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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. 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
(/ page43 7).
R Information ontirepr essur ein thetir epr es‐
sur eta ble (/ page40 7).
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Determ inin gth emaximum permissible load
(/ page41 3)
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page406). St
eps forDe term ining Correct Load Limit 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". #
(1):Locat eth est at emen t"The combined
we ight ofocc upant sand cargoshould never
exc eed XXX kgorXXX lbs." onyour vehicle's
placar d. #
(2): Determ ine thecombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersth at will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): Subtr actthecombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgor
XXX lbs. #
(4): The resulting figur eeq uals theav ailable
amoun tof car goand luggageload capac ity.
Fo rex am ple, ifth e"XXX" amount equals
14 00 lbs. and ther ewill befive 150lb pas ‐
seng ersin your vehicle, theamount ofavaila‐
ble cargoand luggageload capac ityis
65 0lbs. (140 0-75 0(5 x15 0) =650 lbs.) #
(5):De term ine thecombin edweight oflug‐
ga ge and cargobein gloaded ontheve hicle.
The weight mayno tsaf elyexc eed theav aila‐
ble cargoand luggageload capac itycalc ula‐
te din Step 4. #
(6): Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,
load from your trailer willbetrans ferred to Wheels
andtires 41
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th
ese areins talled ontheve hicle, butdoes not
include passeng ersor lugg age.
Maximum tireload: themaximum tireload is
th emaximum permissible weight inkilog rams or
lbs forwhi chatir eis appr oved.
Maxim umpermissible tirepr essur e:maxi‐
mum permissible tirepr essur efo rone tire.
Maximum loadonone tire: maximu mloa don
one tire. This iscalcu lated bydividing themaxi‐
mum axleload ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persquar ein ch ):standar dunit of
meas uremen tfo rtir epr essu re.
Aspe ctratio :ra tio betwee ntire height and tire
wi dthin pe rcent .
Ti re pres sur e:press ureinsi dethetir eappl ying
an outw ardfo rc eto eve rysquar einc hof thetir e.
The tirepr essur eis specif iedinpounds per
sq uar einc h(psi), inkilopascals (kPa)or inbar .
The tirepr essur eshould onlybe cor rected whe n
th etir es arecold.
Cold tirepr essur e:thetir es arecold when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedfo rat lea st3hou rs wit
hout direct sunli ghtonthetir es ortheve hicle
has been driven forless than 1mile (1.6 km ).
Ti re contact surface: thepar tof thetir eth at
com esintocon tact with thero ad.
Ti re bead: thepur pose ofthetir ebead isto
ensur eth at thetir esits secur elyon thewheel
ri m. Ther ear ese veralwir ecor esinthetir ebead
to preve ntthetir efrom chang inglengthon the
wheel rim.
Side wall:thepar tof thetir ebe tween thetread
and thetir ebead.
We ight ofoptiona leq uipm ent:th ecombin ed
we ight oftheop tion aleq uipment weighin gmor e
th an there placed standar dpar tsand moreth an
5 lbs (2.3kg ).This optional equipment, suchas
high-per form anc ebr ak es, leve lcon trol system, a
ro of lugg agera ck orhigh-per form anc ebat teries,
is no tincluded inthecurb weight andthewe ight
of theaccessor ies.
TIN (Tire Identif ication Numbe r):auni que
ident ificat ion numb erwhic hcan beused bya
tir ema nuf actu rerto ident ifytires, forex am ple,
in apr oduc tre cal l,and thus iden tifyth epur‐
ch aser s.The TINismade upofthemanuf actur‐ er's
identit ycode, tiresize, tiretype code and
th emanuf acturingdate.
Load-bear inginde x:theload-bear inginde xis a
code that con tains themaximum load-bearing
capacity ofatir e.
Tr actio n:traction isthegr ip resulting from fric‐
tion between thetir es and thero ad sur face.
We arindi cator:nar row bars(tr ead wearbar s)
th at aredis tribut edove rth etir econ tact surface.
If th etir etread isleve lwit hth ebar s,thewe ar
limit of1/ 16 in(1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed.
Dis tribut ionofvehicl eoc cupants: distribu tion
of vehicle occupants over designat edseat posi‐
tion sin ave hicle.
Maximum permissible payload weight :nom i‐
nal load andluggageload plus150lb (68 kg)
multip liedby thenumber ofseats intheve hicle. Wheels
andtires 423

Se
tting themap scale ..................... ..... 309
Se tting themap scale automaticall y....3 13
Up dating .............. .......................... ...... 312
Map andcom pass
Ov ervie w ...... .................. .................. ... 308
Massag epr og ram
Ov ervie w ..............................................1 01
Re settin gth ese ttings .......................... 101
Massag epr og rams
Sel ecti ngthefront seats ......................1 01
Massag ese ttings
Re settin g............... .............................. 101
Matt efinish (cleaning instructions) ...... 377
Maximum loadratin g<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Maximum permissib leload
Ca lcul ation exam ple .............................4 14
De term inin g.........................................4 13
Maximum tirepr essur e...... .....................418
Mec hanic alkey
Inser ting/r emoving ............................... 67
Un loc kin gth eta ilg ate ...........................7 9
Media Menu (on-boa rdcom puter) ...... ............ 247 Sea
rching ....................................... ..... 351
Media display
No tes .................................................. 266
Media Interface
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. 352
Inf orma tion........... ............................... 351
Ov ervie w ........... ................................. .352
Media mode
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. 345
Me dia playba ck
Oper ating (on-boar dcom puter) ...... ..... 247
Media search
St artin g.......................................... ...... 351
Med iasour ce
Sel ect ing (on-boardcom puter) ............ 247
Memor yfunctio n
Head-u pDispla y— Ca lling up stor ed
se ttings .......................................... ..... 109
Hea d-up Display — St or ing settings ..... 109
Oper ating ............................................ 109
Outside mirrors —Ca lling up stor ed
se ttings .......................................... ..... 109
Outside mirrors —St or ing settings ...... 109
Sea t— Ca lling upstor ed settings ......... 109 Sea
t— St or ing settings ........................ 109
St eer ing wheel —Calling upsave d
se ttin gs ............................................... 109
St eer ing wheel —Sa ving settings ......... 109
Menu (on-boar dcom puter)
Assis tance <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>242
Desi gns ............. .................................. 240
Hea d-up Display ............ ...................... 248
Maint enance ........................................2 42
Medi a....... ...........................................247
Na vig ation ...........................................2 45
Ov ervie w ....... ......................................238
Ra dio ...................................................2 46
Te lephon e............................................ 247
Tr ip ...................................................... 243
Mer cede sme calls
Ar rangi ng aser vice appo intme nt........ 333
Ca lling theMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent er................................................. 333
Consenting todat atra nsf er .................3 33
Inf ormatio n....... ................................... 332
Maki ngacall viatheove rhead con‐
tr ol panel ............................................. 332
Tr ans ferred dat a..................................3 34 530
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