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338 Practical hintsWhat to do if …?Display symbol
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Possible cause
Possible solution
H
TIRE PRES., RR
CAUTION, TIRE DEFECT!
The right rear tire is deflating.
Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt,
avoiding abrubt steering and braking
maneuvers.
Change the wheel (
page 361).
TIRE PRES., RR
CHECK TIRES!
The right rear tire pressure is low.
Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt.
Check the tire pressure.
Change the wheel (
page 361).
TIRE PRES., LR
CAUTION, TIRE DEFECT!
The left rear tire is deflating.
Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt,
avoiding abrupt steering and braking
maneuvers.
Change the wheel (
page 361).
TIRE PRES., LR
CHECK TIRES!
The left rear tire pressure is low.
Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt.
Check the tire pressure.
Change the wheel (
page 361).
Warning!
G
Do not drive with a flat tire. A flat tire affects
the ability to steer or brake the vehicle.
You may lose control of the vehicle. Contin-
ued driving with a flat tire will cause exces-
sive heat build-up and possibly a fire.
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339 Practical hints
What to do if …?
Tire pressure monitor messages
(vehicles produced as of approximately
October 2003)Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
H
TIRE PRES.
CAUTION, TIRE
DEFECT!
One or more tires are deflating.
Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt, avoid-
ing abrubt steering and braking maneu-
vers. Observe the traffic situation around
you
Repair or change the wheel (
page 361).
TIRE PRES.
CHECK TIRES!
The pressure has fallen significantly in
one or more tires.
Carefully bring the vehicle to a halt, avoid-
ing abrubt steering and braking maneu-
vers. Observe the traffic situation around
you.
Repair or change the wheel (
page 361).
TIRE PRES.
PLEASE CORRECT!
The pressure is too low in one or more
tires.
Check and correct tire pressure as re-
quired (
page 283).
Warning!
G
Do not drive with a flat tire. A flat tire affects
the ability to steer or brake the vehicle.
You may lose control of the vehicle. Contin-
ued driving with a flat tire will cause exces-
sive heat build-up and possibly a fire.
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340 Practical hintsWhat to do if …?Display symbol
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TIRE PRES., LF
CAUTION, TIRE
DEFECT!
The left front tire is deflating.
Bring the vehicle to a halt, avoiding
abrubt braking maneuvers. Observe the
traffic situation around you.
Repair or change the wheel (
page 361).
TIRE PRES., LF
CHECK TIRES!
The left front tire pressure is low.
Bring the vehicle to a halt. Observe the
traffic situation around you.
Check the tire.
Check and correct tire pressure as re-
quired.
TIRE PRES., RF
CAUTION, TIRE
DEFECT!
The right front tire is deflating.
Bring the vehicle to a halt, avoiding
abrubt braking maneuvers. Observe the
traffic situation around you.
Repair or change the wheel (
page 361).
Warning!
G
Do not drive with a flat tire. A flat tire affects
the ability to steer or brake the vehicle.
You may lose control of the vehicle. Contin-
ued driving with a flat tire will cause exces-
sive heat build-up and possibly a fire.
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341 Practical hints
What to do if …?
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Possible cause
Possible solution
H
TIRE PRES., RF
CHECK TIRES!
The right front tire pressure is low.
Bring the vehicle to a halt. Observe the
traffic situation around you.
Check the tire.
Check and correct tire pressure as re-
quired.
TIRE PRES., LR
CAUTION, TIRE
DEFECT!
The left rear tire is deflating.
Bring the vehicle to a halt, avoiding
abrubt braking maneuvers. Observe the
traffic situation around you.
Repair or change the wheel (
page 361).
TIRE PRES., LR
CHECK TIRES!
The left rear tire pressure is low.
Bring the vehicle to a halt. Observe the
traffic situation around you.
Check the tire.
Check and correct tire pressure as re-
quired.
Warning!
G
Do not drive with a flat tire. A flat tire affects
the ability to steer or brake the vehicle.
You may lose control of the vehicle. Contin-
ued driving with a flat tire will cause exces-
sive heat build-up and possibly a fire.
Page 343 of 435
342 Practical hintsWhat to do if …?Display symbol
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
H
TIRE PRES., RR
CAUTION, TIRE
DEFECT!
The right rear tire is deflating.
Bring the vehicle to a halt, avoiding
abrubt braking maneuvers. Observe the
traffic situation around you.
Repair or change the wheel (
page 361).
TIRE PRES., RR
CHECK TIRES!
The right rear tire pressure is low.
Bring the vehicle to a halt. Observe the
traffic situation around you.
