
Cha
nging awheel No
teson selecting, installing andreplac ing
tir es Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Yo ucan askforinf ormation rega rding permitted
wheel/ tirecom binat ionsatan aut hor ized
Mer cede s-Ben zCent er. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct dimensi onsofwhe elsand tires
If whe elsand tires ofthewr ong size are
ins talled, thewheel brak es orwheel suspen‐
sion componen tsma ybe damag ed. #
Alw aysre place wheels andtires wit h
th ose that fulf illthespecif ication sof
th eor iginal part.
When replacing wheels, makesur eto fit th e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on R
Mod el
Whe nre placing tires, mak esur eto ins tallth e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Manuf actu rer
R Model &
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. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model. #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. *
NO
TEVehicle andtiredamag eth ro ugh
tir etyp esand sizes that have notbe en
ap prove d Fo
rsaf etyre ason s,on lyuse tires, wheel s
and accessories whic hha ve been speciall y
appr ovedby Mer cedes-Ben zfo ryo ur vehicle.
These tires arespecially adaptedto thecon ‐
tr ol systems, suchas ABS ,ES P®
and
4MA TIC,andmarkedas follo ws :
R MO =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal
R MOE =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal Extended
(r un-f lattireonl yfo rcer tain wheels)
R MO1 =Mer cedes -Benz Original (onlycer ‐
ta in AMG tires)
Cer tain charact eristic s,suc has han dling,
ve hicle noise emissions, fuelconsum ption,
et c. ma yot her wise beadv ersel yaf fect ed.
Fu rther mor e,other tiresizes could result in
th etir es rubbing agains tth ebody andaxle
com ponen tswhen loaded. Thiscould result
in damag eto thetir eor theve hicle. Wheels
andtires 41
3

Obser
vethefo llo wing when selecting,ins talling
and replacing tires:
R Onlyuse tires and wheels ofthesame type
(summer tires, wint ertires, MOEx tende d
tir es) and thesame make.
R Onlyins tallwheels ofthesame sizeonone
axle (leftand right).
It is onl yper missible toins talla dif fere nt
wh eelsi ze intheeve ntofaflat tirein order
to drive to thespecialis two rkshop.
R Onlyins talltir es ofthecor rect size ontoth e
wheels.
R Vehicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Allinstalled wheels mustbe equip‐
ped withfunc tioningsensorsfo rth etir e
pr essur emonit oring system.
R Attemp eratur esbelo w45 °F(7°C), usewin‐
te rtir es orall-seaso ntir emar kedM+S forall
whee ls.
Wi nter tires bearing the004D snowflak esym‐
bol inaddition totheM+S marking prov ide
th ebes tpossible grip inwintr yro ad con di‐
tio ns. R
ForM+S tires, only usetires wit hth esame
tr ead.
R Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfor
th eM+S tires installed.
If th is isbelo wtheve hicle's maximum speed,
th is mus tbe indic ated byan appr opriate
label inthedr iver's field ofvision.
R Break inne wtires atmoder atespeeds for
th efirs t60 miles(1 00 km) .
R Replace thetir es afte rsix yearsat thelat est,
re ga rdless ofwe ar.
R Wh enreplac ingwith tires that donotfe a‐
tur eru n-flat charact eristics :ve hicles with
MOExt ended tires areno teq uipped witha
TIREFIT kitatthefa ct or y. Eq uip th eve hicle
wit haTIREFIT kitafte rre placing withtir es
th at do notfe atur eru n-f latch aract eristic s,
e.g .wint ertires.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhee lsand tires, con‐
tac ta qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page39 4) R
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page40 1)
R Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(/ pag e408 )
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page395)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page42 2) No
teson rotat ing whee ls &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh differ‐
ent whee lsizes
Int erch ang ingthefront and rear wheels ifth e
wheels ortires have differe nt dimens ions
ma yse verely im pair thedr iving charact eris‐
tic s.
The wheel brak es orwheel suspension com ‐
pon entsma yalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyifth e
wheels andtires areof thesame dimen‐
sions. Wheels
andtires 41
5

The
wearpat tern son thefront and rear wheels
dif fer:
R Front wheels wearmor eon theshoulder of
th etir e
R Rear wheels wearmor ein thecent erofthe
tir e
On vehicles that have thesame sizefront and
re ar wheels ,ro tat eth ewheels accordingtothe
int erva ls in thetir emanuf acturer'swarrant y
book inyour vehicle documents. Ifth is isno t
av ailable, rotate thetir es every
3,000 to6,000 miles(5 ,000 to10,000 km),
dependin gon thewe ar.En sur eth at thedir ect ion
of rotatio nis ma intained .
