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VW Tiguan 2021 Service Maintenance Manual ➜ Tyres: checking condition, wear pattern, tyre pressure and tread depth

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Maintenance - Edition 12.2020  
– Open cover -2- over battery positive terminal.  
– Check main fuse carrier with battery terminal clamp -4- for  
secure seating. If necessary, retighten nut -5-.  
– Check battery -1- for firm seating. If necessary, retighten bolt  
-arrow- to specified torque.  
Specified torque  
Nm  
6
20  
Nut for battery terminal  
Bolt for securing bracket  
Carry out following procedures after connecting battery:  
Procedure  
⇒ Electrical system; Rep. gr. 27; Battery; Disconnecting and  
connecting battery  
4.6  
Battery (12V): checking with battery  
tester (always refer to workshop man‐  
ual)  
The following are measures to be carried out during a battery  
inspection within the scope of maintenance.  
Procedure  
1.  
2.  
Visual check.  
Check whether colour indicator is “3-colour” or “2-colour”.  
Does not apply to AGM batteries.  
3.  
4.  
Battery check using battery tester with printer -VAS 6161-.  
Depending on the result of the battery test, “perform cur‐  
rent draw test” (charged separately).  
⇒ Electrical system, General information; Rep. gr. 27; Checking  
battery  
4.7  
Status of battery (12V): reading - send‐  
ing diagnosis protocol via online con‐  
nection  
Note  
Applies only to vehicles with start/stop and energy recovery  
system  
Procedure  
The battery status is read while the transportation mode is be‐  
ing switched off ⇒ page 162 .  
4.8  
Tyres: checking condition, wear pat‐  
tern, tyre pressure and tread depth  
Checking condition of tyre ⇒ page 56 .  
Checking wear pattern ⇒ page 56  
Tread depth (including spare wheel): check ⇒ page 57 .  
General notes ⇒ page 57  
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Tiguan tyre pressures ⇒ page 59  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
♦ Tyre inflater -VAS 5216-  
4.8.1  
Tyres: checking condition  
NOTICE  
If damage is determined, always check to see if a new tyre  
should be fitted.  
Tests at delivery inspection  
– Check tyre side walls and treads for damage and foreign  
bodies such as, for example, nails or glass splinters.  
Tests at service  
– Check tyre side walls and treads for damage and foreign  
bodies such as, for example, nails or glass splinters.  
– Check tyres for cupping, one-sided wear, porous side walls,  
cuts and punctures.  
– Check for appropriate direction of rotation, or make sure that  
the inner and outer sides have not been interchanged.  
4.8.2  
Wear pattern: checking  
The wear pattern on the front tyres will indicate, for example, if  
toe and camber settings should be checked:  
♦ Feathering on tread indicates incorrect toe setting.  
♦ One-sided tread wear is mainly attributed to incorrect cam‐  
ber.  
When wear of this nature is detected, determine cause by  
checking alignment (repair measure).  
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4.8.3  
Tyre tread depth (including spare  
wheel): checking  
– Check tyre tread depth.  
Minimum tread depth: 1.6 mm  
Note  
This figure may vary according to legislation in individual  
countries. Your importer will inform you about this.  
The minimum tread depth is reached when the tyres have  
worn down level with the 1.6 mm high tread wear indicators  
-arrows- positioned at intervals around the tyre.  
If the tread depth is approaching the minimum allowed  
depth, inform the customer.  
4.8.4  
General information  
NOTICE  
For safety reasons, only tyres of same type and tread pattern  
should be fitted on a vehicle! Approved wheel and tyre combi‐  
nations e.g. ⇒ Wheels and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels,  
tyres, vehicle geometry; Wheel and tyre combinations.  
On vehicles with four-wheel drive, tyres of the same type and  
tread pattern must be used. Otherwise the self-locking centre  
differential may be damaged.  
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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 132 .  
M+S 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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4.8.5  
Tyre pressures, Tiguan  
Note  
During delivery inspection, check that tyre inflation pressure  
sticker is fitted. If the sticker is missing, order a new sticker  
through ETKA.  
The mandatory tyre pressures for the respective model can  
be found on a sticker attached to the inside of the tank flap  
or to the B-pillar.  
If the inflation pressure sticker is missing, proceed as fol‐  
lows:  
Locate correct part number for respective vehicle in ETKA.  
Using part number, determine respective inflation pressures  
in tyre inflation table.  
Uniform pressure: if tyre sizes are not shown for a part num‐  
ber, then a uniform pressure is valid for all authorised wheel/  
tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44;  
Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry; Wheel and tyre combina‐  
tions  
Check tyre pressure using tyre inflator -VAS 5216-, correct if  
necessary.  
