2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN load capacity

#Step1:loca tethes tatement" The combined
we ight of occupant sand cargo should ne ver
exc eed XXX kgor XXX lbs." ("The combined
we ight of occupant sand cargo should ne ver
exc eed XXX kgor XXX lbs.") on your vehicle's
Ti re and Loading Info rmatio nplacard.
#Ste p2:de term ine thec ombined weight of
th ed rive ra nd passenger sthat will be tra vel‐
ing in your vehicle.
#Ste p3:subtract thec ombined weight of the
driver and passenger sfromX XXkgor
XXX lbs.
#Ste p4:th er esulting figur eequals thep er‐
missible cargo and luggag eload capacity .For
ex ample: If "XXX"e quals 1400 lbs and there
ar ef iveo ccupantsiny ourvehicle wit ha
we ight of 150lbs each, them aximum cargo
and luggag eload capacity is 650 lbs (1400 -
75 0(5x1 50)= 650 lbs).
#Step5:de term ine thec ombined weight of
luggag eand cargo that thev ehicle will be
car rying. Fors afet yr easons, this we ight may
no ts afel yexceed thea vailable cargo and lug‐
ga ge load capacity calculated in step 4. Even if
youh avec alculated thet otal load care‐
full y,yo us hould still mak esuret hat them axi‐
mum permissible gross mass and them aximum
permissible axle load of your vehicle ar enot
exc eeded. De tails can be found on thev ehicle
identification plate.
#Ha ve your loaded vehicle –including driver,
occupants and load –weighed on avehicle
we ighbridge.
The measured values ma ynotexc eed the
maximu mpermissible values stated on the
ve hicle identification plate.
Fu rther related subjects:
RCalculation example ford eterminingt he max‐
imum load (→pag e363)
RTire and Loading Info rmatio nplacard
(→pag e361)
RTire pressur etable (→pag e357)
RVehicle identification plate
Calculation example ford eter mi ning the
ma ximum load
The following table sho wsexamples of ho wto
calculat etotal and load capacities wit hvarying
seatin gconfigurations and dif fere nt numbe rs
and sizes of occupants. The following examples
use amaximum load of 1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is fori llustratio npurposes on ly.Mak esure
yo ua reusingt he actual load limit fory our vehi‐
cle stated on your vehicle's Tire and Loading
Info rmatio nplacar d(
→page361).
The higher thew eight of all theo ccupants, the
smaller them aximum load forl ug gage .
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Tire labeling
Overvie woftirel abeling
1Uni form Ti reQuality Grading Standard
(→pag e366)
2DO T,Tire Identification Number
(→pag e367)
3Maximumt irel oad(→pag e368)
4Maximumt irep ressure (→page369)
5Manufacturer
6Characteristics of thet ire(→pag e369)
7Tire size designation, load-beari ng capacity,
speed rating and load ind ex(→pag e369)
8Tire name
% The da tashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
Ti re Quality Grading
In accordance wit hthe US Department of Trans‐
por tation's "Unifo rm TireQuality Grading Stand‐
ards", tir emanufacturer sare re quired tograde
th eir tires on theb asis of thef ollowing thre ep er‐
fo rm anc efactors:1Tread weargrade
2Traction grade
3Te mp eratur egrade
% The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
% The classification is no tlegall ystipulated for
Canada, but it is general lystated.
Tr ead weargrade
The tread wear grade is acomparativ erating
based on thew ear rate ofthet irew hen tested
under controlled conditions on aspecified test
trac koft he US Department of Transpor tation.
Fo re xamp le,atireg raded 150w ould wear one
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Nevere xceed maximum tir epressure 1speci‐
fi ed fort he tire.
Information on tir echaracteristics
%
The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
This information descri besthet ype of tir ecord
and then umber of la yers in side wall1 and
under tir etread 2.
Tire size designation, load-bearing capacity,
speed ratin ga nd load index
&
WARNING Risk of injury thro ugh exceed‐
ing thes pecified tir eload rating or the
permissible speed rating
Exceeding thes pecified tir eload rating or
th ep ermissible speed rating ma ylea dtot ire
damage andtothet ires bur sting.
