2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS ESP

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The datashown inthei mag eise xamp le
dat a.
The TINisau niq ue iden tificat ion num berto
ident ifytires and comprises thef ollo wing:
R DOT(Depar tment ofTranspo rtation ):tir e
symb olmar ks1 indic atingthat thet ire
com plies withthe requ iremen tsof theU S
Depar tmentofTrans por tatio n.
R Man ufac tur eride ntificat ion code: manu‐
fa ctur eridentif ication code 2cont ains
de tails ofthet irem anuf actur er.N ew tires
ha ve ac odew itht wo symbo ls.Retrea de d
tir es have ac odew ithf our symbols .Further
inf ormation onretrea de dt ires (/ page 467). R
Tire size: identif ier3 descr ibesthet ire
size.
R Tire type code: tiret ypec ode4 can be
us ed bythem anuf actur eras ac ode to
descr ibespecif icch aract eristic so fthe tire.
R Manuf acturingdate:manuf acturingdate
5 prov ides informatio nabout thea geofa
tir e. The 1sta nd 2nd position srepr esent the
cal enda rweek and the3 rdand 4thp osition s
st at et he year ofman ufact ure( e.g. "32 08"
re pr esent sthe 32nd week of2008 ). Inf
ormat iononthem axim um tirel oad %
The datashown inthei mag eise xamp le
dat a.
Max imum tirel oad 1isthem aximum permissi‐
ble weight forw hich thet irei sa ppr ove d.
Do noto verload thet ires by exceed ingthes peci‐
fi ed load limit. Themaximum permissible load
can befound onthev ehicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar donthe B-pillar onthed riv‐
er's side (/page454). Specif
ications form aximum tirep ress ure %
The data sho wninthei mag eise xamp le
dat a. Whee
lsand tires 46
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Un
ifor mT ireQ uality Grading Standar ds:a
unif orms tandar dtog rade theq ualit yoftires
wit hregardt ot read qualit y,tiret racti on and
te mp eratur echar acteristics. Thequalit ygradin g
asses smentismade bythem anuf actur erfollo w‐
ing spec ificat ions from theU .S.government. The
qu alit ygrade ofat irei simp rint ed on thes ide
wa llof thet ire.
Re comm endedtirep ressu re:th er ecom men‐
ded tirep ress urei st he tirep ressur especif ied
fo rt he tires mount edtothev ehicle atthef ac‐
to ry.
The tirea nd information table con tains ther ec‐
omm ended tirep ress ures forc old tires, them ax‐
imum permissible loadandthem aximum per‐
missible vehicle speed.
The tirep ressur etable contains ther ecom men‐
ded tirep ress ures forc old tires under various
oper ating condit ions,i.e.loading and/orspeed
of thev ehicle.
Incr eased vehicl eweight duetooptiona l
eq uip ment :th ec ombin edweight ofall standar d
and optio nal equipme ntavailable fort he vehicle, re
ga rdless ofwhe ther itis actually installed on
th ev ehicle ornot.
Rim: thep arto fthe wheel onwhic hthe tirei s
ins talled.
GA WR (Gross AxleW eight Ratin g):th eG AWR
is them aximum permissible axleload. The
actual loadonanaxle mustnever exc eed the
gr os sa xle weight rating .The gross axlew eight
ra ting canbefound onthev ehicle identification
plat eonthe B‑pillar onthed rive r's side.
Speed ratin g:thes peed rating ispa rtof thet ire
identif ication .Its pecif iesthes peed rang ef or
whic hatirei sa ppr ove d.
GV W( Gross Vehicl eW eight ):th eg ross vehicle
we ight comprises thew eight ofthev ehicle
including fuel,tools, thes par ew heel, accesso‐
ri es installed, occupant s,lugg agea nd thet railer
dr aw bar nose weight ,ifa pplicable. Thegros s
ve hicle weight mustnotexc eed theg ross vehicle
we ight rating GVWR asspecif iedonthev ehicle
identif ication plateonthe B‑pillar onthed rive r's
side.
GV WR (Gross Vehicl eW eight Ratin g):th e
GV WR isthem aximum permitt edgross weight of
thef ully laden vehicle (weight ofthev ehicle
including allaccessor ies,occupants, fuel,lug‐
ga ge and thet railer draw bar nose weight ifappli‐
cable). Thegros sv ehicle weight rating issp eci ‐
fi ed on thev ehicle identification plateonthe
B‑pi llar on thed rive r's side.
