Search online for the correct tyre pressure for your
Hyundai i10, and you will find plenty of confident-looking answers – and a fair number of them disagree with each other. Some sites quote one figure for front and rear; others quote something different again. And yet, very few of them tell you which of the three i10 generations they are talking about.
The figures below come directly from Hyundai’s official UK owner’s handbooks for each i10 generation – first generation (PA, 2008–2013), second generation (IA, 2013–2019) and third generation (AC3, 2019 to present, including the MY25 facelift). Find your generation, match your tyre size, and read across to the load column for how you are using the car today.
If you are not sure which generation you have, or which tyre size is fitted, the pressure label on your own car – covered below – will confirm it in seconds.
Hyundai i10 Tyre Pressure by Generation
Third Generation i10 – 2019 to present (AC3 / MY25)
Covers the current i10, including the 2023 facelift and MY25 update – Hyundai’s UK handbook lists identical figures across both.
| Tyre size
| Wheel
| Normal load – Front
| Normal load – Rear
| Max load – Front
| Max load – Rear
|
|---|
| 175/65 R14
| 5.5J×14
| 2.3 bar / 33 psi
| 2.1 bar / 30 psi
| 2.3 bar / 33 psi
| 2.5 bar / 36 psi
|
| 185/55 R15
| 6.0J×15
| 2.3 bar / 33 psi
| 2.1 bar / 30 psi
| 2.3 bar / 33 psi
| 2.5 bar / 36 psi
|
| 195/45 R16
| 6.5J×16
| 2.3 bar / 33 psi
| 2.1 bar / 30 psi
| 2.3 bar / 33 psi
| 2.5 bar / 36 psi
|
Spare: T115/70D15 space-saver – 4.2 bar / 60 psi, all-round.
Second Generation i10 – 2013 to 2019 (IA)
| Tyre size
| Wheel
| Normal load – Front
| Normal load – Rear
| Max load – Front
| Max load – Rear
|
|---|
| 175/65 R14
| 5.5J×14
| 220 kPa / 32 psi
| 220 kPa / 32 psi
| 230 kPa / 33 psi
| 240 kPa / 34 psi
|
| 185/55 R15
| 6.0J×15
| 220 kPa / 32 psi
| 220 kPa / 32 psi
| 230 kPa / 33 psi
| 240 kPa / 34 psi
|
Spare: T115/70D15 space-saver – 420 kPa / 60 psi, all-round.
First Generation i10 – 2008 to 2013 (PA)
Hyundai’s PA handbook gives one figure across the full tyre and wheel range for this generation, manual or automatic transmission.
| Tyre size
| Wheel
| Normal load – Front
| Normal load – Rear
| Max load – Front
| Max load – Rear
|
|---|
| 155/70R13, 165/60R14, 175/50R15 (manual) / 175/60R14 (auto)
| 4B–5.5J
| 2.3 bar / 33 psi
| 2.3 bar / 33 psi
| 2.5 bar / 35 psi
| 2.5 bar / 35 psi
|
Spare: T105/70D14 space-saver – 4.2 bar / 60 psi, all-round.
These figures are taken directly from Hyundai’s official UK owner’s handbook for each generation, for standard factory-fitted tyre sizes. They don’t account for special editions, non-standard tyre options or non-UK market cars, which can carry different figures. Always confirm against the pressure label fitted to your own vehicle, or your handbook, before adjusting.
Where to Find Your Hyundai i10 Tyre Pressure Label
On most Hyundai models, the tyre pressure label is fitted to the driver’s side centre pillar. That is the upright post the front door closes against, visible once you open the door. Look at eye level down towards the door latch, and you should find a rectangular sticker giving the recommended pressures for your car.
If you cannot see it there, check the inside of the fuel filler flap as a second location, since some model years and markets carry it there instead.
Use it to confirm the exact tyre size fitted to your car against the tables above. That is the fastest way to find the right row, especially on the third-generation i10 where three different tyre sizes were offered.
Exact label position can vary slightly between older and newer i10 models, so if you do not spot it in either of these spots straight away, check your handbook or ask your local Hyundai retailer – they can point you to the right place for your specific model year.
How to Read Your Hyundai i10 Tyre Pressure Label
Like most manufacturers, Hyundai uses pictograms rather than plain English on the label, which is why it is easy to misread.
You will typically see:
- A tyre size or set of tyre sizes, each matched to the wheels approved for your specific i10.
- A front axle row and a rear axle row. These are very often different figures, so do not assume all four tyres take the same pressure.
- A column for everyday driving load.
- A column for a fully loaded car – every seat full, luggage on board.
- A separate figure for the spare or space-saver wheel, usually the highest number on the label.
To use it: find the row matching the tyre size fitted to your car, then read across to the column that matches how you are using it today – or use the equivalent generation table above.
Normal Load, Full Load and Comfort Pressure Explained
Normal load
Everyday driving: a driver, perhaps one or two passengers, a light boot. Most i10s should sit on this figure most of the time.
