2015 Ford Transit 350 Wagon Owner Manual Printing 3 - Page 256
2015 Ford Transit 350 Wagon Manual
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Wheels and Tires You should always have your tires serviced by an authorized dealer. Check the tire pressure periodically (at least monthly) using an accurate tire gauge. See Inflating Your Tires in this chapter. When the Temporary Spare Tire is Installed If one of the road wheels and tire needs to be replaced with the temporary spare wheel and tire, the system will continue to identify a defect. This is to remind you that the damaged road wheel and tire must be repaired and refitted to your vehicle. To restore the correct operation of the system, you must have the repaired road wheel and tire assembly refitted to your vehicle. For additional information, see Changing Tires with a Tire Pressure Monitoring System in this section. When You Believe the System is Not Operating Correctly The main function of the system is to warn you when the tire pressures are low. It can also warn you in the event the system is no longer capable of operating correctly. See the following chart for information concerning the system: Low tire pressure warning light Possible cause Action required Understanding the Tire Pressure Monitoring System The system measures the pressure in the four road tires and sends the tire pressure readings to your vehicle. The low tire pressure warning light will illuminate if any of the tire pressures are significantly low. If the warning light is illuminated, one or more of the tires are under-inflated and need to be inflated to the correct pressure. Solid warning light Tire(s) under-inflated 1. Make sure tires are at the correct pressure. See Inflating the tires in this chapter. 2. After inflating the tires to the correct pressure See Maintenance (page 200). or the tire inflation pressure label (located on the edge of driver door or the B-Pillar), the vehicle must be driven for at least two minutes at over 20 mph (32 km/h) before the light will turn off. Spare tire in use Repair the damaged road wheel and tire assembly and refit it to your vehicle to restore correct system function. For a description on how the system functions, see When the temporary spare tire is installed in this section. 253 Transit (TTH) Canada/United States of America, enUSA, Edition date: 03/2014, Third Printing