Maxim umweight ofthel ad en vehicl e:the
maximu mweight isthes um ofthec urb weight
of thev ehicle, thew eight ofthea ccesso ries, the
maximu mloada nd thew eight ofoption aleq uip‐
ment installed atthef act ory.
Kilop ascal(kP a): metric unit fort irep ressu re.
6.9 kPac orresponds to1p si.A nother unit for
tir ep ress urei sb ar.1 00 kilop ascal(kP a) equals
1b ar.
Lo ad inde x:inadd ition tothel oad-bear ing
inde x,thel oad indexmayalso beimprint ed on
th es ide wallof thet ire. This specif iesthel oad-
bear ingcapacity ofthet irem orep recisel y.
Cur bw eight :th ew eight ofav ehicle withstand‐
ar de quipme ntinc ludin gthe maximum capacity
of fuel, oiland coolant. Italso includes thea ir
con ditionin gsystema ndoption aleq uipment if Wheels
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Cha
nging awheel No
teso ns electing, installing andreplac ing
tir es Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Yo uc an ask fori nfor mation rega rding permitted
wheel/ tirec om binat ionsatan aut hor ized
Mer cede s-Ben zCent er. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oincor‐
re ct dimensi onsofwhe elsa nd tires
If whe elsa nd tires ofthew rong size are
ins talled, thew heel brak es orwheel suspen‐
sion componen tsma ybed amag ed. #
Alw aysr eplace wheels andtires wit h
th ose that fulf illthes pecif ication sof
th eo riginal part.
When replacing wheels, makesuret of itth e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on R
Mod el
Whe nreplacing tires, mak esuret oinstallth e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Manuf actu rer
R Model &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed‐
ing thes pecif iedtirel oad rating orthe
per missible speedrating
Ex cee ding thes pecif iedtirel oad rating or
th ep ermissible speedrating maylea dt ot ire
da ma geand tothet ires bur sting. #
Ther efor e, onl yusetiret ypes andsizes
appr ovedfor your vehicle model. #
Obser vethet irel oad rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired fory our vehicle. *
NO
TEVehicle andtired amag ethrough
tir et ypes and sizes that have notb een
ap prove d Fo
rs afet yr easons, onlyusetires, wheel s
and accessories whic hhave been speciall y
appr ovedbyM ercedes-Ben zfor your vehicle.
These tires ares pecially adaptedt ot he con‐
tr ol systems, suchasA BS,ESP ®
and
4MA TIC,andmarkeda sfollo ws:
R MO =Mercedes-Ben zOriginal
R MOE =Mercedes-Ben zOriginal Extended
(r un-f lattireo nlyf or cer tain wheels)
R MO1 =Mercedes -Benz Original (onlycer‐
ta in AMG tires)
Cer tain charact eristic s,suc hashandlin g,
ve hicle noise emissions, consumption, etc.
ma yother wise beadv ersely affect ed. Fur‐
th er mor e,other tires izes could result inthe
tir es rubbing agains tthe body andaxle com‐
ponents whenloaded. Thiscould result in
damag etot he tireo rthe vehicle. Wheels
andtires 46
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Onl
yusetires, wheels andaccessor iesthat
ha ve been checkeda nd recomme ndedby
Mer cedes-Ben z. *
NO
TERisk todriving safetyf romr etre a‐
de dt ires Re
trea de dt ires aren eith er tested nor recom‐
mend edbyMer cedes-Ben z,since prev ious
damag ecanno ta lway sb ed etect edon
re trea de dt ires .
Fo rthis reason drivin gsafet yc anno tb eg uar ‐
ant eed. #
Donotu se used tire si fy ou have no
inf orma tiona bout their prev ious usage. *
NO
TEPossible damag etow heels ortires
when drivin govero bstacle s Larg
ewheelsh ave alow ertires ection width.
The lowe rthe tires ect ion widt h,theg reater
is ther isk ofdama getowheels ortires when
dr ivin govero bstacle s. #
Avoid obstacle so rdrive particular ly
car efu lly. *
NO
TEDama getoelectr oniccomponen t
par tsfrom theu seoftire-moun tingtools Ve
hicl eswith atirep ress urem onit oring
sy stem: Electronic component partsare
locat edinthew heel. Tire -mou nting tools
should notb eu sed inthea reao fthe valve.
