A Tire and Loading Information label is attached to thevehicle’s center pillar, below the driver’s door latch.This label lists your vehicle’s original equipment tiresand shows the correct inflation pressures for your tireswhen they are cold. The recommended cold tireinflation pressure, shown on the label, is the minimumamount of air pressure needed to support your vehicle’smaximum load carrying capacity.For additional information regarding how much weightyour vehicle can carry, and an example of the tire andloading information label, see Loading Your Vehicleon page 4-32. How you load your vehicle affects vehiclehandling and ride comfort, never load your vehiclewith more weight than it was designed to carry.When to CheckCheck your tires once a month or more. Do not forget tocheck the compact spare tire, if your vehicle has one.The compact spare should be at 60 psi (420 kPa).For additional information regarding the compact sparetire, see Compact Spare Tire (CTS Only) on page 5-93.How to CheckUse a good quality pocket-type gage to check tirepressure. You can’t tell if your tires are properly inflatedsimply by looking at them. Radial tires may look properlyinflated even when they’re underinflated. Check thetire’s inflation pressure when the tires are cold.Cold means your vehicle has been sitting for at leastthree hours or driven no more than 1 mile (1.6 km).Remove the valve cap from the tire valve stem. Pressthe tire gage firmly onto the valve to get a pressuremeasurement. If the cold tire inflation pressure matchesthe recommended pressure on the Tire and LoadingInformation label, no further adjustment is necessary.If the inflation pressure is low, add air until you reach therecommended amount.If you overfill the tire, release air by pushing on themetal stem in the center of the tire valve. Re-check thetire pressure with the tire gage.Be sure to put the valve caps back on the valvestems. They help prevent leaks by keeping out dirtand moisture.5-67
