sudden
tire failure leading to acci-
even
How to check
Use a good quality gage to check tire
pressure.You can not tell if your tires
are properly inflated simply by look-
ing at them. Radial tires may look
properly inflated even when they're
underinflated.
When
significant
temperature
changes occur, the tire pressures will
need to be adjusted. The pressure
will drop approximately 1 psi for each
dents,
injuries,
and
12
degree temperature drop. If set-
death.The recommended cold
tire pressure for your vehicle
can be found in this manual
and on the tire label located
on the driver's side of the cen-
ter pillar.
ting tire pressure in a warm garage
Check the tire's inflation pressure during the winter, it is possible the
when the tires are cold. - "Cold" TPMS telltale will illuminate after the
means your vehicle has been sitting car has been parked outside. It is
for at least three hours or driven no important for the safety of the occu-
more than 1 mile (1.6 km).
Remove the valve cap from the tire
pants that the tire preform the TPMS
system are set correctly.
•
Worn tires can cause acci-
dents. Replace tires that are
worn, show uneven wear, or
are damaged.
• Remember to check the pres-
sure of your spare tire.
Hyundai recommends that
you check the spare every
time you check the pressure
of the other tires on your vehi-
cle.
valve stem. Press the tire gage firm- Refer to section 6 for additional infor-
ly onto the valve to get a pressure
mation
on
the
Tire
Pressure
measurement. If the cold tire inflation Monitoring System (TPMS).
pressure matches the recommended
pressure on the tire and loading
information label, no further adjust-
ment is necessary. If the pressure is
low, add air until you reach the rec-
ommended amount.
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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