2006 MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 Owner's Manual

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MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 2006 W163 Owners Manual 456 Practical hintsFlat tire
Preparing the vehicle
Park the vehicle as far as possible from 
moving traffic on a hard surface.

Turn on the hazard warning flashers.

Turn the steering wheel so that

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MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 2006 W163 Owners Manual 457 Practical hints
Flat tire
Mounting the spare wheel
Preparing the vehicle
Prepare the vehicle as described 
(page 456).

Take the wheel wrench, the collapsible 
wheel chock, and the vehicle jack

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MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 2006 W163 Owners Manual 458 Practical hintsFlat tire
On wheel to be changed, loosen but do 
not yet remove the wheel bolts 
(approximately one full turn with 
wrench).
The jack take-up brackets are located di-
rectly behind

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MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 2006 W163 Owners Manual 459 Practical hints
Flat tire
Removing the wheel
1Alignment bolt
Unscrew upper-most wheel bolt and 
remove it.

Replace this wheel bolt with alignment 
bolt1 supplied with the tool kit 
(page 430).

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MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 2006 W163 Owners Manual 460 Practical hintsFlat tire
Clean contact surfaces of wheel and 
wheel hub.

Guide spare wheel onto the alignment 
bolt and push it on the wheel hub.

Insert wheel bolts and tighten them 
slightly

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MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 2006 W163 Owners Manual 461 Practical hints
Flat tire
1-5Wheel bolts
Tighten the five wheel bolts evenly, fol-
lowing the diagonal sequence illustrat-
ed (1 to 5), until all bolts are tight. 
Observe a tightening torque of

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MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 2006 W163 Owners Manual 462 Practical hintsBatteryThe battery is located under the front 
passenger seat.
The battery should always be sufficiently 
charged in order to achieve its rated ser-
vice life. Refer to Maintenance

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MERCEDES-BENZ ML500 2006 W163 Owners Manual 463 Practical hints
Battery
!
The battery is a valve-regulated lead 
acid (VRLA) battery, also referred to as 
“fleece” battery. Such batteries do not 
require topping-up of the electrolyte 
level