MTLMB

Hey guys I had a quick question about my 2016 c300. I've seen videos of some c300's with a visible TPMS where you can see the psi from your screen in the car. Mine does not do that for some reason, all I get is a "run flat indicator" screen. Anybody know why some get this screen and others don't?

Thanks

vic viper

Is your car equipped with TPMS?, look at your valve stems, they should be aluminium if you have TPMS

MASSC450

New cars sold in the U.S. since 2008 have been Federally mandated to have a TMPS.

vic viper

About the same law here, but are you sure that a passive system isnt valid as well?

MTLMB

I definetly have the tpms installed because or else there wouldn't be a "tire pressure" option in my menu, plus as mentioned before it is the law. For some reason I just can't get to the screen that shows the values of each tire. Could this have something to do with geographical location (I.e. cars destined for USA have it, Canadian cars don't)?

acherny

Canadian cars have Flat Tire Monitor which uses the ABS sensors to determine if a tire is flat. US cars have Tire Pressure Monitoring which uses a sensor in each wheel.

Abohunu

Hi.
you have the TIRE PRESSURE LOSS WARNER.
Not TPMS.

Check your VIN here: http://carinfo.kiev.ua/cars/vin/mercedes/vin_check

Best regards.

MTLMB

If that's the case then that really sucks!

vic viper

Thus the difference between passive and active systems

chrisdean

I haven't seen an option to display that either but coincidentally this afternoon a screen popped up as I was driving with a warning of low tyre pressure on one corner but displaying pressures for all wheels. Take a few psi out of a tyre and see what happens.

MTLMB

Hmm very interesting. Do you have a canadian c300? What year?

chrisdean

Mine's a U.K.model.