2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS weight

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(1): Locatet he stat emen t"The com bined
we ight ofocc upant sand car goshould never
exc eed XXX kgorXXX lbs." onyour vehicle's
placar d. #
(2): Determ ine thec ombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng erst hat will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): Subtr actthec ombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersf romX XXkgor
XXX lbs. #
(4): The resulting figur eequals thea vailable
amoun tofcargo and luggagel oad capac ity.
Fo re xamp le,ifth e" XXX" amount equals
14 00 lbs. and ther ew illbe five 150lbp as‐
seng ersi ny our vehicle, thea mount ofavaila‐
ble cargoand luggagel oad capac ityis
65 0lbs. (140 0-7 50(5x1 50) =650lbs.) #
(5):De term ine thec ombin edweight oflug‐
ga ge and cargobein gloaded onthev ehicle.
The weight maynotsaf elye xceed thea vaila‐
ble cargoand luggagel oad capac itycalc ula‐
te di nS tep4 . #
(6): Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,
load from your trailer willbetrans ferred to yo
ur vehicle. Consult this manual todeter‐
mine howt his reduces thea vailable cargo
and luggagel oad capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notallve hicles arep ermitt edtotowa
trailer .Tow ing atrailer isonl ypermit tedi fa
tra iler -hit chisins talled. Please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz dealer ifyo uh ave
an yq ues tion sabout towing atrailer with
yo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uh avec alcul ated thet otal load care‐
full y,yo us hould still mak esuret hat them axi‐
mum permissible gross weight andthem axi‐
mum gross axle weight rating ofyour vehicle are
no te xceeded. Details can befound onthev ehi‐
cle identif ication plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –including driver ,
occupants andload –weighed onavehicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues maynotexc eed the
maximu mpermissi blevalues stat ed on the
ve hicle identif ication plate. Fu
rther relat ed subje cts:
R Calculation exam ple ford eter minin gthe max‐
imum load(/page456)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page454)
R Tire pressur etable (/page449)
R Vehicle identif ication plate Calculation
exam ple ford eter mi ning the
ma ximum load The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowt o
cal cul atet otal and load capac ities wit hvarying
seatin gconfigur ations anddiffere nt num bers
and sizes ofocc upant s.The follo wing exam ples
use amaximum loadof1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is fori llus tratio npurpos esonly.Mak esure
yo ua reusin gthe actual loadlimit fory our vehi‐
cle stat ed on your vehicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar d(/pag e454).
The high erthew eight ofall theo ccupant s,the
smaller them aximum loadforl ug gage . 456
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p1 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Combine dmaxim umweight ofocc upant sand
load (datafromt heTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar d) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)1 500lbs(680 kg) Ste
p2 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Nu mb erofpeople inthev ehicle (driver and
occupants) 51
Dis trib uti on oftheo ccupant sF ront:2
Re ar:3 Fr
ont :1
We ight ofocc upant sO ccupant1:150lbs (68 kg)
Occupant 2:180lbs (82 kg)
Occupant 3:160lbs (73k g)
Occupant 4:140lbs (63 kg)
Occupant 5:120lbs (54k g) Occupant
1:200 lbs(91k g)
To talw eight ofall occupant s7 50lbs (340 kg)2 00lbs (91k g) Wheels
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p3 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Pe rm issible load(maxim umgros sv ehicle weight
ra ting from theT irea nd Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar dminus theg ross we ight ofall occ upant s)15
00 lbs (680 kg)00F8 75 0lbs (340 kg)=7 50lbs
(340 kg) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)00F8 200 lbs(91k g)=1 300 lbs
(589 kg) 458
Wheels andtires

