2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN tire type

Whattodo in thee vent of an accident
1 QR codef or accessing ther escue card →
26
2 Safetyv ests →
334
3 Button fort he SOS emer gency cal lsyst em and
breakdown assis tance →
286
4 Checking and topping up operating fluids →
388
5 Tow- startin gand towing away →
346
6 Flat tire →
3347Startin gassis tance →
342
8 Haza rdwa rning lights →
116
9 Fuelfiller flap wit hinstruction labels fort ire
pressure ,fuel type and QR code fora ccessing
th er escue card →
147
A Tow- startin gand towing away →
346
B TIREFIT kit →
336
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Depending onther espectiv eintegration type,
th is includes, fore xamp le:
Rgeneral vehicle information
Rposition data
This enables theu se of selected smartphone
Apps, e.g. navigation or music playbac k.Ther eis
no fur ther interaction between thes martphone
and thev ehicle; in particular ,vehicle dat aisnot
directl yaccessible. The type of fur ther dat apro‐
cessingisd etermined bythep rovideroft he App
used. The respectiv eApp and your smartphone's
operatin gsystemd etermine whe ther changes
can be made tothes ettings and whic hsettings
can be changed.
Service pr oviders
Wire less networ kconnection
If yo ur vehicle has awireless networ kconnec‐
tion, it enables dat atobeexchanged between
yo ur vehicle and additional sy stems. The wire‐
less networ kconnection is enabled via thev ehi‐
cle's transmission and reception uni torvia con‐
nected mobil eend device s(e.g .smart phones). Onlin
efunction scan be used via thew ireless
networ kconnection. This includes online serv‐
ices and applications/Apps pr ovided bythe
manufacturer or other pr oviders.
Manufa cturer's se rvices
The manufacturer describes ther espectiv efunc‐
tions and cor responding legal dat aprotection
information when suitable fort he manufacturer's
online services. Personal dat amaybe used for
th ep rovision of online services. Dat ais
ex ch anged via asecur econnection, e.g .tothe
manufacturer's designated IT sy stems. Personal
dat aisc ollected, processed and used via the
pr ov ision of service sexclusivel yonthe basis of
legal permissions or wit hprior consent.
The services and function s(sometimes subject
to afee) can usually be activated or deactivated.
In some cases, this also applies tothee ntire
ve hicle's dat aconnection. This excludes, in par‐
ticular ,legally prescribed function sand services.
Thir dparty se rvices
If it is possibletou se onlineservices from other
pr ov iders, these services ar esubject tothed ata
pr otection and term sofu se ofther esponsible pr
ov ider .The manufactur er has n
o influenc
eon
th ec onte ntexc hanged.
Please enquire, therefore, about thet ype, scope
and purpose of thec ollection and use of per‐
sonal dat aaspartoft hirdp arty service sfrom
th eir respectiv eprovider.
COMAND/mbrace
Ifth ev ehicle is equipped wit hCOMAND or
mbrace, additional dat aabout thev ehicle's oper‐
ation, theu se of thev ehicle in cer tain situations,
and thel ocation of thev ehicle ma ybecompiled
th ro ugh COMAND or them brace sy stem.
Fo ra dditional information please refertot he
ch ap terM ultimedias ystema nd/or them brace
Te rm sa nd Conditions.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle is equipped wit hanevent da ta
re corder (EDR). The mai npurpose of an ED Ris
to record, in cer tainc rash or nea rcrash -likes it‐
uations, such as an air bag deploymen torhitting
ar oad obstacle, dat athat will assi stin under‐
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Generaln otes

%The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
The TIN is aunique identification number to
identify tires and comprises thef ollowing:
RDO T(Department of Transport ation):tire
symbol mar ks1 indicatin gthat thet ire
complies wit hthe requ irements of theU S
Departmen tofTranspor tation.
RManufacturer identi fication code: manu‐
fa cturer identification code 2contains
de tails of thet irem anufacturer .New tires
ha ve ac odew itht wo symbols. Retreaded
tires ha veac odew ithf our symbols .Further
information on retreade dtires (
→page 374).
RTire size: identifier 3describes thet ire
size.
RTi re type code: tiret ypec ode 4can be
used bythem anufacturer as acode to
describe specific characteristic softhe tire.
RManufacturing date: manufacturing date
5 prov ides informatio nabout thea geof a
tire. The 1s tand 2nd position srepresent the
calenda rweek and the3 rdand 4t hpositions
st at et he year of manufactur e(e.g. "3208"
re present sthe 32nd week of 2008).
Information on them aximum tir eload
%
The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
Maximum tir eload 1isthem aximum permissi‐
ble weight forw hich thet ireisa pprove d.
Do no toverload thet ires by ex ceeding thes peci‐
fi ed load limit. The maximum permissible load
can be found on thev ehicle's Tire and Loading
Info rmatio nplacar dont he B-pillar on thed riv‐
er's side (
→pag e361).
Specifications form aximum tir epress ure
%
The da tashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
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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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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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Changingawheel
Note sons electing, installing and replacing
tires
Mercedes -AMG vehicles: observethe no tesi n
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm aynotrecog‐
niz ed angers.
Yo uc an ask fori nformation rega rding permitte d
wheel/tir ecombinations at an authorized
Mercedes-Ben zCenter.
&
WARNING Risk of accident duetoi ncor‐
re ct dimensions of wheelsa nd tires
If wheelsa nd tires of thew rong size are
ins talled, thew heel brakes or wheel suspen‐
sion components ma ybedamaged.
#Alwaysr eplace wheels and tires with
th ose that fulfill thes pecification sof
th eo riginal part.
When replacing wheels, mak esuretof itth e
cor rect:
RDesignation
RModel
Whenr eplacing tires, mak esuretoi nstallth e
cor rect:
RDesignation
RManufactu rer
RModel
&
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.
* NO
TEDama getovehicle and tires due to
non-app rove dt iret ypes and sizes
Fors afet yr easons, onl yuse wheels, tires
and accessories whichhave been appr oved
fo ry our vehicle byMercedes-Benz.
These tires ha vebeen speciall yadap tedf or
use wit hthe control sy stems, e.g. ABS or
ESP
®,a nd ar emarke dasf ollows:
RMO = Mercedes-BenzO riginal
RMOE = Mercedes-BenzO riginal Extended
(run-flat tires onl yfor cer tain wheels)
RMO1 = Mercedes-Benz Original (onl ycer‐
ta in AMG tires)
Cer tain characteristics, e.g .handling, vehicle
noise emissions or fuel consum ption, may
ot herwise be adversely af fected. In addition,
whe ndriving wi thaload, tir edimension var‐
iations could caus ethe tires tocome into
contact wi th thebody and axle components.
This could result in damag etothe tires or the
ve hicle.
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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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