Check the tire.
Check and correct tire pressure as re-
quired.
TIRE PRES. MONITOR
REACTIVE AFTER
CORRECTING PRESSURE!
There was a tire pressure warning mes-
sage.
The yellow warning lamp for the tire pres-
sure monitor comes on and you have not
reactivated the system since the last tire
pressure check.
Activate the tire pressure monitor after
correcting the tire pressure values
(page 283).
Warning!
G
Do not drive with a flat tire. A flat tire affects
the ability to steer or brake the vehicle.
You may lose control of the vehicle. Contin-
ued driving with a flat tire will cause exces-
sive heat build-up and possibly a fire.
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What to do if …?
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TIRE PRES. MONITOR
REACTIVATED
The tire pressure monitor is using the cur-
rent pressure values as the basis for mon-
itoring.
TIRE PRES. MONITOR
CURRENTLY
UNAVAILABLE
The tire inflation pressure monitor* is un-
able to monitor the tire pressure due to:
the presence of several wheen sen-
sors in the vehicle
excessive wheel sensor temperatures
a nearby radio interference source
unrecognized wheel sensors installed
Remove any extra wheel sensors from the
vehicle
As soon as the causes of the malfunction
have been removed, the tire pressure moni-
tor automatically becomes active again.
TIRE PRES. MONITOR
NOT OPERATIONAL
DRIVE TO WORKSHOP
The tire pressure monitor or a wheel sen-
sor is malfunctioning.
Have the tire inflation pressure monitor
checked by an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
A wheel without proper sensor was in-
stalled.
Have the wheels checked.
Warning!
G
Do not drive with a flat tire. A flat tire affects
the ability to steer or brake the vehicle.
You may lose control of the vehicle. Contin-
ued driving with a flat tire will cause exces-
sive heat build-up and possibly a fire.
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346 Practical hintsWhere will I find ...?
Spare wheel
Removing the spare wheel
Take out the vehicle tool kit tray2.
Loosen the luggage bowl3. To do so,
turn the luggage bowl counterclock-
wise
Remove the spare wheel4.
Storing the spare wheel
Place spare wheel4in wheel well.
Secure the spare wheel. To do so, turn
the luggage bowl3 clockwise to its
stop.
Place vehicle tool kit tray2 in luggage
bowl.Spare wheel S 430, S 500 and S 600
(except Sport Package*)
The spare wheel rim is mounted with a full
sized tire of the same type as on the vehi-
cle, and it is fully functional.
However, that spare wheel rim is weight
optimized and has a limited service life of
12 000 miles (20 000 km) use before a
standard wheel rim must replace it.
In case of flat tire, you may temporarily use
the spare wheel.
Do not operate vehicle with more than one
spare wheel mounted.
Warning!
G
The jack is designed exclusively for jacking
up the vehicle at the jack take-up brackets
built into both sides of the vehicle. To help
avoid personal injury, use the jack only to lift
the vehicle during a wheel change. Never
get beneath the vehicle while it is supported
by the jack. Keep hands and feet away from
the area under the lifted vehicle. Always
firmly set parking brake and block wheels
before raising vehicle with jack.
Do not disengage parking brake while the
vehicle is raised. Be certain that the jack is
always vertical (plumb line) when in use, es-
pecially on hills. Always try to use the jack
on level surface. Make sure the jack arm is
fully seated in the jack take-up bracket. Al-
ways lower the vehicle onto sufficient ca-
pacity jackstands before working under the
vehicle.
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353 Practical hints
Replacing bulbs
Replacing bulbs
Safe vehicle operation depends on proper
exterior lighting and signaling. It is there-
fore essential that all bulbs and lamp as-
semblies are in good working order at all
times.
Correct headlamp adjustment is extremely
important. Have headlamps checked and
readjusted at regular intervals and when a
bulb has been replaced. See an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center for headlamp ad-
justment.
Bulbs Front lamps
iBackup bulbs will be brought into use
when the following lamps malfunction:
Turn signal lamps
Brake lamps
Parking lamps
Tail lamps
Lamp
Type
1
Additional turn sig-
nal lamps
LED
2
Low beam
1
1Vehicles with Bi-Xenon headlamps*: Low beam
and high beam use the same D2S-35W lamp. Do
not replace the Bi-Xenon bulbs yourself. See an au-
thorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
H7-55 W
Bi -Xenon*
D2S-35 W
3
Turn signal lamp
2357 A
4
Fog lamp
H7-55 W
5
Parking and stand-
ing lamp
W5W
6
Side marker lamp
W5W
7
High beam
H7-55 W
