2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET weight

0009
The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
The TINisauniq ueiden tificat ion num berto
ident ifytires and comprises thefo llo wing:
R DOT(Depar tment ofTranspo rtation ):tir e
symb olmar ks1 indic atingth at thetir e
com plies withth ere qu iremen tsof theUS
Depar tmentof Trans portatio n.
R Man ufac tur eride ntificat ion code: manu‐
fa ctur eridentif ication code 2cont ains
de tails ofthetir emanuf acturer.Ne wtires
ha ve acod ewit htw osymbo ls.Retrea de d
tir es have acod ewit hfo ur symb ols.Further inf
ormation onretrea de dtir es
(0013 page 399) .
R Tire size: identif ier3 descr ibesthetir e
size.
R Tire type code: tiretyp ecod e4 can be
us ed bythemanuf actureras acode to
descr ibespecif icch aract eristic sof thetir e.
R Manuf acturingdate:manuf acturingdate
5 prov ides informatio nabout theag eof a
tir e. The 1stand 2nd position sre pr esent the
cal enda rwe ek and the3r dand 4thposition s
st at eth eye ar ofman ufact ure(e. g."32 08"
re pr esent sth e32n dwe ek of2008 ). Inf
ormat iononthema xim um tireload 0009
The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
Max imum tireload 1isthemaximum permissi‐
ble weight forwhi chthetir eis appr oved.
Do notove rload thetir es by exceed ingthespeci‐
fi ed load limit. Themaximum permissible load
can befound ontheve hicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar don theB-pillar onthedr iv‐
er's side (0013 page38 7). Wheels
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"C", "D", "E":aload rang eth at depen dson
th emaximum loadthat thetir ecan carryata
cer tain pressur e Def
inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loadin g
Tir est ru ctu reand charact eristics :descr ibes
th enumber oflaye rs or thenumber ofrubber -
coat edbelts inthetir econ tact surface and the
tire wall.These aremade ofsteel, nylon, poly‐
es terand other materials.
Bar: metric unit fortir epr essu re.
14 .5038 pounds persqua re inc h(psi) and
10 0kilop ascal(kP a)istheeq uiv alent ofone bar.
DO T(Depar tment ofTranspo rtation ):DO T-
mar kedtir es fulf illthere qu iremen tsof the
US Depar tment ofTrans portatio n.
Av erag ewe ight oftheve hicl eoc cupants: the
num berof vehicle occupants forwhi chtheve hi‐
cle isdesigned, multiplied by150lb (68 kg).
Un ifor m Tire Quality Grading Standar ds:a
unif orm standar dto grade thequ alit yof tires
wit hre ga rd totrea dqu alit y,tiretracti onand
te mp eratur ech aract eristic s.The qualit ygr adin g asses
smentismade bythemanuf acturerfollo w‐
ing spec ificat ions from theU. S. government. The
qu alit ygr ade ofatir eis im print ed on theside
wa llof thetir e.
Re comm endedtir epr essu re:th ere comme n‐
ded tirepr ess ureis thetir epr essur especif ied
fo rth etir es mount edtotheve hicle atthefa c‐
to ry.
The tireand information table con tains there c‐
omme ndedtirepr ess ures forcold tires, themax‐
imum permissible loadandthemaximum per‐
missible vehicle speed.
The tirepr essur eta ble con tains there comme n‐
ded tirepr ess ures forcold tires under various
oper ating condit ions,i.e.loading and/orspeed
of theve hicle.
Incr eased vehicl ewe ight duetooptiona l
eq uip ment :th ecombin edweight ofall standar d
and optio nal equipme ntavailable forth eve hicle,
re ga rdless ofwhe ther itis actuall yins talled on
th eve hicle ornot.
Rim: thepar tof thewheel onwhic hth etir eis
ins talled. GA
WR (Gross AxleWe ight Ratin g):th eGA WR
is themaximum permissible axleload. The
actual loadonanaxle mustne verex ceed the
gr oss axle weight rating .The gross axlewe ight
ra ting canbefound ontheve hicle identif ication
plat eon theB‑pillar onthedr iver's side.
Speed ratin g:thespeed rating ispa rtof thetir e
identif ication .It specif iesthespeed rang efo r
whic hatir eis appr oved.
GV W(Gr oss Vehicl eWe ight ):th egr oss vehicle
we ight comprises thewe ight oftheve hicle
including fuel,tools, thespar ewheel, accesso‐
ri es installed, occupant s,lugg ageand thetra iler
dr aw bar nose weight ,if applicable. Thegross
ve hicle weight mustno texc eed thegr oss vehicle
we ight rating GVWR asspecif iedontheve hicle
identif ication plateon theB‑pillar onthedr iver's
side.
