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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#
Thor oughly cleanoffa ny antifr eeze
fr om com ponent partsbef ores tarting
th ev ehicle. *
NO
TEDama gecau sed byinc orrect cool ‐
ant #
Onlyadd cool antthat has been pre‐
mix edwiththe requ ired ant ifreeze pro‐
te ction.
Inf ormati onon cool antisavailable atthef ol‐
lo wing locations:
R IntheM ercedes- BenzSpecif ication for
Oper ating Fluids 310.1
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R Ataq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop *
NO
TEOverhea ting athigh outsid etem‐
per atur es If
an inap propr iatec oolant isused, the
engine cooling system isno ts ufficie ntlyp ro‐ te
cted agains to verheating andcorrosion at
high outside temp eratur es. #
Alw aysu secoolant approvedby
Mer cedes-Ben z. #
Obser vethei nstruction sint he
Mer cedes-Ben zSpecif ications forO per‐
ating Fluids310.1. Ha
ve thec oolant regular lyreplaced ataq ualif ied
spec ialistworks hop.
The propor tionofcor rosion inhibit or/antifr eeze
concen trat ei nt he engine cooling system should
be:
R am inimum of50% (antifr eezeprotect ion
do wn toappr oximat ely- 35 °F(-37° C))
R am axim umof55% (antifreeze protect ion
do wn to-49 °F(-45 °C)) Co
olant capacity Se
dan Capacity
S4 504MA TIC 13.9 US qt
(1 3.2 lite rs)
S5 604MA TIC 15.0 US qt
(1 4.2 lite rs) Long
wheelba se
ve hicl es Capaci
ty
S4 50
S4 504MA TIC 13
.9 US qt
(1 3.2 lite rs)
All other models 15.0 US qt
(1 4.2 lite rs) Mer
cede s‑Maybac hC apacity
S6 50Mer cedes -May‐
bac h 16
.9 US qt
(1 6.0 lite rs)
S5 604MA TIC
Mercedes -Maybach 15
.0 US qt
(1 4.2 lite rs) Te
ch nica ldata 48
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