SERVICEANDMAINTENANCE
T yres
Overview
Y ourvehicleisequippedwithsummertyreswhich
arenotsuitableforlong-termuseandstorageatlow
temperatures.Becauselowtemperaturesmayleadtoa
decreaseinsummertyre'sperformance,andevencracks
mayappearonthetread.Thedamageofatyreorrimmay
happenunnoticeably.Ifabnormalvibrationordeviationis
experienced,thatmeansthetyremayhavebeendamaged.
Ifyoususpectthatthetyresaredamaged,pleasebesureto
immediatelyreducethespeed,andstoptocheckthetyres
fordamage.Ifyoucan'tseeanydamagefromtheoutside,
youshalldriveatlowspeedtothenearestAuthorised
Repairerforinspection.
Duringtheuseoftyresandwheels,attentionshouldbe
paidto:
•Newtyresmaynothaveoptimumadhesionproperties,
pleaserunatmoderatespeedinappropriatelycareful
drivingstylefortherst500km.
•Y oucanonlydriveatlowspeedwhenpassingkerbsor
similarsections,andpassthewheelsthroughthekerbs
atrightangleasfaraspossible.
•Regularlychecktyresfordamage(punctures,scratches,
cracksandpits)-removeanyforeignobjectsfromthe
tread.
•Thevalvedustcapmustbettedtopreventdustfrom
enteringthevalve.
•Ifthetyreistoberemoved,alwaysmarkthetyre/wheel
orientationtoensurecorrectreinstallation.
•Storetheremovedwheelortyreinacool,dryanddark
place.
T yreswithDirectionalT readPatterns
Theproleoftyreswithdirectionaltreadpatternsis
markedwithanarrow,andyoumustusethetyresinthis
specieddirectionofrotation.Thustheoptimizedtyre
rideabilityinpreventinghydroplaning,improvingadhesive
ability,reducingrunningnoise,extendingwearlife,etc.
canbeensured.
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