2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN wheel size

Emergency
Re moving the saf etyv est
The saf etyv ests ar elocated in thes afet yv est
compartments in thed rive r's and front
passenger door stowagec ompartments.
#To remo ve:pull ou tsafet yj acketb ag 1 by
loop 2.
#Open saf etyv estb ag 1 and pull out the
saf etyv est.
% Ther earealso saf etyv estc ompart ments in
th er ear door stowagec ompartment sin
whic hsafet yv ests can be stowed.
1Maximum number of washes
2Maximum wash temp erature
3Do no tbleach
4Do no tiro n
5Do no tuse alaundr ydryer
6Do no tdry-clean
7Thi sisac lass2jacket The
requ irements defined bythel egal standard
ar eo nly fulfille difthe saf etyv estist he cor rect
size and is fully closed.
Re place thes afet yv estif:
Rit is damaged or dir tonthereflectiv estrips
cannol onger be remo ved
Rthem aximum number of washes is exceeded
Rthef luorescence of thes afet yv esth as faded
Flat tire
Note sonf lat tires
&
WARNING Risk of accident duetoaf lat
tire
Af lat tir eseve rely affects thed riving charac‐
te rist ics as well as thes teering and braking
of thev ehicle.
Ti re sw ithout run-flat characteristics:
#Do no tdrive on wit haflat tire.
#Chang ethe flat tir eimmediatel ywith
th ee mer gency spa rewheel or spare
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The tirepressur etable sho ws therecommended
tir ep ressur efor all tires appr ovedfor this vehi‐
cle. The recommended tir epressures apply for
cold tires under various operating conditions, i.e.
loading and/or speed of thev ehicle.
If one or mor etires izes precede atirep ressure,
th et irep ressur einformation following is only
va lid fort hose tir esizes.
The load conditions "partially laden" and "fully
laden" ar edefined in thet able ford iffe re nt num‐
be rs of passenger sand amounts of luggage. The
actual number of seats ma ydiffe rf romt his.
Some tir epressur etables onl yshowt he rim
diame teri ns tead of thec omple tetires ize, e.g.
R18 .The rimd iame terisp artoft he tir esize and
can be found on thet ires ide wall (
→pag e369).
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)
RMaximum tir epressur e(→page369)
Checking tir epressure smanually
#Read thet irep ressur efor thec urrent operat‐
ing conditions from theT irea nd Loading
Info rmatio nplacar dort he tirepressure
ta ble. Obser vethen otes on tir epressure.
#Re mo vethev alvec ap of thet iretob e
ch ecked.
#Press thet irep ressur egaug esecurel yonto
th ev alve.
#Read thet irep ressure.
#Ifth et irep ressur eisl owerthan ther ecom‐
mended value, inc rease thet irep ressur eto
th er ecommende dvalue.
#Ifth et irep ressur eish igher than ther ecom‐
mended value, release air .Todos o, press
down them etal pin in thev alve, e.g. using
th et ip of apen fore xamp le. Then checkt he
tir ep ressur eagain usingt he tirepressure
ga uge.
#Sc rewt he valvec ap ont othe valve.
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Further related subjects:
RNo tesont irep ressur e(→page356)
RTire pressur etable (→pag e357)
RTire and Loading Info rmatio nplacard
(→pag e361)
Tire pressur emonitoring sy stem
Fu nction of thet irep ressur emonitoring sys‐
te m
&
DANG ER Risk of accidentd uetoincor‐
re ct tir epressure
Ever ytire, including thes par e(if pr ovided),
should be checkedw hen cold at leas toncea
mont hand inflated tothep ressur erecom‐
mended bythev ehicle manufacturer (see
Ti re and Loading Info rmatio nplacar dont he
B-pi llaronthed rive r’ss ide or thet irep res‐
sur elabel on thei nside of thef uel filler flap
of your vehicle). If your vehicle has tires of a
dif fere nt size than thes ize indicated on the
Ti re and Loading Info rmatio nplacar dort he
tirep ressur etable, youn eedtod etermine
th ep roper tir epressur efor those tires.
As an added saf etyf eature, your vehicle has
been equipped wit hatirep ressur emonitor‐
ing sy stem (TPMS) that illuminates alow tire
pressur eindicator lam pwhen oneorm oreo f
yo ur tires ar esignif icantl yunderinflated.
Ac cordingly ,ifthe lo wtirep ressur eindicator
lam plights up, yous hould stop and check
yo ur tires as soonasp ossible, and inflate
th em tothep roper pressure. Driving on a
significantly underinflated tir ecauses thet ire
to ove rheat and can lead totiref ailure.
Und erinflation also increases fuel consump‐
tion and reduces tir etread life, and may
af fect thev ehicle's handling and braking abil‐
ity .P lease no tethat theT PMS is no tasubsti‐
tut efor proper tir emaintenance, and it is the
driver's responsibility tomaintain cor rect tire
pressure, evenifu nderinflatio nhasnot
re ached thel evel to trig gerillumination of
th eT PMS lo wtirep ressur eindicator lamp.
Yo ur vehicle has also been equipped wit ha
TPMS malfunction indicator toindicat ewhenthes ystemisn otoperating properly .The
TPMS malfunction indicator is combined with
th el ow tirep ressur eindicator lamp. When
th es ystemd etects amalfunction, thei ndica‐
to rlamp willf lashfora pproxima tely am inute
and then remain continuously illumina ted.
This sequence will continue upon subsequent
ve hicle start-ups as longast he malfunction
ex ists.
When them alfunction indicator is illumina‐
te d, thes ystem ma ynotbe able todetect or
signal lo wtirep ressur easi ntended. TPMS
malfunctions ma yoccurf orav ariety of rea‐
sons, includingt he installation of incompati‐
ble replacementora lternatetires or wheels
on thev ehicle that pr eventtheT PMS from
functioning properly.
Alw aysc hec kthe TPMS malfunction warning
lam pafter replacing one or mor etires or
wheels on your vehicle toensur ethat the
re placemen toralternat etires and wheels
allo wthe TPMS tocontinu etofunction prop‐
er ly.
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#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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%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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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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