2019 MERCEDES-BENZ CLA COUPE Owner's Manual

If
the tire pressu reshave been settothe lowe r
valu esfor lighter loadsand/or lowerroad
speed s,the pressu resshoul dbe reset tothe
higher values:
R ifyou want todrive withanincreased load
and/or
R ifyou want todrive athigher speeds
i The
tirepressu resforincreased loadsand/
or higher roadspeed s,shown inthe tire pres-
sure table, mayhave anegative effectondriv-
ing comfort.
If the tire pressu reisnot setcorrectly, thiscan
lea dto an excessive build-up ofheat andasud-
den loss ofpressu re.
For more information, contactaqua lifiedspe-
ciali stworkshop. Important
notesontire pressure G
WARNING
If the tire pressu redrops repeatedly,the
wheel ,valve ortire may bedama ged.Tire
pressu rethat istoo low may resul tin atire
blow -out. There isarisk ofan accident.
R Check thetire forforeign objects.
R Check whether thewheel islosing airorthe
valve islea king.
If you areunabl eto rectify thedama ge,con-
tact aqua lifiedspecia listworkshop. G
WARNING
If you fitunsui table accessorie sonto tire
valves ,the tire valves maybeoverloa dedand
malfu nction, whichcancause tirepressu re
loss. Duetotheir desig n,retrofitted tirepres-
sure monitors keepthetire valve open. This
can also resul tin tire pressu reloss. There isa
risk ofan accident.
Only screw thestandard valvecaporother
valve capsappro vedbyMercedes-Benz for
you rvehicle ontothetire valve.
Use asuita blepressu regau getocheck thetire
pressu re.The outer appearance ofatire does
not permit anyrelia bleconclusion aboutthe tire
pressu re.On vehicle sequi pped withtheelec-
tronic tirepressu remonitor, thetire pressu re
can bechecked inthe on-board computer. The
tiretemperature andpressu reincrease
when thevehicle isin motion. Thisisdepende nt
on the driving speedandtheload .
Therefore, youshoul donly correct tirepres-
sures whenthetires arecold.
The tires arecold:
R ifthe vehicle hasbeen parked withthetires
out ofdirect sunlightfor atlea stthree hours
and
R ifthe vehicle hasbeen driven lessthan 1mile
(1.6 km)
The tiretemperature changesdependingon the
outsid etemperature ,the vehicle speedandthe
tire load .If the tire temperature changesby
18 ‡(10 †), thetire pressu rechanges by
appro ximately 10kPa (0.1 bar/ 1.5psi).Take
this into account whenchecking thepressu reof
warm tires.Onlycorrect thetire pressu reifit is
too low forthe current operatingconditions. If
you check thetire pressu rewhen thetires are
warm, theresul tingvaluewil lbe highe rthan if
the tires were cold.Thisisnormal. Donot
reduce thetire pressu reto the valu especifie d
for cold tires. Thetirepressu rewou ldotherwise
be too low.
Observe therecommended tirepressu resfor
cold tires:
R on the Tire andLoadi ngInformation placard
on the B-pilla ron the driver's side
R in the tire pressu retable inthe fuel fillerflap
(Y page 141) Underinfl
atedoroverin flated tires
Underinfl atedtires G
WARNING
Tires withpressu rethat istoo low can over-
heat andburst asaconsequence. Inaddi tion,
they alsosuffer fromexcessive and/orirreg-
ula rwea r,which canseverel yimpa irthe brak-
ing propertie sand thedriving characteristics.
There isarisk ofan accident.
Avoid tirepressu resthat aretoo low inall the
tires, includi ngthe spare wheel.
Underinfla tedtires may:
R overhea t,lea ding totire defects
R adverse lyaffect handling Tire
pressure
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wear excessiv elyand/ orunev enly
R have anadver seeffect onfuel consumpt ion
Over inflatedtires G
WAR
NING
Tires withexcessiv elyhigh pressure canburst
becaus eth ey are damaged moreeasily by
road debris ,pot holes etc.In addit ion,they
also sufferfro mirre gular wear, which can
seve relyimpair thebrak ingprope rties and the
driv ingchar acterist ics.Ther eis arisk ofan
acc iden t.
