2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Owner's Manual

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Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d %
The datashown inthei llus tration isexam ple
dat a.
The Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dshows :
R Maximum numberofseats 2accor dingto
th em aximum numberofpeople permitt edto
tr ave lint he vehicle.
R Maximum permissible load3com prises the
gr os sw eight ofall vehicle occupants, load
and luggage. R
Recomme ndedtirep ress ures 1 forc old
tir es. The recomme ndedtirep ress ures are
va lid fort he maximum permissible loadand
up tothem aximum permissible vehicle
speed.
Please alsonote:
R Information onper missib lewe ight sand loads
on thev ehicle identification plate
(/ page480).
R Information ontirep ressur eint he tirep res‐
sur etable (/page449) .
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Determ inin gthe maximum permissible load
(/ page455)
R Noteso ntirep ressur e(/pag e448). Ste
psforD eter mi ning Correct Load Limit The
follo wing steps have been developed as
re qu ired ofall manuf acturersu nder Title 49,
Co de ofU.S. Feder alRe gulations, Part57 5, pur‐
sua nttothe" Na tional Traf fica nd Mo torV ehicle
Saf etyA ctof 1966". Whee
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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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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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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
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re labeling Ov
ervie wo ftirel abeling 1
Uniform Tire Qua lityGradi ng Standar d
(/ page459)
2 DOT,Tire Identif ication Number
(/ page460)
3 Maximu mtirel oa d( /pag e461)
4 Maximu mtirep ressu re(/ pag e461) 5
Manuf acturer
6 Char acteristics ofthet ire( /pag e462)
7 Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(/ pag e462)
8 Tire nam e
% The data sho wninthei mag eise xamp le
dat a. Ti
re Quality Grading In
accor dance withthe US Depar tment ofTrans ‐
por tatio n's "Uni form Tire Qua lityGradi ng Stand‐
ar ds", tirem anufact urersa rerequ ired tograde
th eir tires on theb asis ofthef ollo wing thre ep er‐
fo rm anc efact ors: 1
Tread weargrade
2 Tract ion grade
3 Temp eratur egrade
% The datashown inthei llus tration isexam ple
dat a.
% The classificat ion isno tleg allys tipulat ed for
Canad a,but itis ge ner ally stat ed.
Tr ead weargrade
The tread weargrade isac om par ativ erating
bas edon thew ear rate ofthet irew hen tested
under controlled conditions onaspecif iedtest
tr ac ko fthe US Depar tment ofTrans portatio n.
Fo re xamp le,atireg raded 150w ould wearone Whee
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and
one-h alftim esaswellon theg ove rnment
te st trac ka sat ireg rade d1 00.
The relativ eperform anc eoftires depen dsupon
th ea ctual conditions oftheir use, howe ver,and
ma ydepar tsign ifican tlyf romt henor md ueto
va riatio nsindrivin ghabit s,ser vicep ractice sand
dif fere nces inroad charact eristic sa nd clim ate
con dition s.
Tr actio ngrade &
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinade‐
qu atet raction
The tract ion grade assig nedtothis tirei s
based onstra ight -ahead brakin gtraction
te sts, and does notinclude either acceler a‐
tion, corner ing, hydroplaning orpeak traction
ch aract eristic s. #
Alw aysa dap tyour driving stylea nd
dr ivea tas peed tosuit thep reva ilin g
traf fica nd weather condition s. *
NO
TEDama getothed rive trai nf rom
wheelspin #
Avoid wheelspin. The
traction classes, from highes ttol owe st,a re
AA ,A,Ba ndC.Tho segrad es repr esent thet ire's
ability tostop onwetpave ment asmeasu red
unde rcontrol ledc ondition sonspec ified govern‐
ment test sur faces ofasp haltand concr ete. A
tir em arke dCm ayhave poor traction perform ‐
anc e.
Te mp eratur eg rade &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from tire
ove rheating andtiref ailur e
The temp eratur egrade fort his tirei se stab‐
lishe dfor atiret hat isproper lyinf lated and
no to verloaded. Excessiv espeed, underinfla‐
tion, orexc essiv eloading, either separ ately
or incombin ation,cancause excessiv eheat
build-up andpossible tiref ailur e. #
Obser vether ecom mende dtirep res‐
su resa nd regular lych eckt he tirep res‐ sur
eofalltir es including thes par e
wheel. #
Adjus tthe tirep ressur easneces sary. The
temp eratur egrades areA( theh ighes t),B
and C.The yrepr esent thet ire's resis tance tothe
ge ner ation ofhea tand itsability todissipat e
heat when tested under controlled conditions on
as pecif iedindoor laborator yt estw heel. Sus‐
ta ined hightemp eratur ecan cause them ater ial
of thet iret od egener atea nd reduce tirel ife, and
exc essiv etem per atur ecan lead tosudden tire
fa ilur e.Grade Ccorresponds toaleve lofp er‐
fo rm anc ewhicha llpasse nger car tires mus t
mee tunde rthe Feder alMo torS afet yS tandar d
No. 109. Grade sBa ndArepr esent higher leve ls
of per form anc eonthe labor ator yt estw heel
th an them inimum requ ired bylaw. DO
T,Tire Iden tificat ionNumbe r(TIN) US
tirer egulations stipulat ethat everytire man‐
uf actu rero rretre ad er mu stimprint aTINinor
on thes ide wallof eac htirep roduced. 460
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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
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Ne
vere xceed maximum tirep ressur e1 speci‐
fi ed fort he tire. Inf
ormat ionontirec har acteristics %
The datashown inthei mag eise xamp le
dat a.
This informat iondesc ribes thet ype oftirec ord
and then umber oflaye rs inside wall1 and
under tiret read 2. Ti
re size designation, load-bearingcapacity ,
speed ratin ga nd load inde x &
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. 1
Preceding letter
2 Nominal tirew idthinm illime ters
3 Aspe ctratio in%
4 Tire code
5 Rimd iame ter
6 Load-be aring inde x
7 Speed rating
8 Loadind ex
% The datashown inthei mag eise xamp le
dat a.
In fo rm atio nabout readin gtired atac an be
obt aine dfroma nyqualif ied spec ialistworks hop. 462
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