GV WR (Gross Vehicl eWe ight Ratin g):th e
GV WR isthemaximum permitt edgross weight
of thefull yladen vehicle (weight oftheve hicle
including allaccessor ies,occupants, fuel,lug‐
ga ge and thetra iler draw bar nose weight ifappli‐
cable). Thegross vehicle weight rating issp eci ‐ Wh
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fi
ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
B‑pil laron thedr iver's side.
Maxim umweight ofthelad envehicl e:the
maximu mwe ight isthesum ofthecurb weight
of theve hicle, thewe ight oftheaccessor ies,the
maximu mloa dand thewe ight ofoption aleq uip‐
men tins talled atthefa ct or y.
Kilop ascal(kP a):metric unit fortir epr essu re.
6.9 kPacor responds to1psi. Another unit for
tir epr es su re isbar .10 0kilop ascal(kP a)equals
1 bar .
Lo ad inde x:inadd ition totheload-bear ing
inde x,theload indexma yalso beimprint ed on
th eside wallof thetir e. This specif iestheload-
bear ingcapacity ofthetir emor epr ecisel y.
Cur bwe ight :th ewe ight ofave hicle withstand‐
ar deq uipme ntinc ludin gth emaximum capacity
of fuel, oiland coolant .It also includes theair
con ditionin gsy stem and option aleq uipment if
th ese areins talled ontheve hicle, butdoes not
include passeng ersor lugg age.
Maximum tireload: themaximum tireload is
th emaximum permissible weight inkilog rams or
lbs forwhi chatir eis appr oved. Maxim
umpermissible tirepr essur e:maxi‐
mum permissible tirepr essur efo rone tire.
Maximum loadonone tire: maximu mloa don
one tire. This iscalcu lated bydividing themaxi‐
mum axleload ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persquar ein ch ):standar dunit of
meas uremen tfo rtir epr essu re.
Aspe ctratio :ra tio betwee ntire height and tire
wi dthin pe rcent .
Ti re pres sur e:press ureinsi dethetir eappl ying
an outw ardfo rc eto eve rysquar einc hof thetir e.
The tirepr essur eis specif iedinpounds per
sq uar einc h(psi), inkilopascals (kPa)or inbar .
The tirepr essur eshould onlybe cor rected whe n
th etir es arecold.
Cold tirepr essur e:thetir es arecold when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedfo rat lea st3hou rs
wit hout direct sunli ghtonthetir es ortheve hicle
has been driven forless than 1mile (1.6 km ).
Ti re contact surface: thepar tof thetir eth at
com esintocon tact with thero ad.
Ti re bead: thepur pose ofthetir ebead isto
ensur eth at thetir esits secur elyon thewheel ri
m. Ther ear ese veralwir ecor esinthetir ebead
to preve ntthetir efrom chang inglengthon the
wheel rim.
Side wall:thepar tof thetir ebe tween thetread
and thetir ebead.
We ight ofoptiona leq uipm ent:th ecombin ed
we ight oftheop tion aleq uipment weighin gmor e
th an there placed standar dpar tsand moreth an
5 lbs (2.3kg ).This optional equipment, suchas
high-per form anc ebr ak es, leve lcon trol system, a
ro of lugg agera ck orhigh-per form anc ebat teries,
is no tincluded inthecurb weight andthewe ight
of theaccessor ies.
TIN (Tire Identif ication Numbe r):auni que
ident ificat ion numb erwhic hcan beused bya
tir ema nuf actu rerto ident ifytires, forex am ple,
in apr oduc tre cal l,and thus iden tifyth epur‐
ch aser s.The TINismade upofthemanuf actur‐
er's identit ycode, tiresize, tiretype code and
th emanuf acturingdate.
Load-bear inginde x:theload-bear inginde xis a
code that con tains themaximum load-bearing
capacity ofatir e. 398
Wheels andtires

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actio n:traction isthegr ip resulting from fric‐
tion between thetir es and thero ad sur face.
We arindi cator:nar row bars(tr ead wearbar s)
th at aredis tribut edove rth etir econ tact surface.
If th etir etread isleve lwit hth ebar s,thewe ar
limit of1/ 16 in(1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed.
Dis tribut ionofvehicl eoc cupants: distribu tion
of vehicle occupants overdesi gnat edseat posi‐
tions inave hicle.
Maximum permissible payload weight :nom i‐
nal load andluggageload plus150lb (68 kg)
multip liedby thenumber ofseats intheve hicle. Changing
awheel No
teson selecting, installing andreplac ing
tir es Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yno tre cog‐
nize dangers.
