2019 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET Owner's Manual

Load
ingtheve hicl e No
teson Tire and Loading Information plac‐
ar d 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from overloa‐
ded tires
Ov erloaded tires ma yove rheat and burstas a
con sequenc e.Ov erloaded tires can also
im pair thesteer ing and handling charact eris‐
tic sand lead tobrak efa ilur e. 0007
Obser vetheload-bear ingcapacity of
th etir es. 0007
The load-bear ingcapacity mustbe at
leas thalf thegr oss axle weight rating of
th eve hicle. 0007
Neverove rload thetir es by exc eeding
th emaximum load. The
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dis on
th eB-pillar onthedr iver's side oftheve hicle. 1
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d 0009
The datasho wnintheillus tration isexam ple
dat a.
The Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dsho ws:
R Maximum numberofseats 2accor dingto
th emaximum numberofpeople permitt edto
tr ave lin theve hicle.
R Maximum permissible load3com prises the
gr os swe ight ofall vehicle occupants, load
and luggage. Wheels
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R
Recomme ndedtirepr ess ures 1 forcold
tir es. The recomme ndedtirepr ess ures are
va lid forth emaximum permissible loadand
up tothemaximum permissible vehicle
speed.
Please alsonote:
R Information onper missib lewe ight sand loads
on theve hicle identif ication plate
(→ pag e41 5).
R Info rm atio non tirepr essur ein thetir epr es‐
sur eta ble (→pag e385).
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Determ inin gth emaximum permissible load
(→ pag e392)
R Noteson tirepr essur e(→ pag e38 4). De
term ining thema xim um permis sible load The
follo wing steps have been developed as
re qu ired ofall manuf acturersunder Title 49,
Co de ofU.S. Feder alRe gulations, Part57 5, pur‐
sua nttothe"N ational Traf fic and MotorVe hicle
Saf etyAc tof 1966". 0007
Ste p1: loca tethest at emen t"The combined
we ight ofocc upant sand load should never
exc eed XXX kgorXXX lbs." ("The combined
we ight ofocc upant sand load should never
exc eed XXX kgorXXX lbs.") onyour vehicle's
Ti re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d. 0007
Ste p2: determ ine thecombin edweight of
th edr iver and passeng ersth at will betravel‐
ing inyour vehicle. 0007
Ste p3: subtr act thecombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgor
XXX lbs. 0007
Ste p4: there sulting figur eeq uals theper‐
missible cargoand luggageload capacity .Fo r
ex am ple: If"XXX "eq uals 1400 lbs and ther e
ar efive occupant sin your vehicle witha
we ight of150lbs eac h,themaximum cargo
and luggageload capacity is650 lbs(1400 -
75 0(5 x15 0) =650 lbs). 0007
Ste p5: determ ine thecombin edweight of
lugg ageand load that theve hicle willbecar‐
ry ing. Forsaf etyre ason s,this we ight mayno t
saf elyexc eed theav ailable cargoand lug‐
ga ge load capac itycalc ulatedinstep 4. Ev
en ifyo uha ve cal cul ated thetot alload care‐
full y,yo usho uld still mak esur eth at themaxi‐
mum permissible gross mass andthemaximum
per missible axleload ofyour vehicle areno t
exc eeded. Details can befound ontheve hicle
identif ication plate. 0007
Have your loaded vehicle –including driver ,
occupants andload –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno texc eed the
maximu mper missi blevalues stat ed on the
ve hicle identif ication plate.
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Calculation exam ple forde term inin gth emax‐
imum load(→pag e393)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(→ pag e39 1)
R Tire pressur eta ble (→pag e385 )
R Vehicle identif ication plate 392
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Calcu
lation exam ple forde term ining the
ma ximum load The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowto
cal cul ateto ta land load capac itieswithva rying seatin
gcon figur ations anddiffere nt num bers
and sizes ofocc upant s.The follo wing exam ples
use amax imum loadof1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is forillus tratio npur pos esonly.Mak esur e
yo uar eusin gth eactual loadlimit foryo ur vehi‐ cle
stat ed on your vehicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar d(→ pag e39 1).
The high erthewe ight ofall theoccupant s,the
smaller themaximum loadforlug gage .