Av oid tirepres sures that are too high inall the
tir es, including thespare wheel.
Over inflated tires may:
R inc rease thebrak ingdist ance
R adver selyaffecthand ling
R wear excessiv elyand/ orunev enly
R have anadver seeffect onride comfort
R be mor esusc eptible todamage
Max imumtirepr essur es 0043
Example: maximum permissible tirepres -
sure
Nev erexc eed themax imum permissible tire
inf latio npres sure. Always observetherec om-
men dedtirepres sure foryour vehic lewhen
adjus tingth etir epres sure (Ypage 293).
i The
actual values fortires are vehic le-spe-
cif icand may deviat efro mthevalues inthe
illust ration. Checking
thetir epr essur es
Imp ortant safety notes The
tirepres sure monitordoes notwarn youof:
R inc orrect lyset tirepres sure
R sudden lossoftirepres sure, e.g.fro mafor -
eign object that has penetrated thetir e
Obser vethenot eson tirepres sure
(Y page 293).
In for mat iononair pres sure forthetir es on your
vehic lecan befoun d:
R on thevehic le'sTire andLoadin gIn for mat ion
placar don theB- pillar
R in thetir epres sure table inthefuel filler flap
(Y page 141)
R in the"Tire pressure" section
Checking tirepr essur esma nua lly To
det erm ineand setthecor recttir epres sure,
proc eedasfollo ws:
X Remov eth evalve capofthetir eth at isto be
che cked.
X Pres sth etir epres sure gauge securely onto
th evalve .
X Read thetir epres sure andcompare itto the
rec omm endedvalue ontheTire andLoadin g
In for mat ionplacar dor thetir epres sure table
(Y page 293).
X Ifth etir epres sure istoo low, increase thetir e
pres sure totherec omm endedvalue.
X Ifth etir epres sure istoo high, releas eair. To
do so, pres sdown themet alpin inthevalve ,
using thetip ofapen forexam ple.Then check
th etir epres sure again usingthetir epres sure
che cker.
X Sc rew thevalve capontoth evalve .
X Repeat these steps fortheoth ertires. Tir
epr essur eloss warning system
(Cana daonly)
Gener alnotes While
thevehic leisin mot ion, thetir epres sure
loss warn ingsyst emmon itorstheset tirepres -
sure using therot ation alspeed ofthewheels.
This enabl esthesyst emtodet ect sign ificant
pres sure lossinatir e. Ifth espeed ofrot ation of
a wheel changesasaresult ofaloss ofpres sure, 296
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epr essur eWheels andtires

a
cor respon dingwarn ingmes sage willappear in
th emult ifunction display.
You canrecogn izethetir epres sure losswarn ing
by theRun FlatInd icator Active Press Run
FlatInd icator Active Press
'OK ' 'OK
'to to
Res tart Res
tartmes sage inthemult ifunction
display intheSer v. Ser
v.men u.Infor mat iononthe
mes sage display canbefoun din the"Rest arting
th etir epres sure losswarn ing"sec tion
(Y page 297).
Imp ortant safety notes The
tirepres sure warn ingsyst emdoes notwarn
you ofan incorrect lyset tirepres sure.Obse rve
th eno teson therec omm endedtirepres sure
(Y page 293).
The tirepres sure losswarn ingdoes notrepl ace
th enee dto reg ularly check thetir epres sure.An
even lossofpres sure onsev eral tires atthe
same timecan notbe det ectedbythetir epres -
sure losswarn ingsyst em.
The tirepres sure monitoris no table towarn you
of asudden lossofpres sure,e.g .if th etir eis
pen etrat ed byafor eign object .In theeven tof a
sudden lossofpres sure,brin gth eveh icle toa
halt bybrak ingcarefully. Avoid abrupt steeri ng
mov emen ts.
The function ofthetir epres sure losswarn ing
syst emislimit edordelayed if:
R snow chains aremoun tedon your vehicle's
tir es.
R road condition sare wint ry.
R you aredrivingonsan dor grav el.
R you adopt aver yspor tydriv ingstyle (corner-
ing athigh spee dsordriv ingwith high ratesof
acc eler ation).