Part number -5NA 010 000-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
260/2.6/38  
260/2.6/38  
230/2.3/33  
230/2.3/33  
260/2.6/38  
280/2.8/41  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
2)  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 A-  
Part number -5NA 010 000 L-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
260/2.6/38  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
260/2.6/38  
230/2.3/33  
230/2.3/33  
260/2.6/38  
300/3.0/44  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
2)  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
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Part number -5NA 010 000 B-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
260/2.6/38  
260/2.6/38  
230/2.3/33  
230/2.3/33  
260/2.6/38  
310/3.1/45  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
2)  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 C-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
250/2.5/36  
250/2.5/36  
---  
---  
280/2.8/41  
330/3.3/48  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
2)  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 D-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
260/2.6/38  
260/2.6/38  
230/2.3/33  
230/2.3/33  
270/2.7/39  
310/3.1/45  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
2)  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 J-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
---  
---  
260/2.6  
280/2.8  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2  
2)  
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Maintenance - Edition 12.2020  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 M-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
---  
Rear  
---  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
260/2.6  
300/3.0  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2  
2)  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 K-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
---  
Rear  
---  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
270/2.7  
310/3.1  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2  
2)  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 E-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
260/2.6  
260/2.6  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
260/2.6  
280/2.8  
99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
235/45 R20  
100V  
255/45 R19  
100V  
255/40 R20  
101V  
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Maintenance - Edition 12.2020  
Part number -5NA 010 000 E-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 H-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
260/2.6  
260/2.6  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
260/2.6  
300/3.0  
99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
235/45 R20  
100V  
255/45 R19  
100V  
255/40 R20  
101V  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 G-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
260/2.6  
260/2.6  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
260/2.6  
310/3.1  
99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
235/45 R20  
100V  
255/45 R19  
100V  
255/40 R20  
101V  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
62  
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Part number -5NA 010 000 F-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
260/2.6  
260/2.6  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
270/2.7  
310/3.1  
99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
235/45 R20  
100V  
255/45 R19  
100V  
255/40 R20  
101V  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 N-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
260/2.6  
260/2.6  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
260/2.6  
280/2.8  
99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
235/45 R20  
100V  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 P-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
260/2.6  
260/2.6  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
260/2.6  
300/3.0  
99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
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Part number -5NA 010 000 P-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
235/45 R20  
100V  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 R-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
260/2.6  
260/2.6  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
260/2.6  
310/3.1  
99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
235/45 R20  
100V  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 Q-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
260/2.6  
260/2.6  
230/2.3  
230/2.3  
270/2.7  
310/3.1  
99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
235/45 R20  
100V  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
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Maintenance - Edition 12.2020  
Part number -5NR 010 000-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
1)  
230/2.3/33  
230/2.3/33  
---  
---  
260/2.6/38  
280/2.8/41  
All  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
2)  
1)  
Valid for all authorised wheel/tyre combinations. ⇒ Wheels  
and tyres guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry;  
Wheel and tyre combinations  
2)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 T-  
Tiguan  
Part number  
-5NA 010 000 AC-  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
235/55 R18  
235/50 R19  
255/45 R19  
235/45 R20  
255/40 R20  
250/2.5/36  
250/2.5/36  
---  
---  
260/2.6/38  
300/3.0/44  
215/65 R17 M  
+S  
235/55 R18 M  
+S  
235/50 R19 M  
+S  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number  
Tiguan  
-5NA 010 000 AA-  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65 R17  
235/55 R18  
235/50 R19  
255/45 R19  
235/45 R20  
255/40 R20  
250/2.5/36  
250/2.5/36  
---  
---  
270/2.7/39  
310/3.1/45  
215/65 R17 M  
+S  
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Part number  
Tiguan  
-5NA 010 000 AA-  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front Rear  
Front  
Rear  
235/55 R18 M  
+S  
235/50 R19 M  
+S  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number -5NA 010 000 S-  
Tiguan  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
215/65 R17  
235/55 R18  
235/50 R19  
255/45 R19  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
250/2.5/36  
250/2.5/36  
---  
---  
260/2.6/38  
280/2.8/41  
215/65 R17 M  
+S  
235/55 R18 M  
+S  
235/50 R19 M  
+S  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number  
Tiguan  
-5NA 010 000 AD-  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
255/40 R20  
255/35 R21  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
250/2.5/36  
250/2.5/36  
---  
---  
280/2.8/41  
330/3.3/48  
235/50 R19 M  
+S  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
1)  
Spare wheel  
66  
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Maintenance - Edition 12.2020  
Part number  
Tiguan  
-5NA 010 000 AE-  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
255/40 R20 10  
250/2.5  
250/2.5  
---  
---  
280/2.8  
330/3.3  
1Y  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number  
Tiguan  
-5NA 010 000 AB-  
Half payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Half load, comfort  
kPa/bar/psi  
Full payload  
kPa/bar/psi  
Tyre size  
215/65 R17  
235/55 R18  
255/45 R19  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
250/2.5/36  
250/2.5/36  
---  
---  
280/2.8/41  
330/3.3/48  
215/65 R17 M  
+S  
235/55 R18 M  
+S  
235/50 R19 M  
+S  
T145/85 R18  
415/4.2/61  
1)  
1)  
Spare wheel  
Part number  
Tiguan  
-5NA 010 000 AF-  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Half payload  
kPa/bar  
Full payload  
kPa/bar  
Tyre size  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
Front  
Rear  
215/65  
250/2.5  
250/2.5  
---  
---  
270/2.7  
310/3.1  
R17 99V  
235/55 R18  
100V  
235/50 R19  
99V  
235/45 R20  
100V  
T145/85 R18 1  
415/4.2  
1)  
03M  
1)  
Spare wheel  
4. Descriptions of work  
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