Storing wheels
Storew heels that are not being used in acool,
dry and preferably dark place. Protect the
tyres against oil, grease, petrol and diesel. Cleaning the wheels
G
WARNING
The water jet of circular-jet nozzles (dirt grind-
ers) can cause damage not visible from the
outside to tyres or chassis components. Com-
ponentsd amaged in this way can unexpect-
edly fail. There is arisk of an accident.
Do not use high-pressure cleaners with circu-
lar-jet nozzles to clean the vehicle. Have dam-
aged tyres or chassis components replaced
immediately. Fitting
awheel
Preparing the vehicle X
Stop the vehicle on solid, non-slippery and
leve lground.
X Apply the parking brake.
X Bring the front wheels into the straight-
ahead position.
X Shift the transmission to position P.
X Vehicles with AIRMATIC :make sure that
"normal" leve lisselecte d(Ypage 181).
X Switch off th eengine.
X Vehicles without KEYLESS-GO: remove
th ek eyfrom th eignition lock.
X Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: open the
driver' sdoor.
The on-board electronics have status 0,
whic hist hesame as th ekeyhaving been
removed.
X Vehicles with KEYLESS-GO: remove the
Start/Sto pbutto nfromt heignition lock
(Y page 141). X
If included in th evehicle equipment,
remove th etyre-chang etoolkit from the
vehicle.
X Secure th evehicle to preven titfrom rolling
away.
i Apart from certain country-specific varia-
tions, the vehicles are not equipped with a
tyre-change tool kit. Some tools for chang-
ing awhee lare specific to the vehicle. For
more information on which tools are
required to perform awhee lchange on your
vehicle, consult aqualified specialist work-
shop.
Necessary wheel-changing tools can
include, for example:
R jack
R whee lchock
R whee lwrench
Securing the vehicle agains trolling
away If your vehicle is equipped with
awheel chock,
it can be foun dinthetyre-change tool kit
(Y page 311).
The folding wheel chock is an additional
securin gmeasur etoprevent th evehicle from
rollin gaway, for example when changin ga
wheel.
X Fold bot hplates upwards :.
X Fold out lower plate ;.
X Guide th elugs on th elower plat efully into
th eo pening sinbase plate =. Changing
awheel
337Wheels and tyres Z
approved aerial positions
:
Fron troo fa rea
; Rear roo farea
= Rearw ing
? Boot lid
i When fittin ganaerial on the front roof
area of vehicles with aslidin gsunroof,
observe the sweepin grang eoft he roof.
On the rear wing, it is recommende dto
position the aerial on the side of the vehicle
closest to the centr eofthe road.
Use the Technical Specification ISO/TS
21609 (Road Vehicles –"EMC guideline sfor
fitting aftermarket radi ofrequency transmit-
ting equipment") when retrofitting RF (radio
frequency )transmitters .Comply with the
legal requirements for add-on parts.
If your vehicle has fittings for two-way radio
equipment, use the power supply or aerial
connection sintended for use with the basic
wiring. Be sure to observe the manufacturer's
additional instructions when installing.
Deviation swith respect to wavebands, maxi-
mum transmission outputs or aerial positions
must be approved by Mercedes-Benz. The maximum transmission output (PEAK)at
the base of the aerial must not exceed the
following values: Waveband Maximum
transmission
output( PEAK) Short wave (f
<54MHz) 100 W
4mw
aveband 30 W
2mw
aveband 50 W
trunked radio/Tetra 35 W
70 cm waveband 35 W
GSM/DCS/PCS
850/900/1800/1900 10 W
UMTS/LTE 10 W
The following can be used in the vehicle with-
out restrictions:
R
RF transmitters with amaximum transmis-
sion output of up to 10 0mW
R mobile phones (GSM/DCS/PCS/UMTS/
LTE)
Ther eare no restriction swhen positioning the
aerial on the outside of the vehicle for the fol-
lowing wavebands:
R trunked radio/Tetra
R 70 cm waveband
R GSM/DCS/PCS
R UMTS/LTE 358
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