How To Check Audi Tire Pressure On Screen | Find The TPMS

Your Audi shows tire pressure through the TPMS or vehicle-status screen, though the exact menu name changes by model year and trim.

If you’re trying to figure out how to check Audi tire pressure on screen, the good news is that most Audi models make it a two- or three-tap job. The only snag is that Audi has used a few menu names across its MMI systems, so the screen may say Vehicle, Car, Vehicle Status, Service & Checks, or Tire Pressure Monitoring. Once you know that pattern, you stop hunting and get straight to the right page.

The other thing to know is this: some Audis show live pressure at each wheel, while others only warn you after a drop and ask you to store the current pressures. So if you don’t see four separate PSI numbers, that does not mean the feature is broken. It may just be the style your car uses.

Where Audi Shows Tire Pressure

In most recent Audi cabins, the pressure screen sits inside the vehicle menu, not the audio or phone area. Start the ignition or switch the car to accessory mode so the display wakes up fully. Then open the main vehicle page and look for a status tile, a service tile, or a tire menu.

On older cars with the rotary MMI controller, you’ll usually go through CAR or Vehicle, then into servicing or status items. On newer touch-screen layouts, you’ll tap through the home screen, then the vehicle menu, then the tire page. The wording shifts a bit from one Audi to another, but the flow stays familiar.

How To Check Audi Tire Pressure On Screen In Newer MMI Cars

Use this order if your Audi has the newer MMI touch display:

• Turn the ignition on, or start the car if the screen stays dim in accessory mode.
• Tap Vehicle or Car on the home screen.
• Open Vehicle Status, Service & Checks, or a similar status page.
• Tap Tire Pressure Monitoring, Tire Pressure, or Tire Pressure Loss Indicator.
• Read the display. If your Audi uses direct monitoring, you may see one reading for each tire. If it uses a loss-indicator page, you may only see the system status and a store or reset button.

If you land on a screen with dashes instead of numbers, give the car a short drive. Some setups need wheel movement before the readings settle in. If the page still stays blank after that, the system may be learning, or one sensor may need attention.

What To Do Before You Trust The Reading

The screen helps, but it should match the pressure on the driver-door placard, checked when the tires are cold. That lines up with NHTSA’s tire pressure steps, which say the door-jamb label is the right place to get your target PSI. The number molded into the tire sidewall is not your day-to-day fill target.

Audi says inflation pressure should be checked and kept at proper levels on its Audi Original Tires page, and that advice matters here. If you top up a warm tire to the exact cold spec after driving, the screen can look fine for a while and then drop the next morning.

A solid routine is simple:

• Check the placard inside the driver door area.
• Set all four tires before a trip, not after a long drive.
• Match front and rear pressures to the label, since they are often not the same.
• Then go back into the screen and store or reset the values if your model asks for it.

What The Screen Is Telling You

Once you find the page, the next step is reading it the right way. A live-value display is easy: you’ll see one pressure number per wheel, often after the car has moved. A status-only display works in a quieter way. It learns the rolling behavior of properly inflated tires and warns you when one wheel starts acting like it has lost air.

That difference explains why two Audi models can feel so different even though both have tire-pressure monitoring. One gives you numbers. The other gives you a warning and a reset step. Both are normal.

What You See On Screen	What It Usually Means	What To Do Next
Four PSI or bar readings	Your car is showing live pressure by wheel	Compare each reading to the door-label target
Green or normal status	The system has no active low-pressure warning	Still check cold pressure once in a while with a gauge
Yellow tire symbol	One or more tires have dropped below the warning point	Stop when safe and check all four tires
Dashes instead of numbers	The screen has not learned the readings yet or needs movement	Drive a short distance, then recheck the page
Store Tire Pressures	The system wants the current pressures saved as the new baseline	Only store after all four tires are set correctly
Reset Tire Pressure Monitoring	The baseline needs to be relearned	Reset after adding air or fitting different wheels
No tire menu at first glance	The menu is buried inside vehicle status or service items	Go back to the vehicle page and check those sections
Flashing warning lamp	The system may have a fault, not just low air	Check pressures, then book a scan if the lamp stays on

When Audi Only Shows A Warning

Many owners get tripped up here. They expect the screen to behave like a pressure gauge, then assume something is missing when they only get a warning symbol. In an Audi with a loss-indicator setup, the screen is there to tell you that the tire set no longer matches the stored baseline. That’s why the reset step matters so much after you add air.

Say you inflated all four tires to the placard spec after a cold snap. If you skip the store step, the car may still compare the tires to the old baseline and keep warning you. So the order matters: set the tires first, then store the values.

After Air Has Been Added

1. Set every tire to the cold pressure on the door label.
2. Drive a minute or two if the screen needs movement to wake up.
3. Open the tire menu again.
4. Select Store Tire Pressures, Reset, or the closest matching command.
5. Confirm the prompt.

If your Audi uses live wheel sensors, a reset may still show up after rotation, seasonal tire swaps, or sensor work. If it uses the loss-indicator type, the store step is often part of normal tire care.

Warning Or Symptom	Likely Cause	Best First Move
Light came on during a cold morning	Pressure dropped with the temperature	Check cold pressure and refill to the placard spec
Light stays on after filling the tires	The baseline was not stored	Open the menu and run the store or reset step
One tire keeps dropping	Slow leak, wheel issue, or puncture	Inspect the tire and repair it before resetting again
Screen will not show values after driving	Sensor or system fault	Scan the car or have the TPMS checked
Readings changed right after a long drive	Heat raised the pressure	Judge fill pressure by cold numbers, not hot ones

Common Reasons The Reading Looks Wrong

The screen can mislead you if the timing is off. A tire filled after highway driving will read higher than it will the next morning. A tire that looks fine by eye can still be low enough to trigger the lamp. And after a wheel swap, the menu may need a short drive or a reset before it settles.

Here are the mistakes that cause most false alarms:

• Using the sidewall number instead of the door-label pressure.
• Checking the tires right after driving and treating that as the cold spec.
• Resetting the system before the tires are filled correctly.
• Ignoring a flashing lamp, which can point to a fault rather than low air.
• Skipping the relearn step after a tire rotation or seasonal wheel change.

When You Should Not Just Reset And Drive

If one tire is far lower than the others, or the warning returns soon after you refill it, treat that as a tire problem first and a screen problem second. A screw, cracked valve stem, bent rim, or bead leak can all show up this way. Resetting the menu over and over just hides the pattern for a little while.

A Good Final Check

Once the pressures are right, do one last pass through the screen and make sure the warning is gone. Then recheck the tires the next morning. If the same corner has dropped again, you’ve got your answer: air is leaving somewhere, and the car is telling you the truth.

Also walk around the car and compare the tire sidewalls by eye. One tire sitting lower than the rest still beats any screen clue. Then drive a mile or two and check the page again. If the readings hold steady, you’re set.

That’s the whole play. Find the tire page under the vehicle menu, read what type of screen your Audi uses, set the tires by the door placard, and store the new baseline when the car asks for it. After you do it once or twice, checking Audi tire pressure on the screen feels easy and takes less than a minute.