Yo ucan askforinf ormation rega rding permitted
wheel/ tirecom binat ionsatan aut hor ized
Mer cede s-Ben zCent er. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct dimensi onsofwhe elsand tires
If whe elsand tires ofthewr ong size are
ins talled, thewheel brak es orwheel suspen‐
sion componen tsma ybe damag ed. 0007
Alw aysre place wheels andtires wit h
th ose that fulf illthespecif ication sof
th eor iginal part.
When replacing wheels, makesur eto fit th e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Mod el
Whe nre placing tires, mak esur eto ins tallth e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Manuf actu rer
R Model 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed‐
ing thespecif iedtireload rating orthe
per missible speedrating
Ex cee ding thespecif iedtireload rating or
th eper missible speedrating mayle ad totire
da ma geand tothetir es bur sting. 0007
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model. 0007
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. 000E
NO
TEVehicle andtiredamag eth ro ugh
tir etyp esand sizes that have notbe en
ap prove d Fo
rsaf etyre ason s,on lyuse tires, wheel s
and accessories whic hha ve been speciall y
appr ovedby Mer cedes-Ben zfo ryo ur vehicle.
These tires arespecially adaptedto thecon ‐
tr ol systems, suchas ABS ,ES P®
and
4MA TIC,andmarkedas follo ws :
R MO =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal Wheels
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hicle identif ication plate(Canada only)
1 Perm issible gros swe ight
2 Perm issible front axle load
3 Perm issible rear axle load
4 Paint code
5 VIN (vehicle identificat ion numb er)
The permissib legross vehicle weight ismade up
of theve hicle weight ,all vehicle occupants, the
fuel andtheload. Themaximum gross axle
we ight rating isthemaximum weight that can be
car ried on one axle (front orrear axle ). Ne
verexc eed theper missible gross vehicle
we ight orthemaximum gross axle weight rating
fo rth efront orrear axle .
VIN infront oftheright- hand front seat 1
Imprint ed VIN (vehicle identification number )
2 Floor covering Ad
diti onalplat es 1
Engine numberstam ped intoth ecr ankc ase
2 Platewit hinf ormation aboutemissions test‐
ing, including confirm atio nof emis sions
guideli nesattheU. S. feder alleve las wellas
fo rCa lifor nia
3 VIN (vehicl eidentif icationnumber) asalab el
at thelowe redg eof thewindshield 41
2
Tech nica lda ta

Heig
htwhe nopen ed Model
1 1
Heig ht
whe n
open ed
C 300 58.5in
(1 486 mm)
C 300 4MATIC 58.9in
(1 495 mm) Ve
hicl edimens ions C
300
Ve hicle length1 84.5in
(468 6mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 79.3
in
(20 16mm)
Ve hicle widthwit hout outside
mir rors 71
.3 in
(1 81 0mm)
Whee lbase 111.8in
(28 40mm) C
300
Ve hicle height 55.5in
(1 409 mm)
Ve hicle height whenopening/
closing thero of 78
.0 in
(1 982 mm)
Tu rning radius 36.8ft
(1 1. 22 m) Ve
hicl edimens ions C
300 4MATIC
Ve hicle length1 84.5in
(4686 mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 79.3
in
(20 16mm)
Ve hicle widthwit hout outside
mir rors 71
.3 in
(1 81 0mm)
Whee lbase 111.8in
(28 40mm) C
300 4MATIC
Ve hicle height 55.7in
(1 41 6mm)
Ve hicle height whenopening/
closing thero of 78
.2 in
(1 98 7mm)
Tu rning radius 50.9ft
(1 5.5 2m) We
ight sand loads Please
note that forth especif iedvehicle data:
R items ofoptional equipment increase the
curb weight andreduce thepa yload. 420
Tech nica lda ta

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ryout vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her driving safetysy stems
ar eswitc hedoff. 0007
Drive on car efull y. 0007
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 0007
Drive on car efully . 0007
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely.
0075
Left Side Curta inAirbag
Malfu nction Service
Req uired(Ex am ple) *T
hecor responding headbagis malfunctioning (0013page34). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue tomalfu nctions inthehead airbag
If th ehead airbag ismalfunct ioning,itmight betrigg ered unint entionall yor might notbe trigg ered atall inthe
eve ntofan acci dent with ahigh rate ofvehicle deceler ation. 0007
Have thehead airbag checkedand repair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 0007
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely.
Front Passeng erAirb ag
Enabl edSee Operator 's
Manu al *T
hefront passeng erairbag andknee airbags areenabled during thejour ney:
R evenwh en ach ild, asmall adultoran obje ctwe ighin gless than thesy stem weight thre shold islocat edon the
fr ont passeng ersea t Displ
aymessa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps 43
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