Full load
Every seat occupied and luggage on board – holidays, a packed boot, airport runs. Use the higher figure here, since underinflation under load is what causes a tyre to flex, overheat and fail.
Comfort or ECO pressure (if fitted)
Where a label offers a separate comfort or ECO figure, it works in one of two directions: a comfort setting softens the ride at some cost to fuel economy, while an ECO setting raises pressure to cut rolling resistance. Neither replaces the standard load-based figures – check your own label to see whether your i10 offers either.
Whichever figure you use, never exceed the maximum pressure printed on the tyre sidewall itself – that’s a limit set by the tyre, not a target to aim for.
Why Other Sources May Give You a Different Number
If you have looked this up before landing here, do not be surprised if you have seen a different figure. There are a few common reasons.
The first is generation confusion – quoting a figure for the current AC3-generation i10 against a second- or third-hand search for an older PA- or IA-generation car, or vice versa.
The second is column confusion – comparing a full-load figure from one source against a normal-load figure from another, for what looks like the same car.
The third is that many online tyre pressure charts for the i10 are not sourced from Hyundai’s own handbook at all, which is why you will often find sites disagreeing with each other on what looks like the same model and year. The tables above are pulled directly from Hyundai’s UK handbooks, but your own label is still worth checking, since it is specific to your car, your tyre size and your load.
What to Do If Your i10’s Tyre Pressure Label Is Missing
On older or higher-mileage cars, the label can fade, get painted over, or go missing entirely. If yours has, you have a few routes:
- Match your tyre size against the generation tables above – in most cases that is enough to confirm your figures without needing the label itself.
- An authorised Hyundai retailer can confirm the correct figures from your vehicle identification number and can usually supply a replacement label.
- Your owner’s handbook covers tyres and wheels, and Hyundai publishes handbooks for its models by year and market.
- Your V5C registration certificate lists the tyre sizes approved for your car, which is what a fitter needs to establish the correct pressures.
Picking a number from a generic online chart is not a substitute for any of the above – it is exactly the kind of guess that leaves a loaded car running on the wrong pressure.
How to Check Your Hyundai i10 Tyre Pressure Properly
Check tyre pressure at least once a month, and always before a long journey. Include the spare or space-saver – it is often overlooked and is usually inflated to the highest pressure on the label, ready for whenever you need it.
Always check when the tyres are cold. The figures on the label apply to cold tyres, and a tyre that has just been driven on reads higher simply because the air inside has warmed and expanded. In practice, that means the car shouldn’t have covered more than a mile or two at low speed in the last few hours.
Cold weather affects this too – air contracts as it cools, so pressures drop in winter even with no puncture or leak. That is why warning lights often appear on the first properly cold morning of the year.
Never let air out of a warm tyre to bring it down to the figure on the label – once it cools, that tyre will be underinflated, which is exactly the condition that lets a tyre overheat and fail. Check cold on the driveway before a motorway run, not at a service station after driving there.
The Hyundai i10 Tyre Pressure Warning Light
Like most modern cars, the i10 uses a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) that warns you when a tyre has dropped below its stored reference value.
Because the system works from stored references rather than reading a target figure directly, inflating the tyres is usually only half the job – most systems also need the new values saved so the warning clears. On many cars this is done through the infotainment or vehicle settings menu; on others it is a physical reset button.
A couple of things worth knowing regardless of the exact steps: new tyres can expand slightly once driven at speed, which is enough to trigger a single one-off warning that is not a fault. And if the light comes back within days of a reset, stop resetting it and have the tyre inspected – a light that keeps returning is usually reporting a slow puncture, a leaking valve, or a poor seal at the rim rather than a system glitch.
Does Your Tyre Brand Change the Recommended Pressure?
No. The figures on your label – and in the tables above – are set by Hyundai for your car’s axle weights and approved tyre sizes, not by whoever made the tyre.
Fit Michelin, Continental, Goodyear, Pirelli, Bridgestone or a budget brand in the correct size, and your figures still apply. The same holds across summer, winter and all-season tyres in the sizes approved for your car.
The exception is size, not brand. If the tyre size fitted to your car differs from the ones listed above, the correct pressure needs confirming separately – ask your fitter or an authorised Hyundai retailer.
Getting Your Hyundai i10 Tyre Pressure Right
Every generation of i10 has its own set of figures, and within the current AC3/MY25 generation, the figures also change with tyre size – so the right number is the one for your generation, your tyre size and the load you are carrying today, not a single figure to memorise.
In practice, that comes down to four habits:
- Match your generation and tyre size to the tables above (or your own label).
- Use the load column that fits how the car’s loaded.
- Check all four tyres plus the spare cold at least monthly and before long trips.
- Reset the monitoring system after any change so it is working from an accurate baseline.
Get that right, and your i10 steers more precisely, stops in a shorter distance, uses less fuel and wears its tyres evenly. Get it wrong, and you pay for it in all four at once.
Correct tyre pressure only works on tyres with tread left to give. If yours are approaching the legal limit, browse tyres for your Hyundai i10 and have them fitted at one of over 2,200 garages across the UK, at a time that suits you.
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