#Therefore, onl yuse tir etypes and sizes
appr ovedfor your vehicle model.
#Obser vethet irel oad rating and speed
ra ting requ ired fory our vehicle.
1Preceding letter
2Nominal tir ewidthinm illimeters
3Aspect ratio in %
4Tire code
5Rimd iame ter
6Load-bearing index
7Speed rating
8Loadi ndex
% The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
Info rmatio nabout readingt ired atac an be
obtaine dfroma nyqualified specialis tworks hop.
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Preceding letter1:RWithout :passenger vehicle tires according to
Europea nmanufactu ring standards.
R"P": passenger vehicle tires according toUS
manufacturing standards.
R"LT": light truc ktires accordingtoUSm anu‐
fa cturing standards.
R"T": compact emer gency spa rewheels with
high tir epressur ethat ar eonly designe dfor
te mp orar yuse in an emer gency.
Aspec tratio 3
:
Ra tio betwee ntireh eight and tir ewidth in per‐
cent (ti reheight divided bytirew idth ).
Tir ec ode4
(ti re type):R"R"r adial tire
R"D": bias ply tire
R"B": bias belted tires
R"ZR": radial tir ewitham aximum speed abo ve
14 9m ph (240 km/h) (optional) Rim diame
ter5
:
The diam eter of theb ead seat (no tthe diame ter
of ther im flange). The rimd iame teriss pecified
in inches (in).
Load-bearing index 6
:
Numerical code that specifies them aximum
load-bearing capacity of atire( e.g. "91" cor re‐
sponds to1356 lbs (6 15kg)).
The load-bearing capacity of thet irem ustbea t
leas thalf thep ermissible axle load of your vehi‐
cle. Do no toverload thet ires byexc eeding the
specified load limit.
See also:
RMaximum permissible load on theT irea nd
Loading Info rmatio nplacar d(→page361)
RMaximum tir eload (→pag e368)
RLoad ind ex
Speed rating 7
:
Specifie sthe appr oved maximum speed of the
tire. %
An electroni cspeed limiterpreve nts your
ve hicle from exceeding aspeed of 130m ph
(2 10 km/h).
Make surethat your tires ha vether equired
speed rating .You can obtain information on the
re qu ired speed rating from an au thorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
Summer tires
Inde xS peedrating
Qu pto100mph(160k m/h)
Ru pto106mph(170k m/h)
Su pto112mp h(180k m/h)
Tu pto118mp h(190k m/h)
Hu pto130mph(210k m/h)
Vu pto149mph(240k m/h)
Wu pto168mph(27 0k m/h)
Yu pto186mph(300 km/h )
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Unifor mT ireQ uality Grading Standards: a
unifor mstandar dtog rade theq ualityoft ires
wit hregar dtot read quality, tiret raction and
te mp eratur echaracteristics. The qualityg rading
assessment is made bythem anufacturer follow‐
ing specifications from theU .S. go vernment. The
qu alityg rade of atireisi mprinted on thes ide
wa ll of thet ire.
Re commende dtirep ressure :th er ecommen‐
ded tir epressur eist he tir epressur especified
fo rt he tires mounted tothev ehicle at thef ac‐
to ry.
The tir eand information table conta insther ec‐
ommended tir epressures forc old tires, them ax‐
imum permissible load and them aximum per‐
missible vehicle speed.
The tir epressur etable con tains ther ecommen‐
ded tir epressures forc old tires under various
operating conditions, i.e. loading and/or speed
of thev ehicle.
Increased vehicl eweight due tooptional
equipment: thec ombined weight of all standard
and optional equipment available fort he vehicle, re
ga rdless of whe ther it is actually ins talled on
th ev ehicle or not.
Rim: thep artoft he wheel on whic hthe tir eis
ins talled.
GA WR (Gross Axl eWeight Rating): theG AWR
is them aximum permissible axle load. The
actual load on an axle mus tnever exc eed the
gros saxle weight rating .The gross axl eweight
ra ting can be found on thev ehicle identification
plat eont he B‑pillar on th
ed rive r's side.
Speed rati

ng: thes peed rating is pa rtof thet ire
identification .Itspecifies thes peed rang ef or
whic hatireisa pprove d.
