Black plate (62,1)Cadillac DTS Owner Manual - 2011A Tire and Loading Information label, attached toyour vehicle, shows the size of your vehicle's originalequipment tires and the correct inflation pressure foryour vehicle's tires when they are cold. See Loading theVehicle on page 5‑18, for an example of the Tire andLoading Information label and its location on yourvehicle. Also see Inflation - Tire Pressure on page 6‑57.Your vehicle's TPMS can warn you about a low tirepressure condition but it does not replace normal tiremaintenance. See Tire Inspection and Rotation onpage 6‑65 and Tires on page 6‑48.Notice: Tire sealant materials are not all the same.A non-approved tire sealant could damage the TirePressure Monitor System (TPMS) sensors. TPMSsensor damage caused by using an incorrect tiresealant is not covered by the vehicle warranty.Always use only the GM approved tire sealantavailable through your dealer or included in thevehicle.Factory-installed Tire Inflator Kits use a GM approvedliquid tire sealant. Using non-approved tire sealantscould damage the TPMS sensors. See Tire Sealant andCompressor Kit on page 6‑75 for information regardingthe inflator kit materials and instructions.TPMS Malfunction Light and MessageThe TPMS will not function properly if one or more ofthe TPMS sensors are missing or inoperable. When thesystem detects a malfunction, the low tire warning lightflashes for about one minute and then stays on for theremainder of the ignition cycle. A DIC warning messageis also displayed. The low tire warning light and DICwarning message come on at each ignition cycle untilthe problem is corrected. Some of the conditions thatcan cause the malfunction light and DIC message tocome on are:. One of the road tires has been replaced with thespare tire. The spare tire does not have a TPMSsensor. The TPMS malfunction light and DICmessage should go off once you re‐install the roadtire containing the TPMS sensor.. The TPMS sensor matching process was startedbut not completed or not completed successfullyafter rotating the vehicle's tires. The DIC messageand TPMS malfunction light should go off once theTPMS sensor matching process is performedsuccessfully. See “TPMS Sensor MatchingProcess” later in this section.6-62