R you aredrivingwith aheav yload (intheveh i-
cle oron theroo f)
Rest artin gth etir epr essu reloss warn-
ing syst em Rest
artthetir epres sure losswarn ingsyst emif
you have :
R ch ang edthetir epres sure
R ch ang edthewheels ortires
R moun tednew wheels ortires
X Bef ore restarting,mak esure that thetir e
pres suresare setprop erlyonallfour tires for
th eres pec tiveoper atingcon dition s.
The recomm endedtirepres sure canbefoun d
on theTire andLoadi ngInfor mat ionplacar d on
theB- pillar .Add ition ally, atir epres sure
tab leisatt ach edtothefuel fillerflap. Thetire
pres sure losswarn ingsyst emcan onlygive
reliab lewarn ingsif you have setthecor rect
tir epres sure.If an incorrect tirepres sure is
set ,th ese incorrect values willbemon itored.
X Als oobse rveth eno tesin thesec tionon tire
pres sures(Y page 293).
X Mak esure that theSm artKey isin posit ion0048
in theign ition lock(Y page 123).
X Pres s0059 or0065 onthest eeri ngwheel to
selec tth eSer v. Ser
v.men u.
X Pres sth e0063 or0064 buttontoselec t
Tir ePre ssure Tir
ePre ssure.
X Pres sth e0076 button.
The Run FlatInd icator Active Press Run
FlatInd icator Active Press
'OK 'to Restart 'OK
'to Restartmes sage appear sin the
mult ifunction display.
If you wish toconfir mtheres tart:
X Pres sth e0076 button.
The TirePre ssureNow OK? Tir
ePre ssureNow OK?message
appear sin themult ifunction display.
X Pres sth e0063 or0064 buttontoselec tYes Yes
.
X Pres sth e0076 button.
The Run FlatInd icator Restarted Run
FlatInd icator Restarted mes-
sage appear sin themult ifunction display.
Af tera te ach -inperi od,thetir epres sure loss
warn ingsyst emwill mon itorth eset tirepres -
sure sof all four tires.
If you wish tocancel theres tart:
X Pres sth e0038 button.
or X Ifth eTir ePre ssureNow OK? Tir
ePre ssureNow OK?message
appear s,pres sth e0063 or0064 buttonto
selec tCan cel Can
cel.
X Pres sth e0076 button.
The tirepres sure values store dat thelast
res tartwill continue tobe mon itored. Tir
epr essu remon itor(Cana daonly)
Gener alnot es If
atir epres sure monitoris ins tall ed, theveh i-
cle 'swheels havesensorsth at mon itorth etir e
pres suresin all four tires. The tirepres sure mon-
ito rwarn syou ifth epres sure dropsin on eor
mor eof thetir es. The tirepres sure monitoron ly
fun ction sif th ecor respon dingsen sorsare
ins tall ed inall wheels . Tir
epr essur e
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Information
ontire pressu resisdispl ayedin the
multifu nctiondisplay.After afew minutes of
driving, thecurrent tirepressu reofeach tireis
shown inthe Serv. Serv.
menuofthe multifu nction
displ ay,see illustration (example). For
information onthe message display,refer to
the "Checking thetire pressu reelectronical ly"
section (Ypage 299).
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
Each tire,includi ngthe spare (ifprovide d),
shoul dbe checked atlea stonce every two
weeks whencoldandinflated tothe pressu re
recommended bythe vehicle manufacture r
on the Tire andLoadi ngInformation placard
on the driver's doorB-pilla ror the tire pres-
sure labelon the inside ofthe fuel fillerflap. If
you rvehicle hastires ofadifferent sizethan
the size indicated onthe Tire andLoadi ng
Information placard or,ifavai lable,the tire
pressu relab el,you shoul ddetermine the
proper tirepressu refor those tires.
As anadde dsafety feature, yourvehicle has
been equipped withatire pressu remonitoring
system (TPMS)thatilluminates alow tirepres-
sure telltal ewhen oneormore ofyou rtires
are significa ntlyunderinfla ted.Accordingly,
when thelow tirepressu retelltal elights up,
you shoul dstop andcheck yourtires assoon
as possib le,and inflate themtothe proper
pressu re.Driving onasignifica ntlyunderin-
flated tirecause sthe tire tooverhea tand can
lea dto tire failure.
