The
bracket sfor the screw-in towingeyeare
located inthe bumpers. Theyareatthe front
and atthe rear, behind thecovers.
X Remove thetowing eyefrom thevehicle tool
kit (Ypage 252).
X Press themark oncover 0043inwards inthe
direction ofthe arrow.
X Take cover 0043offthe opening.
X Scr ew inthe towing eyeclock wiseasfar as
it will goand tighten it.
Removing thetowing eye X
Unsc rewand remove thetowing eye.
X Attach cover 0043tothe bumper andpress
until itengages.
X Place thetowing eyeinthe vehicle toolkit. Towing
avehicle withboth axles on
the ground G
WARNIN
G
You cannolonger steerthevehicle ifthe
steerin gwheel lockhasbeen engaged.
There isarisk ofan accident .
Always switchoffthe ignition whentowing
the vehicle withatow cable oratow bar.
The automatic transmission shiftstoposition
005D automatically whenyouopen thedriver's
or front -passenger doororwhen youremove
the Smart Keyfrom theignition lock. In
order toensure thattheautomatic trans-
mission staysinposition 005Cwhen towing
away thevehicle, youmust observe thefollow-
ing points:
X Switch onthe hazard warning lamps
(Y page 99).
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0048inthe igni-
tion lock.
On vehicles withKEYLE SS-GO, usethe
Smart Keyinstead ofthe Start /Stopbutton
(Y page 118).
X Depress andhold thebrake pedal.
X Shift thetrans mission toposition 005C.
X Release thebrake pedal.
X Release theelectric parking brake.
X Leave theSmart Keyinposition 0048inthe
ignition lock.
In order tosignal achange ofdirection when
towing thevehicle withthehazard warning
lamps switched on,use thecombinat ion
switch asusual. Inthis case, onlytheindicator
lamps forthe direction oftravel flash.When
you reset thecombinat ionswitch, thehazard
warning flashersstartflashing again.
It is important thatyouobserve thesafety
instr uctions whentowing awayyourvehicle
(Y page 263). Permit
tedtowing methods
Mercedes- Benzrecomm endstransportin gyour
vehicle inthe case ofabreakdown, ratherthan
towing itaway .
When towing away,use atowing ropeora
towing barwith both axles onthe ground. Do
not use anytow barsystems. Towing
thevehicle withtherear axle
raised
! The
ignition mustbeswitched offifyou
are towing thevehicle withtherear axle
raised. Intervent ionbyESP ®
could other-
wise damage thebrake system.
! Vehicles
withautomatic transmission must
not betowed withtherear axle raised. The
vehicle/t railercombinat ionmay otherwise
swerve oreven rollover. 264
Towing
andtow-sta rtingBr eakdown assistance
Clean
theco ntact surf aces ofthewheel and
th ebrak edisc thoro ughly everytim eawheel
is rot ate d.Chec kth etir epre ssur eand ,if ne c-
ess ary, restartth etir epre ssur eloss warn ing
syst emorthetir epre ssur emon itor. Direct
ionofrot ation
Tire swit haspec ifieddire ction ofrot atio nhave
addit ionalben efits,e.g .if th ere isaris kof
hydr oplan ing.Thes eadvan tagescan onlybe
gain edifth etir es are install ed correspo nding
to thedire ction ofrot atio n.
An arrow onthesidew allofthetir eind icat es
its correct dire ction ofrot atio n. St
ori ng wheels
St ore wheel sth at are notbein gused inaco ol,
dry and preferably dark place.Pro tect thetir es
fr om oil,grease, gaso lineand diese l. Mou
nting awheel
Pr epa ringth evehi cle X
Stop theveh icle onsolid ,no n-slipp eryand
leve lgro und.
X Ap ply theelec tric park ingbrak eman ually.
X Bring thefron twheel sint oth est raigh t-
ahead position.
X Sh ift thetrans mis sion toposi tion005D.
X Swit choff theen gin e.
X Veh icles withoutKEYLESS- GO:remove
th eSm artKey from theign ition lock.
X Veh icles withKEYLESS- GO:open thedriv -
er' sdoor .
The vehicle elec tron ics nowhave status 0.
This isthesame astheSm artKey having
been removed.
X Veh icles withKEYLESS- GO:remove the
St art /S topbut tonfrom theign ition lock
(Y page 118).
X Ifinc luded intheveh icle equipm ent,rem ove
th etir e-ch ang eto ol kit from theveh icle.
X Saf eguar dth eveh icle again stroll ing away.
i Due
todiff ere nces inveh icle equipm ent,
no tall veh iclesare equipp edwithatir e-
ch ang eto ol kit .For inform ationon whic h to
ols are required toper formawheel
ch ang eon your vehicle,co nsult anauth or-
ize dMer cedes-Ben zCen ter.
Nec essary tire-ch ang ingtools can include,
for example :
R Jack
R Whee lch oc k
R Lug wren ch
Secur ingthevehi cletoprevent itfrom
rol ling away If
your vehicle isequipp edwithawheel choc k,
it can befoun din thetir e-ch ang eto ol kit
(Y page 252).
The foldingwheel choc kis an addit ionalsafe ty
meas uretopre ven tth eveh icle from rolling
away, forexample whenchang ingawheel .
X Fol dbot hplat esupward s0043.
X Fol dout lower plate0044.
X Guide thelugs onthelower platefully into
th eopen ingsin base plate0087. X
Plac ech oc ks orother suitable items unde r
th efron tand rear ofthewheel that isdiago-
nall yoppo siteth ewheel youwish to
ch ang e. Cha
nging awheel
289Wheels andtires Z
