2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS Owners Manual

partmen ta nd trunk ,o nl yu se th ose fuses
mar ke dw it han" S". The fuse ra ting sa re li st ed in
th ef use assignmen td iagram.
Fu se assignment diag ra m: on th ef use bo xi n
th et ru nk ( →
pag e3 53).
u NO TE Dama ge or malfunctions caused
by moisture
Moistur em ay cause dama ge to th ee lectrical
sy st em or cause it to malfunction.

Note sonn oise or unusua lh andling ch arac‐
te ri st ics
While driving ,p ay attention to vibrations, noises
and unusual handling ch aracteristics, e.g .p ulling
to one side. This ma yi ndicat et hat th ew heels or
tires ar ed amaged. If yo us uspect th at at ir ei s
defective, re duce yo ur spee di mmediatel y. St op
th ev ehicle as soon as possible to ch ec kt he
wheels and tires fo rd ama ge .H idden tir ed am ‐
ag ec ould also be causing th eu nusual handling
ch aracteristics. If yo uf ind no sign sofd am age,
ha ve th et ires and wheels ch ec ke dataq ualified
spec ialis tw or ks hop.
Re gular ch ecking of wheels and tires
q
WA RNING Risk of accident from dam‐
aged tires
Dama ge dt ires can cause tir ep re ssur el oss.
As ar esult, yo uc ou ld lose cont ro lofy our
ve hicle.

The minimum tread dep th fo rs ummer tires is

Ti re pressure
Note sont ir ep re ssure
q
WA RNING Risk of accident du etoi nsuf‐
fi cient or ex cessiv et ir ep re ssure
Underinfla te doro ve ri nfla te dt ires pose th e
fo llowing ri sks:R
The tires ma yb ur st ,e speciall yast he
load and ve hicle speed increase.R
The tires ma yw ear exc essivel ya nd/or
une ve nl y, whic hm ay greatly impair tire
traction. R
The drivin gc haracteristics, as we ll as
st eering and braking, ma ybeg re atly
impaired.

R
Impai re dd ri ving comfortR
Susceptibility to damage
q
WA RNING Risk of accident caused by
re peated drop in tir ep re ssure
If th et ir ep re ssur ed ro ps re peatedly ,t he
wheel, va lv eort ir em ay be damaged.
Insuf fi cient tir ep re ssur ec an cause th et ires
to bur st .

The tir ep re ssur et able sho ws th er ecommended
tir ep re ssur ef or all tires appr ove df or th is ve hi‐
cle. The re commended tir ep re ssures apply fo r
cold tires under va ri ous operating conditions, i.e.
loading and/or speed of th ev ehicle.
If one or mor et ir es izes precede at ir ep re ssure,
th et ir ep re ssur ei nformation fo llowing is only
va lid fo rt hose tir es izes.
The load conditions "partially laden" and "fully
laden" ar ed efined in th et able fo rd if fe re nt num‐
be rs of passenger sa nd amounts of luggage. The
actual number of seats ma yd if fe rf ro mt his. Some tir ep re ssur et ables onl ys ho wt he ri m
diame te ri ns te ad of th ec omple te tir es iz e, e.g.
R18 .T he ri md iame te risp ar toft he tir es ize and
can be fo und on th et ir es ide wa ll ( →
pag e3 69).
Be sur etoa lso obse rv et he fo llowing fur th er
re lated subjects: R
No te sont ir ep re ssur e( →
pag e3 56)R
Ti re and Loading In fo rm atio np lacard
( →
pag e3 61 ) R
Maximum tir ep re ssur e( →
pag e3 69 )
Checking tir ep re ssu re sm anually