Underinfla tionalso reduces fuelefficiency
and tiretread life,and may affect thevehicle 's
handli ngand stopping ability. Plea senote that
the TPMS isnot asubstitu tefor proper tire
maintenance, anditis the driver's responsi-
bili tyto maintain correcttirepressu re,even if underinfla
tionhasnotreached thelevel to
trigger illuminatio nof the TPMS lowtirepres-
sure telltal e.
Your vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicator toindicate when
the system isnot opera tingproperl y.The
TPMS malfunction indicator iscombined with
the low tirepressu retelltal e.When thesys-
tem detects amalfu nction, thewarning lamp
wil lflash forappro ximately aminute andthen
remain continuously illuminated .This
sequ ence willbe repea tedevery timethevehi-
cle isstarted aslong asthe malfu nction
exists. Whenthemalfu nction indicator isillu-
minated, thesystem maynotbeabl eto detect
or signal lowtirepressu reas intended.
TPMS malfunctions mayoccur foravariety of
reasons, includingthe installa tionofincom-
patibl erepla cement oralternate tiresor
wheel son the vehicle thatprevent theTPMS
from functioning properly.Alway scheck the
TPMS malfunction telltaleafter replacingone
or more tiresorwheel son you rvehicle to
ensure thattherepla cement oralternate Tires
and wheel sall ow the TPMS tocontinue to
function properly.
It is the driver's responsib ility to set the tire
pressu reto that recommended forcold tires
which issuita bleforthe opera tingsitua tion
(Y page 293). Notethatthecorrect tirepressu re
for the current operatingsitua tionmust firstbe
taught-in tothe tire pressu remonitor. Ifasub-
stantial lossofpressu reoccurs, thewarning
threshold forthe warning messageis ali gned to
the taught-in reference values.Restart thetire
pressu remonitor afteradjusting thepressu reof
the cold tires (Ypage 300). Thecurrent pres-
sures aresaved asnew reference values.Asa
resul t,awarning messagewil lappe arifthe tire
pressu redrops significa ntly.
The tirepressu remonitor doesnotwarn youof
an incorrectly settire pressu re.Observe the
notes onthe recommended tirepressu re
(Y page 293).
The tirepressu remonitor isnot ableto warn you
of asudd enloss ofpressu re,e.g. ifthe tire is
penetrated byaforeign object.Inthe event ofa
sudd enloss ofpressu re,bring thevehicle toa 298
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pressureWheel sand tires

halt
bybraking carefully. Avoidabrupt steering
movement s.
The tirepressure monitorhasayellow warning
lamp inthe instrumen tcluster forindicating
pressure lossoramalfunction. Whetherthe
warning lampflashes orlights upindicates
whether atire pressure istoo low orthe tire
pressure monitorismalfunctionin g:
R ifthe warning lampislit cont inuously ,the tire
pressure onone ormore tiresissignificantly
too low. Thetirepressure monitorisnot mal-
funct ioning.
R ifthe warning lampflashes foraround a
minute andthen remains litconst antly, the
tire pressure monitorismalfunctionin g.
In addition tothe warning lamp,amessage
appea rsinthe multifunction display.Observe
the information ondisplay messages
(Y page 213).
It may take uptoten minutes foramalfunction
of the tire pressure monitortobe indicated. A
malfunction willbeindicated bythe tire pres-
sure warning lampflashing forapproximately
one minute andthen remaining lit.When the
malfunction hasbeen rectified, thetire pressure
warning lampgoesoutafter afew minutes of
driving.
The tirepressure valuesindicated bythe on-
board computer maydiffer fromthose meas-
ured atagas station withapressure gauge.The
tire pressures shownbythe on-board computer
refer tothose measured atsea level. Athigh
altitudes, thetire pressure valuesindicated bya
pressure gaugearehigher thanthose shown by
the on-board computer. Inthis case, donot
reduce thetire pressures.
The operation ofthe tire pressure monitorcan
be affected byinterfer encefromradio transmit -
ting equipment (e.g.radio headphones, two-way
radios) thatmay bebeing operated inor near the
vehicle.
