2019 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS COUPE tire size

Secur
ingthech ild restra int system withth e
seat beltonthefront passeng erseat
When installing abelt- secur edchild restra int
sy stem onthefront passeng erseat, always
obser vethefo llo wing:
0073 Obser
vethech ild restra int system manuf ac‐
tur er's installation andoper atingins truc‐
tion s.
0073 When
usingafo rw ard-f acin gch ild restra int
sy stem inGroup I:re mo vethehead
re stra int from there spectiv eseat, ifpossi‐
ble.
When youre mo vethech ild restra int sys‐
te m, installth ehead restra int again immed i‐
at elyand adjus tall thehead restra int scor ‐
re ctly .
0073 The
backrest of thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus tlie asflat as poss ible
ag ains tth ebac kres tof thefront passeng er
seat.
0073 Fo
rcer tain child restra int systems inwe ight
gr oup IIor III,th er ema ybe restrictions in
th emaximum sizesetting, e.g. due topossi‐
ble con tact with thero of. 0073
The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in be tween thero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinstalled facing the
wr ong direct ion. Adjus tth eseat backres t
inclin ation accordingly.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tno tbe put
under stra in by thehead restra int s.Ad jus t
th ehead restra int sacc ording ly.
0073 Ne
verpla ceobjects underorbehi ndthe
ch ild restra int system, e.g.cushions .
The seat beltonthefront passeng erside is
eq uipped withaspecial seatbelt retract or.
Wh enacti vated, thespecial seatbelt retract or
ens ures that theseat beltdoes notslac kenonce
th ech ild restra int system issecur ed
(→ pag e53). 0007
Setth efront passeng erseat asfarbac kas
possi bleand movetheseat intoth ehighes t
position . 0007
Fully re tract theseat cushion lengthadjus t‐
ment . 0007
Adjus tth eseat cushion inclination sothat
th efront edgeof theseat cushion isin the highes
tposition andthere ar edg eof the
seat cushion isin thelowe stposition . 0007
Setth eseat backres tto an almos tve rtical
posit ion. 0007
Installth ech ild restra int system.
The entire base ofthech ild restra int system
mus talw aysre st on theseat cushion ofthe
fr ont passeng ersea t. 0007
Alw aysmak esur eth at theshoulder belt
st ra pis cor rectly routed from theseat belt
outle tof theve hicle totheshoulder belt
guide onthech ild restra int system.
The shoulder beltstra pmus tbe routed for‐
wa rdsand down wardsfrom theseat beltout‐
le t. 0007
Ifneces sary,adjus tth eseat beltoutle tand
th efront passeng erseat accor dingly. Occupant
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Emer
gency Re
mo ving the safetyve st The
safetyve stsar elocat edinthesaf etyve st
com partments inthedr iver's andfront
passeng erdoor stow agecom partment s. 0007
Toremo ve:pu llou tsa fety vest bag 1by
loop 2. 0007
Open safetyve st bag 1and remo vethe
saf etyve st. 1
Maximum numberofwa shes
2 Maximum wash temp eratur e
3 Donotbleac h
4 Donotiron
5 Donottumble dry
6 Donotdr yclean
7 Class 2saf etyve st
The requ iremen tsdef ined bytheleg alstandar d
ar eon lyfulfille d ifth esaf etyve st isthecor rect
size andisful lyclos ed. The
safetyve st mus tbe replaced inthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R there flect ive st rips aredamag edordir ty.
R themaximum permissible numberofwa shes
is exc eeded.
R thefluor esc ence has faded. Flat
tire No
teson flat tires 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto aflat
tir e
A flat tirese verely affects thedr iving charac‐
te rist ics aswellas thesteer ing and braking
of theve hicle.
Ti re swith outrun-flat charact eristics : 0007
Donotdr ive on withaflat tire. 0007
Chan getheflat tireimm ediat elywit han
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel.
Alt ernat ivel y, consu ltaqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. 36
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Breakdo wnassis tance

The
tirepr essur eta ble showsthere comme nded
tir epr ess urefo rall tires app rove dfo rth is vehi‐
cle. The recomme ndedtirepr ess ures apply for
cold tires und ervarious oper ating condit ions,i.e.
loading and/orspeedoftheve hicle.
If one ormor etir esizes precede atir epr essur e,
th etir epr essur einf ormation follo wing isonl y
va lid forth ose tiresizes.
The load condit ions"partially laden" and"fully
laden" aredef ined intheta ble fordif fere nt num ‐
be rs of passeng ersand amounts oflugg age. The
actual number ofseats maydif ferfr om this. Som
etir epr essur eta bles onlysho wtherim
diame terins tead ofthecom pletetiresize, e.g.
