Whee
land tirecombinatio ns Gene
ralnote s
You canaskforinforma tionrega rding permi tted
whee l/tire combina tionsatan authorized
Merced es-Benz Center.
You shou ldregu larlycheck thepress ureofthe
emerge ncysparewhe el,parti cularlyprio rto
long trips, andcorrect thepress ureasneces-
sary (Ypag e293). Thevalueon the whe elis
vali d.
! For
safe tyreas ons, Merced es-Benz recom-
mends thatyouonly usetires andwheels
whi chhave been approved byMerced es-Benz
speci ficallyfor you rvehicl e.
These tireshave been speciallyada pted for
use with thecontrol systems,such asABS or
ESP ®
,and aremarked asfoll ows:
R MO =Merced es-Benz Original
R MOE =Merced es-Benz OriginalExtended
(tires featuringrun-fla tchara cteristics)
R MO1 =Merced es-Benz Original(only cer-
tain AMG tires)
Merced es-Benz OriginalExtended tiresmay
only beuse don whe elsthat have been spe-
cifica llyapp roved byMerced es-Benz.
Only usetires, wheelsoraccesso riestested
and approved byMerced es-Benz. Certain
chara cteristics, e.g.handl ing,vehicl enoise
emiss ionsorfuel consump tion,mayother-
wis ebe adve rsely affected .In add ition, when
drivi ngwith aloa d,tire dime nsion variations
coul dcaus ethe tires tocome intocontact
with thebody work andaxle components. This
coul dresu ltin dama getothe tires orthe vehi-
cle.
Merced es-Benz accepts noliabil ity for dam-
age resu lting from theuse oftires, wheelsor
accesso riesother thanthose tested and
app roved.
Informatio non tires, wheelsand approved
combina tionscanbeobtai nedfrom anyquali-
fied speci alist worksho p.
! Retrea
dedtires areneither testednorrec-
ommende dby Merced es-Benz, sinceprevi-
ous dama gecannot alwaysbe detected on
retread edtires. Asaresu lt,Merced es-Benz
cannot guarantee vehiclesafe tyifretread ed
tires aremounted .Do not mount usedtires if
you have noinforma tionabouttheir previous
usa ge. The
recommende dpress uresforvari ous oper-
ating conditio nscan befound:
R on the Tire andLoad ingInformatio npla card
on the B-pill aron the drive r'sside
R in the tire press uretablein the fuel filler flap
Obser vethe notes onrecommende dtire pres-
sure sunder various opera tingconditio ns
(Y pag e293) .
Che cktire press uresregularly,and only when
the tires arecold. Comp lywith themaintenance
recommenda tionsofthe tire manufa cturerin
the vehicl edocu ment wallet.
Notes onthe vehicl eequ ipme nt–alw aysequ ip
the vehicl e:
R with tires ofthe same sizeonagive naxle (left
and right)
R with thesame typeoftire (summer tires,
MOExtended tires,winter tires)
Exception: itis permi ssibleto instal la diffe r-
ent type ormake inthe event ofaflat tire.
Obser vethe "MOExtended tires(tires with
run-fla tchara cteristics" section(Ypag e275) .
Vehi cles equipped with MOExtended tiresare
not equippedwith aTIREFIT kitatthe factory .It
is therefore recommende dthat youadditiona lly
equ ipyou rvehicl ewith aTIREFIT kitifyou mount
tires thatdonot featu rerun-fla tprope rties,e.g.
winter tires.ATIREFIT kitmay beobtai nedfrom
a qua lified speci alist worksho p. Emerge
ncyspare wheel Important
safetynotes G
WARNING
The whe elor tire size aswel las the tire type of
the sparewhe elor emerge ncysparewhe el
and thewhe elto be repl aced maydiffer.
Mou nting anemerge ncysparewhe elmay
severe lyimpa irthe drivi ngchara cteristics.
There isarisk ofan accid ent.
To avoi dhaza rdoussitua tions:
R ada ptyou rdrivi ngstyle accordi nglyand
drive carefu lly.
R never mount morethanonesparewhe elor
emerge ncysparewhe elthat differsinsize.
R only useaspa rewhe elor emerge ncyspare
whe elof adiffe rent sizebriefly. Emerge
ncyspare wheel
315Whee lsand tires
Z
R
do not switch ESP®
off.
R have aspare wheel oremergen cyspare
wheel ofadifferen tsize replaced atthe
nearest qualified specialist workshop.
Observe thatthewheel andtiredimension s
as well asthe tire type must becorr ect.
When usinganemergen cyspare wheel orspare
wheel ofadifferen tsize, youmust notexceed
the vehicle's maximum designspeedof50 mph
(8 0km/ h).
You should regularly checkthe press ureofthe
emerg encyspare wheel, particularly priorto
long trips, and correctthe press ureasnec es-
sary (Ypage 293). Thevalue onthe wheel is
valid.
Sn ow chain smust notbemoun tedonemer-
genc yspare wheels. Genera
lnotes
You canaskforinformat ionregard ingpermit ted
emerg encyspare wheels atan author ized
Merc edes- BenzCent er.
An emerg encyspare wheel mayalsobemoun -
ted against thedirec tionofrot ation .Obser ve
the timerest riction onuse aswell asthe speed
limit ation specif iedonthe emerg encyspare
wheel.
Replace thetires afte rsix years atthe latest ,
regard lessofwear. Thisalso applies tothe
emerg encyspare wheel.
Tir epr essur eloss warn ingsyst em(Canad a
only): aslong asyou aredrivin gwith theemer-
genc yspare wheel mounted,thetirepress ure
loss warnin gsyste mcan not func tion reliably.
Only restartthe tirepress ureloss warnin gsys-
tem when thedefec tivewheel hasbeen
replace dwith anew wheel.
Vehicles withtirepr essur emonit or(USA
only): afteran emerg encyspare wheel hasbeen
moun ted,thesyste mmay stilldisplay thetire
press ureofthe remo vedwheel forafew
minut es.The value displayed forthe moun ted
emerg encyspare wheel isnot thesame asthe
curr enttirepress ureofthe emerg encyspare
wheel. Rem
oving theemer gency sparewheel Vehic
leswith the"Minisp are"emerg encyspare
wheel
The "Minispar e"emerg encyspare wheel is
secur edinemerg encyspare wheel bag0043inthe
tr unk .
X Open thetrunk lid
X Release securingstraps 0044onemerg ency
spare wheel bag0043.
X Remove emergencyspare wheel bag0043with
the "Minispar e"emerg encyspare wheel.
X Open emerg encyspare wheel bag0043and
remo vethe "Minispar e"emerg encyspare
wheel.
Obser vethe instruct ions andsafet ynot esinthe
"Changin gawheel" section(Ypage 311). 316
Emer
gency sparewheelWheels andtires