Checking thetire pressur eelec troni-
cally X
Make surethattheSmartKey isin position 0048
in the ignition lock(Ypage 123).
X Press 0059or0065 onthe steering wheelto
select theServ. Serv.
menu. X
Press the0063 or0064 button toselect
Tire Pressure Tire
Pressure.
X Press the0076 button.
The current tirepressure ofeach tireisshown
in the multifunction display.
If the vehicle wasparked forlonger than
20 minutes, theTire pressure willbe Tire
pressure willbe
displayed afterdriving afew minutes displayed
afterdriving afew minutes
message isshown.
Aft erateach-in process, thetire pressure mon-
itor automatically detectsnewwheels ornew
sensors. Aslong asaclear allocation ofthe tire
pressure valuetothe individua lwheels isnot
possible, theTire Tire
Pressure Pressure
Monitor Monitor
Active Active
message isshown instead ofthe tire pressure
display .The tirepressures arealready being
monitored.
If an emergency sparewheel ismounted, the
system maycontinue toshow thetire pressure
of the wheel thathasbeen removed forafew
minutes. Ifthis occurs, notethatthevalue dis-
play edfor the position wherethespare wheel is
fitted isnot thesame asthe current tirepres-
sure ofthe emergency sparewheel.
Tire pressur emonitor warning mes-
sages If
the tire pressure monitordetectsapressure
loss inone ormore tires,awarning message is
shown inthe multifunction display.The yellow
tire pressure warninglampthenlights up.
R Ifthe Please Correct TirePressure Please
Correct TirePressure
message appearsinthe multifunction display,
the tire pressure inat least onetireistoo low.
The tirepressure mustbecorrect edwhen the
opportunity arises.
R Ifthe Check TirePressure Check
TirePressure message
appea rsinthe multifunction display,the tire
pressure inone ormore tireshasdropped
significantly. Thetires must becheck ed.
R Ifthe Tire Tire
Pressure Pressure
Warning Warning
Tire Tire
Fail‐ Fail‐
ure ure
message appears,the tire pressure inone
or more tireshasdropped suddenly. Thetires
must becheck ed.
Observe theinstruct ionsandsafety notesinthe
display messages inthe "Tires" section
(Y page 213).
If the wheel positions onthe vehicle arerotated,
the tire pressures maybedisplay edfor the
wrong positions forashort time.Thisisrectified
after afew minutes ofdriving, andthetire pres-
sures aredisplay edfor the correct positions. Tire
pressure
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tarting thetire pres sure monitor Whe
nyo ures tart thetire pressu remoni tor,all
exi sting warning messages aredeleted andthe
wa rning lamps goout.The moni toruses the cur-
rentl yset tire pressu res asthe refe rence values
for moni toring. Inmost cases, the tire pressu re
moni torwillau toma tically dete ctthe new refer-
ence valuesafte ryo uha ve cha nged thetire
pre ssu re.How ever,yo ucan also set refe rence
val uesmanu ally as des crib edher e.The tire
pre ssu remoni torthen monitorsthenew tire
pre ssu reval ues.
X Set thetire pressu reto the value reco mmen-
ded forthe corre spondingdriving situation on
the Tire and Loading Inform ation placa rdon
the driver' ssid eB-pi llar (Y page 293 ).
Yo ucan find more tirepressu reval uesfor
var ious ope ratingcondi tions inthe tire pres-
su re tab leinsi dethe fuelfil lerfla p
(Y page 141 ).
X Ma kesure that thetire pressu reiscorre cton
al lfou rwh eel s.
X Ma kesure that theSmar tKeyisin pos ition 0048
in the igniti onlock (Ypage 123).
X Pre ss0059 or0065 onthe stee ring wheel to
sel ect the Serv . Serv
.menu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect
Tire Pressure Tire
Pressure.
X Pre ssthe 0076 button.
The multifunction displ aysho wsthe curr ent
tire pressu refor each tire orthe Tire pres‐ Tire
pres‐
sure sure
will will
be be
disp layed disp
layedafte r afte
rdriv ing driv
ing
a few minutes a
few minutesmessage.
X Pre ssthe 0064 button.
The multifunction displ aysho wsthe Use Use
Curr entPressuresas New Reference Curr
entPressuresas New Reference
Valu es Valu
esmes sage.