R1 8.The rim dia me teris par tof thetir esize and
can befound onthetir eside wall(→ pag e400 ).
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(→ pag e386)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(→ pag e39 3) R
Max imum tirepr essur e(→ pag e39 9) Chec
kingtirepr essu resmanu ally 0007
Read thetir epr essur efo rth ecur rent operat‐
ing cond itions from theTire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar dor thetir epr essur e
ta ble. Obser vetheno teson tirepr essur e. 0007
Remo vetheva lve cap ofthetir eto be
ch ecked. 0007
Press thetir epr essur ega ug esec urelyon to
th eva lve. 0007
Read thetir epr essur e. 0007
Ifth etir epr essur eis lowe rth an there com‐
mend edvalue, increase thetir epr essur eto
th ere comme ndedvalue. 0007
Ifth etir epr essur eis higher than there com‐
mend edvalue, release air.To do so, press
do wn theme talpin intheva lve, e.g. using
th etip ofapen forex am ple. Then checkth e
tir epr es su re again usin gth etir epr essur e
ga ug e. 0007
Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve. 388
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Fu
rther relat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(→ pag e386)
R Tire pressur eta ble (→pag e38 7)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(→ pag e39 3) Ti
re pres sur emoni toring system Fu
nction ofthetir epr essur emoni toring sys‐
te m 000A
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinc or‐
re ct tirepr ess ure
Ev erytir e, incl uding thespar e(if prov ided),
should becheckedwhen coldatleas tonc ea
mont hand inflated tothepr essur ere com‐
mend edbytheve hicle manuf acturer(see
Ti re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar don the
B-pil laron thedr iver ’s side orthetir epr es‐
sur elabel ontheinside ofthefuel filler flap
of your vehicle). Ifyo ur vehicle hastires ofa
dif fere nt size than thesize indicat edon the
Ti re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dor the tir
epr es su re table, youne ed todeterm ine
th epr oper tirepr essur efo rth ose tires.
As anadded safetyfe atur e,your vehicle has
been equipped withatir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system (TPMS) that illumin ates alow tire
pr essur eind icat orlam pwhen oneor mor eof
yo ur tires aresign ifican tly und erinf lated.
Ac cor ding ly,if th elow tirepr essur eindicat or
lam plights up,yousho uld stop and check
yo ur tires assoo nas poss ible, andinflate
th em tothepr oper pressur e.Driving ona
signif icantlyund erinf lated tirecaus esthetir e
to ove rheat and canlead totirefa ilur e.
Und erinf lation alsoincreases fuelconsum p‐
tion andreduces tiretread life, and may
af fect theve hicle's handling andbraking abil‐
ity .Please note that theTPMS isno ta subs ti‐
tut efo rpr oper tiremaint enance, anditis the
dr iver's responsibili tyto maint aincorrect tire
pr ess ure, eve nif und erinf latio nha sno t
re ac hed theleve lto trig ge rill umina tionof
th eTPMS low tirepr essur eindicat orlam p.
Yo ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atewhen th
esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith
th elow tirepr essur eindicat orlam p.When
th esy stem detects amal functi on,theindica‐
to rlam pwil lfl ash forapp roxima tely amin ute
and then remain continuously illumina ted.
This sequence willcontinue upon subseq uent
ve hicle star t-ups aslon gas themalfunct ion
ex ists.
When themalfunct ionindicat orisillumina‐
te d, thesy stem mayno tbe able todetect or
sig nal low tirepr ess ureas intende d.TPM S
mal functi onsmayoccu rfo ra va riet yof rea‐
son s,inc ludin gth eins tallation ofinc om pati‐
ble replacemen tor alternat etir es orwheels
on theve hicle that preve nttheTPMS from
func tioningproper ly.
Alw aysch eckth eTPMS malfunct ionwarning
lam paf te rre placing oneormor etir es or
wheels onyour vehicle toensur eth at the
re placemen tor alternat etir es and wheels
allo wtheTPMS tocontinu eto function prop‐
er ly. Whee
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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 3).
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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Ti
re labeling Ov
ervie wof tirelabeling 1
Uniform Tire Qua lityGradi ng Standar d
(→ pag e39 7)
2 DOT,Tire Identif ication Number
(→ pag e398)
3 Maximu mtireloa d(→ pag e399)
4 Maximu mtirepr essu re(→ pag e399 ) 5
Manuf acturer
6 Char acteristics ofthetir e(→ pag e400)
7 Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(→ pag e400)
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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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 405). 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 e393). 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. 400
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