This could other wise damag ethe electr onic
com ponent parts. #
Have thet ires chang edataq ualif ied
spec ialistworks hop only. *
NO
TEDama getosummer tires atlow
ambient temp eratur es At
lowa mbien ttem per atur es,tear sc oul d
fo rm when drivin gw iths umm ertires, caus‐
ing perman entdamag etot he tires. #
Attemp eratur esbelo w45°F(7° C),
use M+S tires . Ac
cess oryp arts that aren otappr ovedfor your
ve hicle byMer cedes-Ben zorare notb eing used
cor rectl yc an impairth eo per ating safety.
Bef orep urch asing andusing non-appr oved
acc esso ries, visit aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop
and inquirea bout :
R Suit ability
R Leg alstipulation s
R Factor yr ecom mendatio ns &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent with high
per form anc etires
The spec ialtiret read incom binatio nwitht he
op timized tirec om pound means that ther isk
of skid ding orhydroplaning onwetroads is
incr eased .
In addi tion ,the tireg ripi sg reatl yr educed at
al ow outside temp eratur eand tirer unn ing
te mp eratur e. #
Switc honthe ESP ®
and adap tyour
dr iving stylea ccor dingly. #
Use M+S tirea toutside temp eratur es
of less than 10 °C (50 °F). 468
Wheels andtires

Emer
gency spar ewheel No
teso nthe eme rgency sparewheel &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
inc orrect whe eland tired imensi ons
The wheelor tires ize and thet iret ype ofthe
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel and
th ew heel tobe replaced maydiffe r. Mount‐
ing anemer gency sparewheel/ sparewheel
ma yseve rely im pa irth ed riving charact eris‐
tic s.
To preve nthazardous situa tions: #
Adapty our driving stylea ccor dinglyand
dr ivec arefull y. #
Neverm ount morethan one emer gency
spa rewheel orspar ewheel that dif fers
in size . #
Onlyusean emer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofad iffe re nt size briefly. #
Donots witcho ffESP ®
. #
>Ha vethee mer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofad iffe re nt size replaced
at then ear estq ualif iedspec ialistwork‐ shop.
Theneww heel musthave the
cor rect dimensi ons. Ch
eckt he tirep ressur eofthe emer gency spare
wheel installed. Correct thep ressur easneces ‐
sar y.
The maximum permissible speedwitha ne mer‐
ge ncy sparewheel installed is50 mph
(80 km/ h).
Do notins tallth ee mer gency sparewheel with
sn ow chains .
Re place thee mer gency sparewheel afte rs ix
ye arsa tthe latest,re ga rdless ofwe ar.
% Ve
hicl eswith atirep ress urem onit oring
sy stem: Ifan emer gency sparewheel is
ins talled thet irep ressur emonit oring system
cann otfunction reliabl y.Fo raf ewmin utes
af te ra ne mer gency sparewheel isins talled,
th es ystemm aystill displa ythe tirep ressur e
of ther emo vedw heel. Onlyrestart thes ys‐
te ma gain when thee mer gency sparewheel
has been replaced withan ewwheel. Be
suretoa lso obse rvet he follo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteso ntirep ressur e(/pag e448)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page454)
R Tire pressur etable (/page449) Whe
elsand tires 47
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Oper
ating fluids No
teso no per ating fluids Mer
cedes- AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom oper ating
fl uids harmfulto your healt h
Oper atingfluids maybep oisonous and harm‐
ful toyour healt h. #
Obs erve thet exto nthe original con‐
ta iner swhen using, stor ing ordisposing
of oper ating fluids. #
Alw ayss tore oper ating fluids seale din
th eir original container s. #
Alw aysk eep childr enaway from oper at‐
ing fluids. &
WARNIN GRisk offire or explosion from
fuel
Fu els areh ighly flammab le. #
Fire,open flames ,smo kinga nd creat ion
of spar ksmus tbea voided. #
Swit chofft he ignition and,ifav ailable,
th es tatio nar yheat er,b efor ea nd while
re fuel ingthev ehicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arep oisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donots wa llowf uel orleti tc om einto
co ntact withs kin, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enaway from fuel. #
Keep door sand windo wsclos edduring
th er efueling proces s.