If you wish toconfi rm the restart:
X Pre ssthe 0076 button.
The Tire Tire
Press. Pres
s.Moni tor Moni
torRest arted Rest
artedmes -
sa ge appea rsinthe multifunction displ ay.
After driving forafew minu tes,thesystem
checks whethe rthe curr enttire pressu res are
wi thin thespecified rang e.The new tirepres-
su res are then accepted asrefe rence values
and moni tored .
If you wish tocan celthe restart:
X Pre ssthe 0038 button.
The tirepressu reval uesstore dat the last
res tart willcontinu eto be moni tored . Radio
typeapprov alfor the tire pres -
sure monitor Co
untry Radio
typeapprov alnumb er USA FCC
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rul es and with license exempt
RSS stand ardsof Indu stry Can-
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fol lowi ng condi tions.(1) This
dev icemay notcauseharmfu l
inter ference, and(2)Thisdev ice
mus tacce ptany inter ference
rece ived,incl uding inter ference
that may causeund esired oper-
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confor med'indu strieCa nad a
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si le bro uillag eest suscep tible
d'e ncomp romettrelefonc-
tionne ment.WARNING :Ch ang es
or mod ificati ons notexpr essively
ap pro ved bythe party respons i-
bl efor comp liance couldvoi dthe
us ers authori tyto ope rate the
equ ipment. Theterm "IC:"bef ore
the radiocerti fication numb er
only signifi esCanad atechni cal
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FCC ID:MR XMC34MA4 This
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the FCC rules and with license
exem ptRSS stand ardsof Indu s-
try Canad a.Ope rationissu bject
to the followi ng condi tions.(1)
Thi sdev icemay notcauseharm-
ful inter ference, and(2)This
dev icemus tacce ptany inter fer-
ence received,incl uding inter fer-
ence thatmay causeund esired
ope ration. Lepre sent apparei l
est confor med'indu strieCa nad a
ap plica bles auxap parei lsrad io
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doit pasprod uiredebrouil -
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pareil doitacceptertout brouil -
lage radioe lectrique subi,meme
si le brouil lageestsusc eptible
d'en comprom ettrelefon c-
tio nnemen t.WARN ING:Chang es
or modi ficatio nsnot expressive ly
appro vedbythepart yres pon si-
ble forcom plian cecould voidthe
users authorityto oper atethe
equipm ent.The term"IC: "befo re
th eradio certificat ion num ber
onl ysign ifies Canada technical
spec ificatio nswere met. Canada IC:
2546A-MW2 433A
IC: 2546A-GG4 Thisdevic ecom -
plies withpart15oftheFCC
rules andwith licenseexe mpt
RSS standar dsofIndust ryCan-
ada. Oper ationis subj ecttothe
follo wing condition s.(1) This
devic emay notcause harmful
int erf eren ce,and (2)This devic e
must accept any interf eren ce
rec eived ,inc ludin gint erf eren ce
th at may cause undesiredoper -
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con forme d'indust rieCanada
applic ablesauxappare ilsradio
exe mpt sde lice nse. L'ex ploit a-
tio nest auth oriseeaux deux con-
dit ion ssuivan tes.(1). L'app areil
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pareil doitacceptertout brouil -
lage radioe lectrique subi,meme
si le brouil lageestsusc eptible
d'en comprom ettrelefon c-
tio nnemen t.WARN ING:Chang es
or modi ficatio nsnot expressive ly
appro vedbythepart yres pon si-
ble forcom plian cecould voidthe
users authorityto oper atethe
equipm ent.The term"IC: "befo re
th eradio certificat ion num ber
onl ysign ifies Canada technical
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ingthevehicle Inst
ruction labels fortires and loads G
WAR
NING
Ove rloade dtir es can over heat ,causi nga
blowout .Ove rloade dtir es can also impair the
st eerin gand drivingchar acteris ticsand lead
to brak efailur e.Ther eis arisk ofacc iden t.
Obse rvetheload rating ofthetir es. The load
rat ing must beatleast halfoftheGAWR of
your vehicle.Nev erover load thetir es by
exc eedin gth emax imum load.
Two instruct ion labels onyour vehicle show the
max imum possibleload.
