326 Con
trols
Driving systems
i Thei mage from the rev ersing camera is no
longer displayed if youac tiva te anothe rfu nc tion
using COMAN Dwh en rev ersing or parking in par-
allel .To reactivat eth e im age, disengage and re-
engage rev erse gear. Re
ver sing orparking
This auxiliar y function assist syou when
yo uare rev ersing in a st raight lineo rpark-
in gi nr everse at anyan gle.
1Guid eline forve hic lewidth
2 4.0m guideline
3 1.0m guideline
4 Red0 .25 m guide li ne
Re d0. 25 m guide li ne4,1m guide li ne
3 and 4. 0mguide line 2correspond to
the dista nce to th erear endo fthe veh icle.
Guid eline forve hicle width 1shows the
wi dthn eede dfo r the vehicle. 6
Engage reve rsege ar.
Th ear ea behind theve hicle is sho wnin
the COMAN D displaywith guide li nes
fo rth emo strece ntly select ed parking
fu nc tion.
6 Make sure that th efu nction for re verse
parki ngis select edinCO MA ND.
1 Blue guide li neforr ev ersin g in a
str aight line
2 Yellow guide li neforc orne ring
Wh enyou turn the steerin gwh eel, the
space neede dby the vehicl e is sh own
by theyello wguide li ne2.
6 Reverse carefully. G
Risk of acc ident Bear
inmin dth at ob jects that are not touc h-
in g the ground may ap pear furthe raw ay
th an they actually are (e.g. thebu mp erof a
ve hiclep ark ed beh ind, atraile rtow baror
th erear of alorry) .In this case, yo ushould
no tuse the gui deline sto measure the di s-
ta nc e,since there would otherw ise be a risk
of accid ent.
P54.32-3401-31 Th
erefor e, do notap proach anobst acle
cl ose r thanup toredg uide line 4 (0.2 5m
gui de line ),as you coul dotherwise alre ad y
co me into contac t with the obstac le.
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382 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
! Store tyres in a cool, dry place, preferably in
th e dark .Pr otec tth ety res fro moil, grease, pet-
rol and diesel fuel.
Do not clea nyo ur wheels with acidic wheel
cl eaners sin ce thesecould co rrode theh eads
of wh eel bolts.
Ty res with aspe cified direc tion of rotati on
ha ve additional bene fits, e.g. ifaq uaplan-
in go ccurs. Th eseadvantage scan onl ybe
enjoy edifthe tyres arefitted correspond-
ing to th edirec tion of rotation.
An arrow on th esidewall of the tyre indi-
ca tes its co rre ctdire ction of rot ation.
i Youm ay fi ta spare tyre* agains tth e direc-
ti on of rotation.
The MOExtend ed emer gencyru nn ing sys-
te me nabl esyou to conti nuedriving the ve-
hicl eeven when allair is lost from one or
mo re tyres.
You may only use theMO Extended run-flat
syste minconju nction with the tyr epres-
sure loss warning syste morthe tyrepres-
sure monitor*. Yo
uwi llfind note son drivin g with aflat
tyr ein the Pra ctical advice section
( = page 492).
Onlycorrect tyre pres sures whe nthe tyres
are cold.
Th ep ress ureo f wa rmtyre ssh ou ldonl ybe
co rrected if it is to olow fort he curre nt
op erating co nd itio ns .Warm tyres always
have highe r pressu res tha ncol dones.
You wil lfi nd a table of tyre pressure sfo r
dif ferent operati ngcond ition son thein-
side ofyour vehicl e’sfu el filler flap.
i Tyre pressure values giv enfor low loads are
mi nim um values whic hoff eryou good ride com-
fort charact eristic s.
You can, ho weve r, also usethe values forhi gh er
loads. Th ese are permissible and will not ad-
ver sely affec tth e running of the veh icle.Howev-
er , ride comfort will be impaired tosome degree.
Als ocheck thety re pressure of the spare
wheel*. Di
rect ion of rot ation MO
Exte nded run-flat syst em* Ty
re tread G
Risk of accident Plea
se keep in mind that:
! tyre grip decreases rapidly on wet roads
when the tread depth is lessthan 3mm.
You shou ldthus replace tyre sthat have
insuff icient trea d.
! Winter tyre ssh ou ldbe replac ed when
th etrea d dept his 4 mm or less because
ot he rwis e they no lo nger pro vide ade-
qua tegrip.
! tyre sca nbe subjec tto different level s of
we ar. You shouldthus regu larlych eck
th etread dept h andth e condi tion of the
trea dac ross theen tire width of alltyre s.
If ne cessary, turn thesteering wheel so
th at youc an seethe ty retrea dmore
ea sily.
Yo ucoul dothe rwise los econtrol of theve hi-
cl ea nd cause an accide ntdueto th ere-
duced gr ipof thetyre s on thero ad. Ty
re pres su res G
Risk of accident If
th e pr essur ein atyre drops repea tedly, in-
sp ect the tyre for forei gn objects andch eck
whether the ty reor valve are leaking. 216_R
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