Polo 2018 ➤, Polo 2022 ➤, Taigo 2022 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 10.2021
4.8.4
General information
NOTICE
For safety reasons, only tyres of same type and tread pattern
should be fitted on a vehicle!
– Observe approved wheel and tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geom‐
etry; Wheel and tyre combinations
Note
♦ Tyre pressures for the relevant model can also be found on
a sticker. It is attached to the inside of tank flap or to B-pillar.
♦ Note that the pressures indicated on the sticker are applica‐
ble for cold tyres.
♦ Do not reduce increased pressures of warm tyres.
♦ Depending on the vehicle, the sticker may also contain in‐
formation on the comfort tyre pressure. The comfort tyre
pressure facilitates improved driving comfort.
♦ Adjust the tyre pressure to suit the vehicle load. For delivery
inspections or repairs, the partial load tyre pressure is to be
used.
♦ If no inflation pressure is shown for the spare wheel, then
inflate the spare wheel to the highest inflation pressure for
the vehicle.
♦ Note that a basic setting is to be performed on vehicles
with Tyre Pressure Loss Indicator each time the pressure is
changed ⇒ page 138 .
Winter tyres
Note
♦ Important information about Volkswagen-recommended win‐
ter tyres can be found in ⇒ Wheels and tyres guide; Rep.
gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry; Wheel and tyre
combinations.
♦ If winter tyres are fitted, a sticker indicating the speed limit
must be attached in the interior where it is visible for the
customer.
♦ For winter tyres, the tyre pressure does not have be in‐
creased.
♦ However, this only applies if the winter tyre used corre‐
sponds exactly to the standard summer tyre size and the
speed index is no higher than “H”.
♦ If this is not the case, please refer to the recommendation of
the tyre manufacturer.
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