Ste p1 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Combine dmaxim umweight ofocc upant sand
load (datafrom theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar d) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)1 500lbs(680 kg) Ste
p2 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Nu mb erofpeople intheve hicle (driver and
occupants) 51
Dis trib uti on oftheoccupant sF ront:2
Re ar:3 Fr
ont :1 Wheels
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Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
We ight ofocc upant sO ccupant1:150lbs (68 kg)
Occupant 2:180lbs (82 kg)
Occupant 3:160lbs (73 kg )
Occupant 4:140lbs (63 kg)
Occupant 5:120lbs (54kg ) Occupant
1:200 lbs(91 kg )
To talwe ight ofall occ upant s7 50lbs (340 kg)2 00lbs (91 kg ) Ste
p3 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Pe rm issible load(maxim umgros sve hicle weight
ra ting from theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar dmin usthegr oss weight ofall occ upant s)15
00 lbs (680 kg)00F8 75 0lbs (340 kg)= 75 0lbs
(340 kg) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)00F8 200 lbs(91 kg )= 13 00 lbs
(589 kg) 39
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Wheels andtires

Ti
re labeling Ov
ervie wof tirelabeling 1
Uniform Tire Qua lityGradi ng Standar d
(→ pag e39 5)
2 DOT,Tire Identif ication Number
(→ pag e396)
3 Maximu mtireloa d(→ pag e39 7)
4 Maximu mtirepr essu re(→ pag e39 7) 5
Manuf acturer
6 Char acteristics ofthetir e(→ pag e398)
7 Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(→ pag e398)
8 Tire nam e
0009 The data sho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a. Ti
re Quality Grading In
accor dance withth eUS Depar tmentof Trans ‐
por tatio n's "Uni form Tire Qua lityGradi ng Stand‐
ar ds", tireman ufact urersar ere qu ired tograde
th eir tires on thebasis ofthefo llo wing thre eper‐
fo rm anc efa ct or s: 1
Tread weargrade
2 Tract ion grade
3 Temp eratur egr ade
0009 The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
0009 The classificat ion isno tleg allyst ipulat edfor
Canad a,but itis ge ner ally stat ed.
Tr ead weargrade
The tread weargrade isacom parativ era ting
ba sedon thewe arrate ofthetir ewhen tested
under controlled conditions onaspecif iedtest
tr ac kof theUS Depar tmentof Trans portatio n.
Fo rex am ple, atir egr aded 150wo uld wearone Whee
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and
one-h alftim esaswellon thego vernment
te st trac kas atir egr ad ed 100.
The relativ eper form anc eof tires depen dsupon
th eactual conditions oftheir use, howe ver,and
ma ydepar tsign ifican tly from thenor mdue to
va riatio nsindrivin ghabit s,ser vicepr act icesand
dif fere nces inroad charact eristic sand climate
con dition s.
Tr actio ngr ade 000A
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinade‐
qu atetract ion
The tract ion grade assig nedtothis tireis
based onstra ight -ahead brakin gtract ion
te sts, and does notinclude either acceler a‐
tion, corner ing, hydroplaning orpeak traction
ch aract eristic s. 0007
Alw aysadap tyo ur drivin gst yle and
dr ive at aspeed tosuit thepr ev ailin g
traf fic and weather condition s. 000E
NO
TEDama getothedr ivet ra in from
wheelspin 0007
Avoid wheelspin. The
traction grades –from highes tto lowe st–
ar eAA ,A, Band C.Tho segrad es repr esent the
tir e'sab ility tostop onwetpa vement asmeas‐
ur ed under controlledconditions onspecif ied
go vernment test sur faces mad eof asp haltand
concr ete.
Te mp eratur egr ade 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from tire
ove rheating andtirefa ilur e
The temp eratur egr ade forth is tireis es tab‐
lished fora tir eth at isproper lyinflat ed and
no tove rloaded. Excessiv espeed, underinfla‐
tion, orexc essiv eloading, either separ ately
or incombin ation,cancause excessiv eheat
build-up andpossible tirefa ilur e. 0007
Obser vethere comme ndedtirepr es‐
su resand regular lych eckth etir epr es‐ sur
eof all tires including thespar e
wheel. 0007
Adjus tth etir epr essur eas neces sary. The
temp eratur egr ades areA (the highes t),B
and C.The yre pr esent thetir e's resis tance tothe
ge ner ation ofhea tand itsability todissipat e
heat when tested under controlled conditions on
a specif iedindoor laborator yte st wheel. Sus‐
ta ined hightemp eratur ecan cause themat erial
of thetir eto deg ener ateand reduce tirelife, and
exc essiv ete mp eratur ecan lead tosudden tire
fa ilur e.Grade Ccor responds toaleve lof per‐
fo rm anc ewhic hall passe nger car tires mus t
mee tunde rth ere qu iremen tsof theUS Depar t‐
ment ofTrans portatio n. DO
T,Tire Iden tificat ionNumbe r(TI N) US
tirere gulations stipulat eth at eve rytire man‐
uf actu reror retrea de rmu stimprint aTIN inor
on theside wallof eac htir epr oduced. 396
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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 (→ page 403). 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 (→pag e39 1). Specif
ications formaxi mum tirepr es sur e 0009
The data sho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a. Whee
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Ne
verexc eed maximum tirepr essur e1 speci‐
fi ed forth etir e. Inf
ormat ionontirech aract eristics 0009
The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
This informat iondesc ribes thetype oftirecor d
and thenumber oflaye rs inside wall1 and
under tiretread 2. Ti
re size designation, load-bearingcapacity ,
speed ratin gand load inde x 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. 1
Preceding letter
2 Nominal tirewidt hin millime ters
3 Aspe ctratio in%
4 Tire code
5 Rim diame ter
6 Load-be aring inde x
7 Speed rating
8 Loadind ex
0009 The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
In fo rm atio nabout readin gtir edat acan be
obt aine dfrom anyqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 398
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