If yo uo rother people comeintoc ont act with
fuel, obser vethef ollo wing: #
Immediat elyr ins efueloffyo ur skin wit h
soap andwater. #
Iffuel comes intoc ont act withyour
ey es, immediat elyr ins ethem thor‐ oughl
ywithc lean water.Seek medical
att entio nimm ediately . #
Ifyo us wallowf uel, seek medicalatten‐
tio nimm ediat ely. Do notind uce vomit‐
ing. #
Cha ngeimmedi ately out ofclo thing that
has com eintoc ontact with fuel . +
ENVIR
ONMENT ALNOTEEnvironme ntal
po lluti on cau sed byenvironmen tallyi rre‐
sponsibl edisposa l #
Dispose ofoper ating fluids inan envi‐
ro nment ally responsible manner. Oper
ating fluids include thef ollo wing:
R Fuels
R Lubricant s
R Coolant
R Brak ef luid
R Windsh ield wa sher fluid
R Climat econtrol system refrig er ant 482
Tech nica ldata

Cap
acity Seda
nC apacity
S4 504MA TIC 6.9USqt(6.5 liter s)
S5 604MA TIC 9.5USqt(9.0 liter s) Lo
ng whe elbase
ve hicl es Capaci
ty
S4 50
S4 504MA TIC 6.9
USqt(6.5 liter s)
All other models 9.5USqt(9.0 liter s) Mer
cedes‑Ma ybachC apacity
S6 50Mer cedes -May‐
bac h 11
.1 US qt
(1 0.5 liter s)
S5 604MA TIC
Mer cedes-Ma ybach 9.5
USqt(9.0 liter s) No
teso nb rake fluid Obser
vethen otes on oper ating fluids
(/ page482). &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent duet o
va por pockets form ing intheb rake sys‐
te m
The brak ef luid cons tantly absor bsmoi stur e
fr om thea ir.T his lowe rstheb oiling pointof
th eb rake fluid. Ifth eb oiling pointistool ow ,
va por pockets ma yformi nthe brak es ystem
when theb rake sa reapplied hard.
This causes theb raking effect to be
im pair ed. #
Have theb rake fluid rene we da tthe
specif iedinterva ls. Ha
ve theb rake fluid regular lyreplaced ata
qu alif ied spec ialistworks hop.
Onl yusebrak ef luid appr ovedbyM ercedes-Ben z
accor dingtoMB-F reigabe orMB- Appr oval 33 1.0. Yo
uc an obt ain further information onbrak ef luid
in thef ollo wing places :
R IntheM ercedes- BenzSpecif ication sfor
Oper ating Fluids
- Athttps: //bevo.mercedes-b enz.com
- IntheM ercedes- BenzBeVoapp
R Ataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop Cool
ant No
teso nc oolant
Obser vethen otes on oper ating fluids
(/ page482). &
WARNIN G‑R isko ffirea nd injuryf rom
ant ifreez e
If ant ifreez ecom esintoc ontact with hot
com ponent partsinthee ngine compart‐
ment ,itm ayignit e. #
Allo wthe engine tocool down before
ad ding anti freeze . #
Makesur ethat noantifr eezespillsout
ne xt to thef iller open ing. 486
Tech nica ldata

Occupant
safety Disp
laym essag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
0075 SRS Malfunct ionServic e
Required *T
herestra int system ismalfunct ioning(/page34). &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nctions inther estra int system
If th er estraint system ismalfunct ioning,restra int system com ponen tsma ybetrigg ered unint entionally orma y
no td eplo yasintended during anacciden t.This mayaffect theE mer gency Tensi oni ng Device sorairba gs, for
ex am ple. #
Have ther estra int system checkeda nd repair edimmediat elyataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Re
cogni tionofar estra int system malfunct ion:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam pdoes notlight upwhen thei gnition isswitc hedon.
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam plight supc ontin uousl yorrepeat edlyduring ajour ney. #
Con sult aqualif iedspec ialistworks hop immediat ely.
0075
Front LeftMalfuncti on
Servi ceRequire d(exa mp le) *T
hecor responding restra int system ismalfunct ioning(/page34). &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nctions inther estra int system
If th er estraint system ismalfunct ioning,restra int system com ponen tsma ybetrigg ered unint entionally orma y
no td eplo yasintended during anacciden t.This mayaffect theE mer gency Tensi oni ng Device sorairba gs, for
ex am ple. #
Have ther estra int system checkeda nd repair edimmediat elyataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 493