%
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
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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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th
ese arei nstalled onthev ehicle, butdoes not
include passeng erso rlugg age.
Maximum tirel oad: them aximum tirel oad is
th em aximum permissible weight inkilog rams or
lbs forw hich atirei sa ppr ove d.
Maxim umpermissible tirep ressur e:maxi‐
mum permissible tirep ressur efor one tire.
Maxim umload onone tire: maxim umloado n
one tire. This iscalcu lated bydividing them axi‐
mum axleload ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persquar einc h):st andar dunit of
meas uremen tfor tirep ressu re.
Aspe ctratio :ra tio betwee nt ire height and tire
wi dthi np ercent.
Tir ep ress ure: press urei nsi de thet irea ppl ying
an outw ardf orce toeve rysquar einc ho fthe tire.
The tirep ressur eiss pecif iedinpounds per
sq uar einc h( psi), inkilopascals (kPa)or inbar .
The tirep ressur eshould onlybec orrected whe n
th et ires arec old.
Cold tirep ressur e:thet ires arec old when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedf or atleas t3h ours wit
hout direct sunli ghtonthet ires orthev ehicle
has been driven forl ess than 1m ile(1.6 km ).
Ti re contact surface: thep arto fthe tiret hat
comes intoc ontact with ther oad.
Ti re bead: thep urpose ofthet ireb ead isto
ensur ethat thet ires its secur elyo nthe wheel
ri m. Ther eareseveralw irec ores inthet ireb ead
to preve ntthet iref romc hanging lengthonthe
whee lrim.
Sid ew all: thep arto fthe tireb etwe en thet read
and thet ireb ead.
We ight ofoptiona lequ ipm ent:th ec ombin ed
we ight oftheo ption aleq uipment weighin gmore
th an ther eplaced standar dparts and morethan
5l bs (2.3k g).T his optional equipment, suchas
high-per form anc ebrake s,leve lc on trol system, a
ro of lugg ager acko rhigh-per form anc ebatteries,
is no tincluded inthec urb weight andthew eight
of thea ccessor ies.
TIN (TireI dentif ication Numbe r):au niqu e
ident ificat ion numb erwhic hcan be used bya
tir em anufactu rert oi dent ifytires, fore xamp le,
in ap roduc trecall, andthus iden tifyt he pur‐
ch aser s.The TINismade upofthem anuf actur‐ er's
identit ycode, tires ize, tiret ype code and
th em anuf actur ingdate.
Load-bear inginde x:thel oad-bear inginde xisa
code that con tains them aximum load-bear ing
capacity ofat ire.
Tr actio n:traction istheg ripr esulting from fric‐
tion between thet ires and ther oad surface.
We arindi cator:nar row bars(tread wearbar s)
th at ared istribut edove rthe tirec ontact surface.
If th et iret read isleve lw itht he bar s,thew ear
limit of1/1 6in( 1.6m m)has been reac hed.
Dis tribut ionofvehicl eoccupants: distribu tion
of vehicle occupants over designat edseat posi‐
tion sinav ehicle.
Maximum permissible payload weight :nom i‐
nal load andluggagel oad plus 150lb( 68 kg)
multip liedb ythe number ofseats inthev ehicle. 466
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The
follo wing canbeused inthev ehicle without
re strictions :
R RFtransm ittersw itham aximum trans mis‐
sion output ofup to100m W
R RFtransmi tter sw itht ransmi tter freq uenci es
in the3 80 -410 MHz freq uency bandanda
maximu mtransmi ssionoutpu tofupt o2 W
(tr unk edradio system/T etra )
R mobil ephones (2G/3G /4G)
Ther eareno restrictions whenpositioning the
ant enn aonthe outside ofthev ehicle fors ome
wav ebands.
This applies tothef ollo wing wavebands:
R trunk edradio system/T etra
R 70cm freq uency band
R 2G/3G /4G Ve
hicl eiden tificati onplat e,VIN and engine
number overview
Ve hicl eiden tificati onplat e Ve
hicle identif ication plate(US Ao nly)
1 Maximum permissible gross vehicle weight
2 Maxim umpermissible front axle load
3 Maxim umpermissible rear axle load
4 Paint code
5 VIN (vehicle identificat ion numb er) 480
Tech nica ldata

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hicle identif ication plate(Canada only)
1 Maximum permissible gross vehicle weight
2 Maxim umpermissib lefront axle load
3 Maxim umpermissib lerear axle load
4 Paint code
5 VIN (vehicle identificat ion numb er)
The permissib legross vehicle weight ismade up
of thev ehicle weight ,allve hicle occupants, the
fuel andthel oad. Themaximum gross axle
we ight rating isthem aximum weight that can be
car ried on one axle (front orrear axle ). Ne
vere xceed thep ermissible gross vehicle
we ight orthem aximum gross axle weight rating
fo rt he front orrear axle .
VIN infront ofthef ront seat 1
VIN (vehic leiden tificat ion num ber) Ad
diti onalplat es 1
Platewit hinfor mat ionabout emissionstest‐
ing, including confirm atio nofemis sion s
guideli nesattheU .S.feder alleve la sw ellas
fo rC alifor nia
2 VIN (vehicl eidentif icationnumber)
3 Engine number (sta mp edintot he crankcase) Te
ch nica ldata 48
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