Ob serveth eins truction sand safetyno teson
"Cha nging awheel" whendoing so
(/ page41 7). No
teson sto ring wheels When
stor ing wheels, observethefo llo wing
no tes:
R Afterre mo ving whee ls,stor eth em inacool,
dr yand prefer ably darkplace. R
Protect thetir es from contact with oil, grease
or fuel. Ov
ervie wof thetir e-c han getool kit Apar
tfr om some country- specif icvariant s,vehi‐
cles areno teq uipped withatir e-c hang eto ol kit.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhi chtire-c hangi ng
to ols arere qu ired and appr ovedfo rper form ing a
wheel chang eon your vehicle, consult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop.
Re quired tire-c hang eto ols mayinclude, for
ex am ple:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt
The tire-c hang eto ol kit islocat edintool bag 1. The
tool bag cont ains:
R Jack
R Gloves
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt
R Folding choc k
R Ratche tfo rjac k 41
6
Wheels andtires

#
Place thera tche tont oth ehe xagon nutofthe
jac kso that theletter s"AB" arevisible. #
Tolowe rthe vehicl e:tur nth era tche tof the
jac kcou nter-clo ckwise. #
Tight enthewheel boltsevenlyin adi ag ona l
pa tter nin theor der indicat ed1 to5 with
a max imum of59 lb-ft(80 Nm). #
Then tighten thewheel boltsevenlyin adi ag ‐
ona lpa tter nin theor der indicat ed1 to5
to thespecif iedtight ening torq ue of111 lb-ft
(1 50 Nm). &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh incor‐
re ct tigh tening torq ue
Th ewh eelscou ldcome looseifth ewheel
bolts orwheel nutsareno ttight ened tothe
pr escr ibed tighteningto rq ue. #
Makesur eth ewheel boltsorwheel
nuts aretight ened tothepr escr ibed
tight ening torq ue. #
Ifyo uar eno tsur e,do notmo vethe
ve hicle. Consult aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop andhave thetight ening tor‐
qu ech eckedimmediat ely. #
Chec kth etir epr essur eof thene wlymoun‐
te dwheel andadjus taccor dingly. #
Vehicl eswith tirepr ess urelos swa rning
sy stem: Restar tth etir epr essur eloss warn‐
ing system (/ page400).
Ex cep tion: thene wwheel isan emer gency
spa rewheel. #
Vehicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Restar tth etir epr essur emonit oring
sy stem (/ page399).
Ex cep tion: thene wwheel isan emer gency
spa rewheel.
Mak esur eto obser vethefo llo wing further rela‐
te dsubjec t:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page39 4) Emer
gency spar ewheel No
teson the emer gency spar ewheel &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
inc orrect whe eland tiredimensi ons
The wheelor tiresize andthetir etype ofthe
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel and
th ewheel tobe replaced maydif fer. Mount‐
ing anemer gency sparewheel/ sparewheel
ma yse verely im pair thedr iving charact eris‐
tic s.
To preve nthazardous situa tions: 42
2
Whe elsand tires

#
Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle accor dinglyand
dr ive car efull y. #
Nevermount moreth an oneemer gency
spa rewheel orspar ewheel that dif fers
in size . #
Onlyuse anemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofadif fere nt size briefly. #
Donotsw itchof fESP ®
. #
>Ha vetheemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofadif fere nt size replaced
at thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Thenewwheel mustha ve the
cor rect dimensi ons. Ch
eckth etir epr essur eof theemer gency spare
wheel installed. Correct thepr essur eas neces ‐
sar y.
The maximum permissible speedwithan emer‐
ge ncy sparewheel installed is50 mph
(80 km/ h).
Do noteq uip theemer gency sparewheel with
sn ow chains . Re
place theemer gency sparewheel afte rsix
ye arsat thelat est,re ga rdless ofwe ar.
% Ve
hicl eswith atir epr ess urelos swa rn‐
ing system: Ifan emer gency sparewheel is
ins talled thetir epr essur eloss warning sys‐
te m canno tfunction reliabl y.Onl yre star tth e
sy stem again when theemer gency spare
wheel hasbeen replaced withane wwheel.
