jack could tip ove
rwitht he vehicl eraised.
There is ariskofi njury.
Onl yposit iont he jack at the appropriate jack-
ing point of the vehicle. The base of the jack
must be positioned vertically, directl yunder
the jacking point of the vehicle.
Observe the following when raising the vehi-
cle:
R to rais ethe vehicle, onl yusethe vehicle-
specific jack tha thas been teste dand
approved by Mercedes-Benz. If the jack is
used incorrectly ,itcould tip ove rwhile the
vehicl eisraised.
R the jack is designe donlytor aiseand hold
the vehicl efor as hort time whil eawheel
is being changed. It is not suitabl efor per-
formin gmaintenance work under the vehi-
cle.
R avoi dchanging the whee lonuphilland
downhil lslope s.
R befor eraisi ng the vehicle, safeguard it from
rolling away by applying the parking brake
and positioning whee lchocks. Never
release the parking brake whil ethe vehicle
is raised.
R the jack must be place donafirm, flatand
non-sli psurface. On aloo se surface, a
large ,flatl oad- bearing underlay must be
used .Ona slippery surface, anon-slip
underlay must be used ,e.g.r ubbe rmats.
R do not us ewoode nblocks or similar
objects as ajack underlay .Otherwise, the
jack will not be able to achieve its load-
bearing capacity du etothe restricted
height.
R make sure tha tthe distance between the
undersid eofthe tyres and the ground does
not exceed 3cm.
R neve rplace your hands or fee tunder the
raised vehicle.
R do not li eunder the vehicle.
R do not start the engine when the vehicl eis
raised. R
do not open or close adoorort he boot lid/
tailgate when the vehicl eisraised.
R make sure tha tnopersons ar epresent in
the vehicl ewhent he vehicl eisraised.
AM Gvehicle swithP erformanc eStudio
equipment: the wheelbolts ar ecovered by a
hu bc ap.B efore yo ucan unscrew the wheel
bolts ,you must remove the hu bcap. X
To remove: turnthe centre cove rofhub
cap :anti-clockwise and remove.
X To fit: beforefitting, ensur etha thub cap :
is in the open position. To do this, tur nthe
centre cove ranti-clockwise.
X Positio nhub cap :and tur nthe centre
cove rclockwise unti lhub cap :engages
physicall yand audibly.
X Make sure tha thub cap :is fitted
securely. X
Using whee lwrench ;,l oosent he bolts on
the whee lyou wish to change by abou tone
full turn. Do not unscrew the bolts com-
pletely. 428
Changin
gawheelWheels an dtyres
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
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