Special
service requ irement s
Spec ialser vice requ iremen tsma ybe nec essar y,
fo rex am ple, forcer tain com pone ntsaf te ra
br eaking-i nper iod.
Ser vice andmaint enance workwill needto be
per form ed mor eof tenor inad ditio nif th eve hi‐
cle isoper ated under arduous conditions or
incr eased loads. Take great carewhen assessing
th eoper ating conditions underwhichyo ur vehi‐
cle isprimar ily used.
% Youcan obtain up-t o-dat einf ormat ioncon‐
cer ningth epar ticular service requ iremen ts
and service interva ls of your vehicle atany
time from aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop,
e.g. anaut hor ized Sprinter deale r. Wheel
rotat ion
The tire sar ean essential component forth e
ove rallper form anc eand stabilit yof theve hicle.
The service life of tires depends ontiretype,
speed rating ,en vironme ntal cond itions ,tir eload ,
tir epr es su re,ro ad sur face charact eristic sand
ind ividual drivin gst yle. Forth is reason ,we rec‐
omme ndchecking thetir es regular lyforwe ar and
thecor rect tirepr ess ureas wellas regular
wheel rotatio n(w ith th eappr opriatetir econ figu‐
ra tio n).
Wh eelro tatio nma yonly beperfor med onvehi‐
cles withidentical tiresizes onthefront and rear
axle s.
If th etir econ figur ation ofyour vehicle permits
wheel rotatio n,this should becar ried out atthe
re comme ndedinterva ls or atthefirs tsi gns of
une ventrea dw ear.Ad her ence tothis recomme n‐
da tion meansthat thewheels willberotatedat
leas tat eve rymaint enance service.
Sing letires, rear
If yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withtir es ofthesame
size, thewheels onthefront and rear axle scan
be rotatedin pair s,allo wing theint ended direc‐
tion ofrotatio nof thetir es tobe maint ained (uni‐
dir ect ional tires have an arro w on thetir eside‐
wa llindic atingth eint ended direct ion ofrotatio n
of thetir e).
Tw intires, rear
If yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withtir es ofthesame
size, thewheels onthefront axle andtheinner
wheels onthere ar axle canberotatedin pair s, allo
wing theint ended direct ion ofrotatio nof the
tir es tobe maint ained. Fornon-unidirect ional
tir es, theout erwheels onthere ar axle canbe
ro tated. Wheel
rotatio ndiagr am
Thi sMa intena nce Bookletcont ains aus efu l
wh eelro tatio nre cor dpa ge,on whic hth edat e
and mileag ere adin gfo rwhen thewheels were
ro tatedcan berecor ded (→page 14). Se
rvice foryo ur Spr inter 5
