2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS tire size

on
them aximum sizesetting, e.g. due to
possible contact with ther oof.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tnotbe ten‐
si oned betwee nt he roof and thes eat cush‐
ion and/or beinstalled facing thew rong
dir ect ion.
0073 The
child restra int system mus tnotbe put
under stra in by theh ead restra int s.Ad jus t
th eh ead restra int sa ccording ly.
0073 Ne
verp lace objects underorbehi ndthe
ch ild restra int system, e.g.cushions .
The seat beltonthef ront passeng erside is
eq uipped withas pecial seatbeltretract or.
Wh enena bled ,the special seatbeltretract or
fu nctio nensures that thes eat belt does not
slac keno nce thec hild restra int system is
secur ed(/ page55). #
Setthe front passeng erseat asfarb acka s
possi bleand movethes eat intot he highes t
position ifpossible. #
Fullyr etra ct thes eat cushion lengthadjus t‐
ment . #
Adjus tthe seat cushion inclination sothat
th ef ront edg eofthe seat cushion isin the
highes tposition andther ear edgeofthe
seat cushion isin thel owe stposition . #
Setthe seat backres ttot he mos tvertical
position possible. #
Installth ec hild restra int system.
The entireb ase ofthec hild restra int system
mus talway sr esto nthe sitting surface ofthe
fr ont passeng ersea t. #
Alw aysm akes uret hat thes houlder belt
st ra pi sc orrectly routed from thes eat belt
outle tofthe vehicle tothes houlder belt
guide onthec hild restra int system.
The shoulder beltstra pm ustb erout edfor‐
wa rdsa nd down wardsf romt heseat beltout‐
le t. #
Ifnecessar y,adjus tthe seat beltoutle tand
th ef ront passeng erseat accor dingly. Child
safetyl oc ks Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe child safetyl oc k
fo rt he rear door s &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftu nat tende dint he
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarel eftu nat tende dint he vehicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoors,t her ebye ndang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getoutand bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, fore xamp le.
In addit ion,the childr encould alsosetthe
ve hicle inmo tion, fore xamp leby:
R Releasing thep arking brak e.
R Changing thet ransmiss ionposition .
R Startin gt he vehicle. Occupant
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Emer
gency Re
mo ving the safetyv est The
safetyv ests arel ocat edinstow ages pac es
in thef ront door . #
Take thes afet yv estb ag out ofstow age
spac e1. #
Open thes afet yv estb ag and pulloutthe
saf etyv est.
% Safetyv ests can also bestor ed inther ear
door stow ages pac es. 1
Max imum numberofwa shes
2 Maximum wash temp eratur e
3 Donotb leac h
4 Donotiro n
5 Donottumble dry
6 Donotd ryclean
7 This isac lass 2vest
The requ iremen tsdef ined bythel eg alstandar d
ar eo nly fulfille di nt he follo wing cases :
R Ifth es afet yv estist he cor rect size
R The safetyv estisf ullyc losed whilstbeing
wo rn Re
place thes afet yv estint he follo wing cases :
R The reflect ives trip sa redamag edordir ton
th er eflectiv estrip sc an no long erbe
re mo ved
R The maximum numberofwa shes isexceed ed
R The fluor esc ence has faded Flat
tire No
teso nflat tires &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oaf lat
tir e
Af lat tires eve rely affects thed riving charac‐
te rist ics aswellas thes teer ing and braking
of thev ehicle.
Ti re sw ithout run-f lat charact eristics : #
Donotd rive on withaf lattire. #
Chang ethe flat tirei mm ediat elyw itha n
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel.
Alt ernat ivel y, consu ltaq ualif iedspe‐
cialis tworks hop. Br
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Fu
rther relat ed subje cts:
R Noteso ntirep ressur e(/pag e448)
R Tire pressur etable (/page449)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page454) Ti
re pres sur em onitoring system Fu
nction ofthet irep ressur emonitoring sys‐
te m &
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinc or‐
re ct tirep ress ure
Eac htire, incl uding thes par etire( ifpr esent ),
should becheckeda tleas tonceam onth
when coldandthen inflated tothep ressur e
re comme ndedbythev ehicle manufacturer
(see theT irea nd Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplac‐
ar do nthe driver's side B‑pillar orthet ire
pr essur etableon thei nside ofthef uel filler
fl ap ofyour vehicle). Ifyo ur vehicle hastires
of ad iffe re nt size than thes ize indicat edon
th eT irea nd Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dor th
et irep ressur etable, youm ustfind out the
cor rect tirep ress ures fort hese tires.
As anadded safetyf eatur e,your vehicle has
been equipped withat irep ressur emonit or‐
ing system (TPMS) that illumin ates alow tire
pr essur eind icat orlam pwhen oneo rm oreo f
yo ur tires ares ign ifican tlyu nderinf lated.
Ac cor ding ly,i ft he lowt irep ressur eindicat or
lam plights up,yous hould stop and check
yo ur tires assoo nasposs ible, andinflate
th em tothec orrect press ure. Driving on a
sig nifica ntly underinf late dt irec auses thet ire
to ove rheat and canlead totiref ailur e.
Und erinf lation alsoincreases fuelconsum p‐
tion ,reduces thel ifee xpe ctan cy ofthet ire
and mayadversely affect theh andling and
br aking charact eristic so fthe vehicle. Please
no te that theT PMS isno tas ubstitutef or
pr oper tirem aint enanc e,and itis thed rive r's
re sponsibili tyto maint aincorrect tirep res‐
su re,e veni fu nder inflation hasnotreac hed
th el eve ltot rigg er illum inati on oftheT PMS
lo wt irep ressur eindicat orlam p. Yo
ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atew hen
th es ystemi snotoper ating proper ly.T he
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith
th el ow tirep ressur eindicat orlam p.When
th es ystemd etects amalfuncti on,thei ndica‐
to rlamp willflash fora pproxima tely am inut e
and then remain continuously illumina ted.
This sequence willcontinue upon subseq uent
ve hicle star t-ups aslon gasthe malfunction
ex ists.
When them alfunct ionindicat orisillumina‐
te d, thes ystemm aynotb ea ble todetect or
sig nal lowt irep ress urea sintende d.TPM S
mal functi onsmayoccu rfor av ariety of rea‐
son s,inc ludin gthe installation ofinc om pati‐
ble replacemen toralter nat etires orwheels
on thev ehicle that prev ent theT PMS from
func tioningproper ly.
Alw aysc hec kthe TPMS malfunction warning
lam pafter replacing oneormor etires or
wheels onyour vehicle toensur ethat the
re placemen toralter nat etires and wheels Wheels
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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
Wheels andtires

Ti
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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%
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
Wheels andtires

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
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