Ve hicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Ifan emer gency sparewheel is
ins talled thetir epr essur emonit oring system
cann otfunction reliabl y.Fo ra fe w min utes
af te ran emer gency sparewheel isins talled,
th esy stem mayst ill displa yth etir epr essur e
of there mo vedwheel. Onlyre star tth esy s‐
te m again when theemer gency sparewheel
has been replaced withane wwheel.
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page39 4)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page40 1)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page395) Re
mo ving the eme rgency sparewheel The
eme rgency sparewheel issecur edinthe
emer gency sparewheel baginthetrunk . #
Obser vetheinf ormation onmount ingtires
(/ page41 3). #
Open thetrunk . #
Detach thefa stening stra ps. #
Unhook there tainin gspr ing hook sof thefa s‐
te ning stra ps from thebr ac kets. #
Remo vetheemer gency sparewheel bagwith
th eemer gency sparewheel. #
Open theemer gency sparewheel bagand
re mo vetheemer gency sparewheel. Wheels
andtires 423

Shif
tpadd les
see Steer ing wheel paddle shifters
Shif ting gears
Gea rshif tre comme ndation <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 153
Shor tmessag es
see Text mes sage s
Side airbag .................................................4 1
Side impact protection ...........................1 98
Side windo ws <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 85
Ch ild sa fety lock inthere ar
passe nger com partment .......................6 3
Closin g............................................ ...... 85
Closin g(all) .... ................................ .......8 5
Closin gusin gth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 87
Con venie nce closing featur e.................8 7
Con venie nce openi ng <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...87
Opening .................................................8 5
Opening (all).......................................... 85
Opening withth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 87
Pr oblem .................................................8 8
Size designation (tires) ........................... 408
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 65
Ac ous ticlocking verificati onsignal ....... 66 Batt
ery <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011>67
Energy consumption............. .................66
Fe atur es................................................ 65
Ke yring attachme nt<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ....67
Mec hanical key ...................................... 67
Ov ervie w .......................................... ..... 65
Pa nic alar m <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>66
Pr ob lem <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011>68
Un loc kin gse tting ............................ ...... 66
Sma rtKe yfunctions
Deactiv ating.......................................... 66
Smar tphone
see Andr oidAuto
see Apple CarPla y™
see Mercedes-Benz Link
see Telephon e
Sno wch ains ............................................393
Soc ket(1 2 V)
Re ar passe nger com partment .............. 113
Soc ket(1 2V)
Fr ont passeng erfoot we ll................ ...... 114
Sof tto p
Car e................................................ .... 365
Closin g(sof t-to pswitc h)........................ 77 Closin
gusin gth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 87
Opening (soft-top switc h)......................7 7
Opening withth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 87
Pr oblem .................................................8 3
Re loc kin g...............................................7 9
Sof t-top switc h.......................................... 77
Sof twareupda te<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 270
Im por tant system updat es...................2 71
Inf ormation .......................................... 270
Pe rfor ming .......................................... 270
Sound PRE-S AFE®
Sound ................................. 49
Wheels andtires ..................................3 92
Soun d
see Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
see Sound settings
Sound settings ........................................3 49
Ad jus ting thebalance/f ader............... 349
Ad jus ting treb le,mid -rang eand bass
se tting s............ ................................... 349
Au tomatic volume adjustment .............3 49
Ca lls up thesound menu ..................... 349
Inf ormation .......................................... 349 Inde
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Te
lephone
see Second telephon e
Te lephone number
Dialin g(on- boar dcom puter) ................ 233
Te lephon yoper ating mod es
Blue tooth®
Te lephon y.......................... 302
Te lephon yoper ating mod es
see Second telephon e
Te mp eratur e .............................................1 31
Te mp eratur egr ade .................................. 405
Te xt messag es......... ................................ 310
Callin games sagesen der .................... 311
Chan gingfo lder s.................................. 311
Com posing.......................................... 310
Con figur ing thedispla yedte xt mes ‐
sa ge s...... ....................................... ...... 310
Del eting .......................................... .....3 11
Dr afts ............ .......................................311
No tes ................................................... 310
Op tions ................................................ 311
Outbo x.................................................3 11
Re ad-al oudfunction .............................3 10
Re adin g................................................ 310
Re plying ...............................................3 11 Sendi
ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 310
Vo ice com mand s(V oice ControlSy s‐
te m) .................................................. ... 248
Thr oug h-loadin gfe atur e
see Seat
Ti me
Manual timesettin g............................. 262
Se ttin gsummer time..................... ...... 262
Se ttin gth etime anddateaut omati‐
call y................................................ ..... 262