GV W( Gross Vehicl eW eight): theg ross vehicle
we ight comprises thew eight of thev ehicle
including fuel, tools, thes par ew heel, accesso‐
ri es ins talled, occupants, luggag eand thet railer
dr aw bar nose weight,ifa pplicable. The gross
ve hicle weight mus tnotexc eed theg ross vehicle
we ight rating GVWR as specified on thev ehicle
identification plat eonthe B‑pillar on thed rive r's
side.
GV WR (Gross Vehicl eW eight Rating): the
GV WR is them aximum permitted gross weight of
thef ully laden vehicle (weight of thev ehicle
including all accessories, occupants, fuel, lug‐
ga ge and thet railer dr awbar nose weight if appli‐
cable). The grossvehicle weight rating is speci‐
fi ed on thev ehicle identification plat eonthe
B‑pi llaronthed rive r's side.
Maximum weight of thel aden vehicle: the
maximu mweight is thes um of thec urb weight
of thev ehicle, thew eight of thea ccessories, the
maximu mloada ndthew eight of optional equip‐
ment ins talled at thef actor y.
Kilopasca l(kP a): metr icunit fort irep ressure .
6.9 kP acorresponds to1p si.A nother unit for
tir ep ressur eisb ar.1 00 kilopasca l(kPa) equals
1b ar.
Load index: in additiontothel oad-bearing
index, thel oad inde xmayalso be imprinted on
th es ide wall of
thet ire. This specifies thel oad-
bearing capacit
y of thet irem orep recisel y.
Cur bw eight: thew eight of avehicle wit hstand‐
ar de quipment includingt he maximum capacity
of fuel, oil and coolant. It also includes thea ir
conditionin gsystema nd optional equipment if
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these ar einstalled on thev ehicle, but does not
include passenger sorluggage.
Maximum tir eload: them aximum tir eload is
th em aximum permissible weight in kilog rams or
lbs forw hich atireisa pprove d.
Maximum permissible tir epressure: maxi‐
mum permissible tir epressur efor one tire.
Maximum load on one tire: maximumloado n
one tire. This is calculated bydividing them axi‐
mum axle load of one axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds per squar einch) :st andar dunit of
measurementf or tirepressure .
Aspect ratio: ratio betwee ntire height and tire
widt hinp ercent.
Tir ep ress ure: pressur einside thet irea pplying
an outwar dforce toeve rysquar einc hoft he tire.
The tir epressur eiss pecified in pounds per
squar einc h( psi), in kilopascals (kPa) or in bar.
The tir epressur eshould onl ybecorrected when
th et ires ar ecold.
Cold tir epressure: thet ires ar ecold when the
ve hicle has been par kedf or at leas t3hours without direct sunlight on
thet ires or thev ehicle
has been driven forl ess than 1m ile (1.6 km).
Ti re contact sur face: thep artoft he tir ethat
comes int ocontact wi th theroad.
Ti re bead: thep urpose of thet ireb ead is to
ensur ethat thet ires its securel yonthe wheel
ri m. Ther eareseveralw irec ores in thet ireb ead
to preve ntthet iref romc hanging lengt honthe
whee lrim.
Side

w all: thep artoft he tir ebetwe en thet read
and thet ireb ead.
We ight of optiona lequ ipment: thec ombined
we ight of theo ptional equipment weighingm ore
th an ther eplaced standar dparts and mor ethan
5l bs (2. 3kg).T his optional equipment, suc has
high-per form anc ebrake s, le velc ontrol sy stem, a
ro of luggag erackorh igh-per form anc ebatte ries,
is no tincluded in thec urb weight and thew eight
of thea ccessories.
TIN (Tir eIdentification Number): auniqu e
identification number whic hcan be used bya
tir em anufactu rertoi dentify tires, fore xamp le,
in ap roductr ecall, and thus identif ythe pur‐
ch asers. The TIN is made up of them anufactur‐ er's identit
ycode, tir esize, tir etype code and
th em anufacturing date.
Load-bearing index: thel oad-bearing inde xisa
code that con tains them aximum load-bearing
capacity of atire.
Tr action: traction is theg ripr esulting from fric‐
tion between thet ires and ther oad sur face.
