Obser
vethef ollo wing when selecting, installing
and replacing tires:
R Onlyusetires and wheels ofthes ame type
(summer tires, wint ertires, MOEx tende d
tir es) and thes ame make.
R Onlyins tal lw heels ofthes ame sizeonone
axle (leftand right).
It is onl ypermissible toins tallad iffe re nt
wh eelsizei nt he eve ntofaflat tirei no rder
to drivet ot he specialis tworks hop.
R Onlyins talltir es ofthec orrect size ontothe
whee ls.
R Vehicl eswith atirep ress urem onit oring
sy stem: Allinstalled wheels mustbee quip‐
ped withfunc tion ingsensorsfor thet ire
pr essur emonit oring system.
R Attemp eratur esbelo w45°F(7° C), use win‐
te rt ires orall-seaso ntirem arke dM +Sfora ll
whee ls.
Wi nter tires bearing the004D snowflak es ym‐
bol inaddition totheM +Smar king prov ide
th eb estp ossible grip inwintr yroad condi‐
tions. R
ForM +Stires, only usetires wit hthe same
tr ead.
R Obser vethem aximum permissible speedfor
th eM +Stires installed.
If th is isbelo wthe vehicle's maximum speed,
th is mus tbeindic ated byan appr opriate
label inthed rive r's field ofvision.
R Break inne wt ires atmoder ates peeds for
th ef irst 60 miles( 10 0k m).
R Replace thet ires afte rs ixyearsa tthe latest,
re ga rdless ofwe ar.
R Wh enreplac ingwith tires that donotfea‐
tu re run-flat charact eristics :ve hicles with
MOExt ended tires aren otequipped witha
TIREFIT kitatthef act ory. Eq uipt he vehicle
wit haT IREFIT kitafte rr eplacing withtires
th at do notfeatur erun- flat charact eristic s,
e.g .winter tires.
Fo rm orei nfor mation onwhee lsand tires, con‐
tac taq ualifiedspec ialistworks hop.
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 size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(/ pag e462)
R Tire pressur etable (/page449)
R Noteso nthe emer gency sparewheel
(/ page477) No
teso nrotating whee ls &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh differ‐
ent whee lsizes
Int erch ang ingthef ront and rear wheels ifth e
wheels ortires have differe nt dimens ions
ma yseve rely im pa irth ed riving charact eris‐
tic s.
The wheel brak es orwheel suspension com ‐
pon entsm ayalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyifth e
wheels andtires areo fthe same dimen‐
sions. Wheels
andtires 469