Se tting thetime zone.......................... 262
Se tting thetime/ datefo rm at .............. 262
TIN (Tire Ident ificat ionNumbe r)........... .406
Ti re and Loading Information placard... 401
Ti re charact eristics ................................. 408
Ti re inf lation com pressor
see TIREF ITkit
Ti re informa tion table .............................4 01
Ti re labeling .............................................4 05
Cha racter istics <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ........408
DO T,Tire Identif ication Number (TIN)
..... ..... ............................................. ......4 06
Load index....... ....................................408 Load
-bearing cap acity <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> .408
Maxi mum tireloa d....... ........................407
Maxi mum tirepr essu re<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 407
Ov ervie w <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 405
Spee dra ting ........... .............................408
Te mp eratur egr ade .............................. 405
Ti re Qua lityGradi ng .......... ................... 405
Ti re size designation ............................4 08
Tr act ion grade .....................................4 05
Tr ead weargrade .................................4 05
Ti re load (maximu m)...............................4 07
Ti re pres sur e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 395,396
Ch ecking (manually) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 396
Ch ecking (tirepr ess uremoni toring
sy stem) ............................................... 398
Maximum ............................................ 407
No tes ................................................... 394
Re star tin gth etir epr essur eloss
wa rning system ................................... 400
Re star tin gth etir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system ...........................................3 99
Ti re pressur eloss warning system
(funct ion)............................................. 399
Ti re pressur emonit oring system
(funct ion)............................................. 397 536
Index

Ti
re pressur eta ble .......................... .... 395
TIREF ITkit ...........................................3 73
Ti re pres sur elo ss wa rning system
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>399
Re star tin g...................................... ...... 400
Ti re pres sur emoni tor............ .................399
Re star tin g...... ................................ ...... 399
Ti re pres sur emoni toring system
Chec kingth etir epr essur e.................. 398
Chec kingthetir ete mp eratur e......... ... 398
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>397
Tir epr es sur eta ble <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> .........395
Tir eQual ityGradin g<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> .......405
Tir ete mp eratur e
Chec king(tir epr essur emon itor ing
sy stem) .......................................... ..... 398
Ti re pressur emonit oring system
(funct ion)............................................. 397
Ti re tread <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011>.....392
Tir e-c hang eto ol kit
Ov ervie w ........ ................................ ...... 416
TIRE FITkit <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 373
St or ag elocation .............................. ....3 73 Using
................................................... 373
Ti re s
Chan ginghub caps .............................. 417
Charact eristic s................................ .... 408
Chec king.............................................3 92
Che cking thetir epr essur e(man‐
uall y)................................................ ... 396
Chec kingthetir epr essur e(tir epr es‐
sur emonit oring system) ......................3 98
Def initio ns....... ................................... .410
DO T,Tire Identif ication Number (TIN)
..... .................................................. ......4 06
Flat tire ....... ......................................... 372
Ins talling .............................................. 420
Load index...........................................4 08
Load -bearing cap acity <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 408
Ma ximu mtireload <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> .....407
Ma ximu mtirepr ess ure <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 407
MOExt endedtires <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ......372
No ise .............................................. .....3 92
No teson installing ...............................4 13
Ov ervie wof tirelabel ing......................4 05
Re mo ving ............................................ 420
Re placing ...................................... 413, 417 Re
star tin gth etir epr essur eloss
wa rning system ................................... 400
Re star tin gth etir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system ...........................................3 99
Ro tating ........... ....................................415
Sel ectio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 413
Sno wch ains ........................................ 393
Spe edrating ........... .............................408
St or ing .................................................4 16
Te mp eratur egr ade .............................. 405
Ti re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d.. 401
Ti re pressur e(no tes) ........................... 394
Ti re pressur eloss warning system
(funct ion)............................................. 399
Ti re pressur emonit oring system
(funct ion)............................................. 397
Ti re pressur eta ble .............................. 395
Ti re Qua lityGradi ng .......... ................... 405
Ti re size designation ............................4 08
TIREFIT kit....... ....................................373
Tr act ion grade .....................................4 05
Tr ead weargrade .................................4 05
Un usual handlingch aract eristic s........ 392
To ol
see Vehicle tool kit Inde
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