We ar indicator: narrow bars(tread wear bars)
th at ar edistributed overthe tir econtact surf ace.
If th et iret read is le velw itht he bars, thew ear
limit of 1/1 6in(1.6m m) has been reached.
Distribution of vehicl eoccupants: distribution
of vehicle occupants over designated seat posi‐
tion sinav ehicle.
Maximum permissible pa yload weight: nomi‐
nal load and luggag eload plus 150lb( 68kg
)
mu

ltipliedbyt he number of seats in thev ehicle.
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Observethef ollowing when selecting, ins talling
and replacing tires:
ROnl yuse tires and wheels of thes ame type
(summer tires, winter tires, MOEx tended
tires) and thes ame make.
ROnl yins tal lw heels of thes ame size on one
axle (lef tand right).
It is onl ypermissible toins tallad iffe re nt
whee lsizeint heeve nt of aflat tir eino rder
to driv etot he specialis tworks hop.
ROnl yins tall tires of thec orrect size ont othe
wheels.
RVe hicles with atirep ressur emonitoring
sy stem: all mounte dwheels mus tbeequip‐
ped wit hfunctioning sensor sfor thet ire
pressur emonitoring sy stem.
RAt temp eratures belo w45°F(7°C), use win‐
te rt ires or all-seaso ntires mar kedM +Sfor
all wheels.
Wi nter tires bearing thei snowflak esym‐
bol in addition totheM +S marking pr ovide
th eb estp ossible grip in wintr yroad condi‐
tions.
RFo rM +S tires, only use tires wit hthe same
tread.
RObser vethem aximum permissible speed for
th eM +S tires ins talled.
If th is is belo wthe vehicle's maximum speed,
th is mus tbeindicated in an appropriat elabel
in thed rive r's field of vision.
RRu ninn ewtires at moderat espeed sfor the
fi rs t60m iles (100km).
RReplace thet ires af ters ixyearsatt he latest,
re ga rdless of wear.
RWhen replacing with tires that do no tfea‐
tu re run-flat charac teristics:vehicles with
MOExtended tires ar enotequipped wit ha
TIREFIT kit at thef actor y.Equi pthe vehicle
wit haT IREFIT kit af terr eplacing wit htires
th at do no tfeatur erun- flat characteristics,
e.g .winter tires.
Fo rm orei nformation on wheels and tires, con‐
ta ct aq ualified specialis tworks hop.
Be sur etoalso observ ethe following fur ther
re lated subjects:
RNo tesont irep ressur e(→page356)
RTire and Loading Info rmatio nplacard
(→pag e361)
RTire size designation, load-beari ng capacity,
speed rating and load ind ex(→pag e369)
RTire pressur etable (→pag e357)
Note sonr otating wheels
&
WARNING Risk of injury thro ugh dif fer‐
ent wheels izes
Inter changing thef ront and rear wheels if the
wheels or tires ha vediffere nt dimensions
ma yseve rely impair thed riving characteris‐
tics.
The wheel brakes or wheel suspension com‐
ponent smayalso be damaged.
#Rotate front and rear wheels only ifth e
wheels and tires ar eofthe same dimen‐
sions.
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#Do notmixthea ppr ove drefrigerant
compresso roil wit had iffe re nt refriger‐
ant compressor oil.
Wo rkon thec limat econtrol sy stem ma yonlyb e
car ried out byaq ualified specialis tworks hop. All
applicable regulations, as well as SAEs tandard
J639, mus tbeadhered to.
1Wa rning symbols
2Re frigerant filling capacity
3Applicable standards
4PA Go il par tnumber
5Refrigerant type Wa
rning symbols 1advise youa bout:
Rpossible dangers
Rhaving service workcar ried out at aqualified
specialis tworks hop
Re frigerant filling capacity
Fi lling capacity forr efrigerant and PAGo il
Model Refrigerant
All models2 2.2±0.4 oz
(630 ±10g )
Model PAGo il
All models2 .8±0 .4 oz
(80 ±10g )
Vehicl edata
Vehicl edimensions
The heights specifi ed mayvaryasar esult of the:
RTire s
RLoad
RConditionoft he suspension
ROptional equipment
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Tech nica ldata