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. 47
8
Wheels andtires
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 47
9
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(/ page460) R
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page46 7)
R Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(/ pag e47 4)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page46 1)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page48 8) 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 48
1
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
(/ page483). 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 Mer
cedes- AMGvehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Apa rtfrom some countr y-specif icvariant s,vehi‐
cles areno teq uipped withatir e-c hang eto ol kit.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhi chtire-c hangeto ols
ar ere qu ired and appr oved forper form ing a
wheel chang eon your vehicle, consult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop.
Yo ure qu ire th efo llo wing tools, forins tance, to
ch ang eawheel:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt 1
Jack
2 Ratche tfo rjac k
3 Lugwr enc h
4 Folding choc k
5 Alignmen tbolt
6 Socketwr enc hfo rra tche t 48
2
Wh eelsand tires
&
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 (/ page466).
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 (/ page465).
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(/ page460) 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: #
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 notins tallth eemer gency sparewheel with
sn ow chains . 488
Wheelsand tires
Sea
tbel tad jus tment (function) ............. 38
Wa rning lam p.................................. ...... 38
Seat cover(C are) ............ .........................435
Seat heatin g
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............96
Se at kin etics
Se tting .......... .................................. .....3 19
Seat kinetics
see ENERGIZING COMF ORT
Seat ventilat ion
Switc hingon/o ff<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 97
Second telephone ...................................3 70
Connecting .......................................... 370
Fe atur es.............................................. 370
Selec tingage ar
see Changing gears
Select ingthesound profile
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem ....4 17
Selec torle ve r
see DIRECT SELECTleve r Self-t
est
Au tomatic front pass engerfront air‐
bag shut off..... ....................................... 44
Sensor s(Car e)......................................... 433
Ser vice center
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Ser vice interva ldisp lay
see ASSYST PLUS
Ser vice station search
St artin gaut omat icsear ch<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 341
Se tting aspe ed
see Cruise contr ol
Se tting thedatefo rm at ....... .................... 311
Se tting thedis tance unit........................ 315
Se tting thema pscale
see Map
Shif tpa dd les
see Steer ing wheel paddle shifters
Shif ting gears
Gea rshif tre comme ndation <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 164
Shor tmessag es
see Messag es Side
airbag .................................................3 9
Side impact protection ............................ 211
Side windo ws<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 77
Child safetyloc kin there ar
passe nger com partment .......................6 2
Closin g.................................................. 77
Closin gusin gth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 79
Co nve nience closing featur e.................7 9
Con venie nce openi ng <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ....79
Ope ning <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011>.77
Opening withth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 79
Pr obl em <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 80
Ro ller sunblin d...................................... 85
Size designa tion(tires) ...........................4 74
Sliding sunroof
Closing .................................................. 81
Closin gusin gth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 79
Ope ning <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 81
Opening withth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 79
Pr obl em <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 83
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 64
Ac ous ticlocking verificati onsignal ....... 65
Batt ery <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011>66
Energy consumption........... ...................65 Inde
x59
7
Modifying
............................................ 292
Mo ving ............ .................................... 293
Ov ervie w ......... ................................. ....2 91
Thr oug h-loadin gfe atur e
see Seat
Ti me
Manual timesettin g............................. 311
Se tting thetime anddateaut omati‐
call y..................................................... 311
Se tting thetime zone........................... 311
Se tting thetime/ datefo rm at ...............3 11
TIN (TireIde ntificat ion Numbe r)........... .472
Ti re and Loading Information placard... 467
Ti re charact eristics ................................. 474
Ti re inf lation com pressor
see TIREF ITkit
Ti re informa tion table .............................4 67
Ti re labeling .............................................4 71
Charact eristic s................................ .....4 74
DO T,Tire Identif ication Number (TIN) ..472
Load index..... ...................................... 474
Load-be aring capaci ty..... .....................4 74
Maximum tireload ........................... ....4 73 Maximum
tirepr essur e........................ 473
Ov ervie w .......................................... ....4 71
Spee dra ting ........... .............................474
Te mp eratur egr ade .............................. 471
Ti re Qua lityGradi ng .......... ................... 471
Ti re size designation ........................ ....4 74
Tr act ion grade ................................ ...... 471