(1) TheTire andLoadin gIn for mat ionplacar dis
on theB- pillar onthedriv er'sside. TheTire
and Loadin gIn for mat ionplacar dshows the
max imum permissiblenum berofocc u-
pant sand themax imum permissibleveh icle
load. Italso contain sdet ails ofthetir esiz es
and correspon ding pressures fortires
moun tedatthefac tory.
(2) Thevehicle iden tificat ion plat eis on theB-
pillar onthedriv er'sside. Thevehicle iden -
tif icat ion plat einf orm syou ofthegro ss
veh icle weight rating .It is made upofthe
veh icle weight ,all veh icle occupant s,the
fuel andthecar go. You canalso findinf or-
mat ionabout themax imum grossaxle
weight rating onthefro ntand rear axle.
The maximum grossaxle weight rating is
th emax imum weight that can becar ried by
one axle (front orrear axle) .Nev erexc eed
th emax imum loadorthemax imum gross
axle weight rating forthefro ntor rear axle. 0043
B-pillar ,driv er'sside Load
ingthevehicle
301Wheels andtires Z

Maximum
permissiblegross vehicle
we ight rating X
Specifi cation formaximu mgross vehicle
wei ght 0043islisted inthe Tire andLoad ing
Informatio npla card: "Thecombined weight of
occupa ntsand cargo shouldnever exceed
XXX kilog rams orXXX lbs."
The gross weight ofall vehicl eoccupa nts,load
and luggage must notexceed thespeci fied
valu e.
i The
speci ficatio nsshow non the Tire and
Load ingInformatio npla card inthe illustrati on
are exampl es.The maximu mpermi ssible
gross vehiclewei ght rating isvehicl e-speci fic
and may differfrom thatinthe illustrati on.
You canfind thevalidmaximu mpermi ssible
gross vehiclewei ght rating foryou rvehicl eon
the Tire andLoad ingInformatio npla card. Number
ofseats Maximu
mnumber ofseats 0043indica testhe
maximu mnumber ofoccupa ntsallowe dto
travel inthe vehicl e.This informa tioncanbe
found onthe Tire andLoad ingInformatio npla c-
ard.
i The
speci ficatio nsshow non the Tire and
Load ingInformatio npla card inthe illustrati on
are exampl es.The number ofseats isvehicl e-
speci ficand candiffe rfrom thedetai lsshow n.
The number ofseats inyou rvehicl ecan be
found onthe Tire andLoad ingInformatio n
pla card. De
terminin gthe correct loadlimit
Step-by-ste pins tructions The
followi ngsteps havebeen developed as
requ iredofall manufa cturers underTitle49,
Cod eof U.S. Federa lReg ulations, Part575pur-
sua ntto the "National Trafficand Motor Vehicle
Safety Actof1966".
X Step 1:Locate thestatement "Thecombined
wei ght ofoccupa ntsand cargo shouldnever
exceed XXXkgorXXX lbs." onyou rvehicl e’s
Tire andLoad ingInformatio npla card.
X Step 2:Determine thecombined weight of
the drive rand passengers thatwillbe ridi ngin
you rvehicl e.
X Step 3:Subtract thecombined weight ofthe
drive rand passengers fromXXXkilog rams or
XXX lbs.
X Step 4:The resu lting figureequ alsthe avail-
abl eamou ntofcargo andluggage loadcapa -
city. Forexampl e,ifthe "XXX "amou ntequ als
1400 lbsand there willbe five 150-lb pas-
sengers inyou rvehicl e,the amou ntofava il-
abl ecargo andluggage loadcapa cityis
650 lbs(1400 -750 (5x150) =650 lbs).
X Step 5:Determine thecombined weight of
lug gage andcargo being loaded onthe vehi-
cle. That weight may notsafel yexceed the
ava ilable cargo andluggage loadcapa citycal-
cula tedinstep 4. Example
:steps 1to 3
The followi ngtable showsexampl eson how tocalcu latetotal andcargo loadcapa cities withvarying
seati ngconfigu rationsandnumber andsize ofoccupa nts.Thefollowi ngexampl esuse aloa dlimi tof 302
Lo
ading thevehi cleWhee lsand tires