Emergency spare wheel
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
The wheel/tyr edimension sand th etyret ype
of th espar ew heel/emergency spar ewheel
and th ewheel to be replaced may differ. Fit-
tin gas parew heel/emergency spar ewheel
may severel yimpair th edriving characteris-
tics. Ther eisarisk of accident.
To prevent hazardous situations:
R Adap tyour driving style accordingly and
driv ecarefully.
R Never fit mor etha no nespar ewheel/emer-
gency spar ewheel if th edimension sare
differen ttothose of th ewheel being
replaced.
R Only use aspar ew heel/emergency spare
wheel briefly if th edimension sare different
to those of th ewheel bein greplaced.
R Do no tswitch off ESP ®
.
R Hav ethe spar ewheel/emergency spare
wheel in question replaced at th enearest
qualified specialist workshop .Makes ure
that th ewheel/tyr edimension sand tyre
type are correct.
When usin ganemergency spar ewheel or
spar ewheel of adifferen tsize, you must not
exceed th emaximum spee dof80k m/h.
Snow chains must no tbefittedtoe mergency
spar ewheels. General notes
You shoul dregularly check th epressure of all
your tyres, includin gthe emergency spare
wheel, particularly prio rtolongtrips, and cor-
rec tthe pressure as necessary (Y page 420).
The value on th ewheel is valid. In addition ,the
emergency spar ewheel tyr epressure can be
foun dunde r"Technical data" (Y page 468).
An emergency spar ewheel may also be fitted
against th edirection of rotation. Observ ethe
tim erestriction on use as well as th espeed limitatio
nspecified on th eemergency spare
wheel.
Replac ethe tyres after six years at th elatest,
regardless of wear. This also applies to the
emergency spar ewheel.
i If you are driving with th
eemergency
spar ewheel fitted, th etyrep ressure loss
warning system or th etyrep ressure moni-
to rc anno tfunction reliably. Only restart
th et yrep ressure loss warning system/tyre
pressure monito rwhen th edefective wheel
has been replaced with anew wheel.
Vehicle swithatyrep ressure monitor: for a
few minute safter an emergency spare
wheel is fitted, th esystem may still display
th et yrep ressure of th eremove dwheel.
The value displaye dfor th eposition where
th ee mergency spar ewheel is fitte disnot
th es ame as th ecurren ttyrep ressure of the
emergency spar ewheel. Removing th
e"Minispare" emer-
gency spare wheel/collapsible emer-
gency spare wheel
Opening th estowage well Saloon:
thee mergency spar ewheel can be
foun dint hestowage well unde rthe boot
floor.
X Lif tthe boot floo rupwards (Y page 356).
Estate: thee mergency spar ewheel is located
in th estowage well unde rthe luggage com-
partmen tfloor.
X Withou tafolding bench seat: lift up the
EASY-PACK folding load compartmen tfloor
(Y page 357). Emergency spar
ewheel
465Wheels and tyres Z
