Tesla 3 - Tire Care and Maintenance; Maintaining Tire Pressures

Tire Care and Maintenance
Maintaining Tire Pressures
If you are not towing a trailer, keep tires
inflated to the pressures shown on the Tire
and Loading Information label, even if it diers
from the pressure printed on the tire itself. The
Tire and Loading Information label is located
on the center door pillar and is visible when
the front door is open.
If you are towing a trailer, do not use the tire
pressures printed on the Tire and Loading
Information Label. Instead, refer to the tire
pressures published in the towing topic (see
Towing on page 73).
Note: If your Model 3 is fitted with Tesla
accessory wheels or tires, some information
may be dierent from the labels on the
vehicle.
The Tire Pressure indicator light on
the touchscreen alerts you if one or
more tires is under- or over-inflated.
The Tire Pressure indicator light does not
immediately turn o when you adjust tire
pressure. After inflating the tire to the
recommended pressure, you must drive over
25 km/h for more than 10 minutes to activate
the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS),
which turns o the Tire Pressure indicator
light.
If the indicator light flashes for one minute
whenever you power on Model 3, a fault with
the TPMS is detected (see TPMS Malfunction
on page 153).
Note: Display tire pressures in the "Cards"
area, located toward the bottom on the left
side of the touchscreen, as described in
Touchscreen Overview on page 4. You can
also choose whether you want to display tire
pressures using BAR or PSI by touching
Controls > Display > Tire Pressure.
Warning: Under-inflation is the most
common cause of tire failures and can
cause a tire to overheat, resulting in
severe tire cracking, tread separation, or
blowout, which causes unexpected loss of
vehicle control and increased risk of
injury. Under-inflation also reduces the
vehicle's range and tire tread life.
Warning: Check tire pressures using an
accurate pressure gauge when tires are
cold. It takes only about 1.6 kms of driving
to warm up the tires suciently to aect
tire pressures. Parking the vehicle in
direct sunlight or in hot weather can also
aect tire pressures. If you must check
warm tires, expect increased pressures.
Do not let air out of warm tires in an
attempt to match recommended cold tire
pressures. A hot tire at or below the
recommended cold tire inflation pressure
is dangerously under-inflated.
Warning: Do not use any tire sealant
other than the type provided in a Tesla
tire repair kit. Other types can cause tire
pressure sensors to malfunction. If your
Model 3 did not include a tire repair kit,
you can purchase one from Tesla.
Tire Care and Maintenance
Maintenance 149