MG ZS Series - Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS); TPMS System Malfunction

STARTING&DRIVING
T yrePressureMonitoringSystem
(TPMS)
TPMScannotreplaceroutinemaintenance
andcheckofthetyreconditionorpressure.
Ifradiotransmissiondevicessuchasmobile
telephonesorwirelessheadsetsareusedin
closeproximitytothevehicleitmayresult
ininterferencewiththeTPMSandcould
registerasafault.
Note:TPMSonlygivesthedriverawarningwhenthe
tyrepressureislow,itwillnotinatethetyre.
TPMSusespressuresensorsbuiltintotyrevalvesto
continuouslymonitorpressureandtransmitssignaltoECU
insidethevehicleusingRFsignals.Ifitdeducesthatthe
pressureofthattyrehasfallenbelowthepredenedlimit
ofthesystem,thewarninglightontheinstrumentpackwill
illuminate(alwaysyellow).Formoreinformation,please
referto‘InstrumentPack’in‘InstrumentsandControls’
section.Checkyourtyresattheearliestopportunityand
reinatetothecorrectpressure.Pleasereferto‘T yre
Pressure(Cold)’in‘T echnicalData’section.
SystemMalfunction
Thissystemisself-monitoring,ifamalfunction
isdetected,theTPMSwarninglamp(yellow)onthe
instrumentpackwillashfor90secondsrstandthen
remainilluminated..
Note:Whenapunctureisdetected,thesystemwill
requiresometimetoanalyseinformationpriorto
illuminatingthewarninglamp.
Undercertainconditionsthewarninglightmayilluminate
whenafaultisnotpresent,theseconditionsinclude:
•Anonrecommendedtyretted(includingsparetyre).
•Roughterraindrivingforexcessiveperiods.
•Bendingormountaintypeterraindrivingforexcessive
periods.
•TPMSwillnotrespondimmediatelyifatyre'blowsout'.
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