Tr ead weargrade ............................ .....4 71
Ti re load (maximu m)...............................4 73
Ti re pres sur e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .461,462
Chec king(manuall y)...................... ...... 462
Chec king(tir epr essur emon itor ing
sy stem) .......................................... ..... 464
Maximum ............................................. 473
No tes .................................................. 460
Re star tin gth etir epr essur eloss
wa rning system .............................. ..... 466
Re star tin gth etir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system ...........................................4 65
Ti re pressur eloss warning system
(funct ion)............................................. 465
Ti re pressur emonit oring system
(funct ion)............................................. 463
Ti re pressur eta ble .......................... .....4 61
TIREFIT kit...........................................4 39 Ti
re pres sur elo ss wa rning system
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 465
Re star tin g............................................ 466
Ti re pres sur emoni tor............. ................465
Re star tin g............................................ 465
Ti re pres sur emoni toring system
Chec kingth etir epr essur e.................. 464
Chec kingthetir ete mp eratur e............ 464
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 463
Tir epr es sur eta ble <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ..........461
Tir eQual ityGradin g<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ........471
Ti re temp eratur e
Chec king(tir epr essur emon itor ing
sy stem) ............................................... 464
Ti re pressur emonit oring system
(funct ion)............................................. 463
Ti re tread <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ..458
Tir e-c hang eto ol kit
Ov ervie w .............................................4 82
TIREF ITkit ....... ......................................... 439
St or ag elocation ..................................4 39
Using ...................................................439 Inde
x60
1
Ti
re s
Chan ginghub caps .............................. 483
Charact eristic s................................ .....4 74
Chec king.............................................4 58
Che cking thetir epr essur e(man‐
uall y)................................................ ... 462
Chec kingthetir epr essur e(tir epr es‐
sur emonit oring system) ......................4 64
Def initio ns ............ ...............................476
DO T,Tire Identif ication Number (TIN) ..472
Fla ttir e <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>..............437
Ins talling .............................................. 486
Load index...........................................4 74
Load-be aring capaci ty..... .....................4 74
Maximum tireload ...............................4 73
Maximum tirepr essur e........................ 473
MOExt ended tires ................................ 438
No ise ...................................................4 58
No teson installing ...............................4 79
Ov ervie wof tirelabel ing ....... ...............471
Re mo ving ............................................ 486
Re placing .................................... 479, 48 3
Re star tin gth etir epr essur eloss
wa rning system ................................... 466
Re star tin gth etir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system ...........................................4 65 Ro
tating ........... ................................. ...481
Sel ecti on ........... ..................................479
Sno wch ains ........................................ 459
Spe edrating ........... .............................474
St or ing ............................................. ... 482
Te mp eratur egr ade .............................. 471
Ti re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d.. 467
Ti re pressur e(no tes) ........................ ... 460
Ti re pressur eloss warning system
(funct ion)............................................. 465
Ti re pressur emonit oring system
(funct ion)............................................. 463
Ti re pressur eta ble .......................... .....4 61
Ti re Qua lityGradi ng .......... ................... 471
Ti re size designation ........................ ....4 74
TIREFIT kit...........................................4 39
Tr act ion grade ................................ ...... 471
Tr ead weargrade ............................ .....4 71
Un usual handlingch aract eristic s........ 458
To ngue weight .........................................5 02
To ol
see Vehicle tool kit
To pTe ther .................................................. 57 To
tal dist ance ...........................................247
Dis play ing ............................................ 247
To uc hCon trol ...... .................................... 278
On-boar dcom puter ............................. 243
Oper ating ............................................ 278
Se tting acoustic ope rating feedbac k... 278
Se tting thesensit ivity.......................... 278
To uc hpad ..................................................280
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating haptic oper‐
atin gfe edbac k.....................................2 81
Oper ating ............................................ 280
Re adin gth ehandwr itingrecogni tion
al ou d <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011>281
Sele cting ast atio nand track...............2 81
Se tting acoustic ope rating feedbac k... 281
Se tting thesensit ivity.......................... 280
To uc hscr een(media display)
Ent ering charact ers .............................3 06
Oper ating ............................................279
Se tting acoustic ope rating feedbac k... 279
To w- aw ay alar m
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............87
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 86
To w- bar system .......................................2 40 602
Index