Treadw
earindic ators
Na rro wba rs (tre adwearbars) thatar edistri b-
ute dove rthe tire trea d.Ifthe tire trea dis level
wi th the bars, the wearlimit of00CD in(1.6 mm)
ha sbe en rea che d.
Oc cupant distrib utio n
The distri butio nof occu pants inaveh icleat
thei rde signa ted seating positio ns.
Total load limit
Nom inallo ad and lugga geload plus 68 kg
(150 lbs) mu ltiplied by the num berof sea tsin
the vehicle. Ch
ang ingawh eel Fl
at tire
The "Breakdo wnassista nce" section
(Y page 281 )conta insinfo rma tionand note s
on how todealwith afla ttire .Info rma tionon
dri ving with MOExte ndedtire sin the eventofa
fla ttire can befou ndund er"M OExtend edtire s
(ti res with run-fla tcha racteri stics"
(Y page 281) . Rotati
ngthe wheels G
WA
RNING
Ro tati ngthe fron tand rearwh eelsifthe
wh eelsor tire sha ve diffe rent dimens ions
ma ysev erelyimp airthe driving characteri s-
tics .The servicebra keorwh eelsu spe nsion
comp onents mayal so be dama ged. The reis
a ris kof an acci dent.
Ro tate front andrearwh eelsonl yif the
wh eelsand tiresar eof the same dimen-
si ons.
! On
veh icles equipp ed with atire pressu re
moni tor,electro niccomp onents arelocate d
in the wheel.
Ti re-m ounting toolssho uld not beused nea r
the valve .Thi scou ldda ma gethe electro nic
comp onents.
Onl yha ve tire scha nge dat aqu alifi ed spe -
cia list wo rksh op. Alw
ayspa yatte ntionto the instructio nsand
sa fety note swh en cha nging awh eel
(Y page 316 ).
The wearpatterns onthe fron tand reartire s
di ffe r,de pendi ng on the opera ting cond itions.
Ro tate thewheelsbe fore acle arwe arpattern
ha sform edon the tires.Front tirestyp ically
we armor eon the shoulde rand reartire sin
the cente r.
On veh icles tha tha ve the same size front and
rea rwh eels,yo ucan rotatethe wheelsacco rd-
ing tothe intervalsin the tire manuf actu rer's
wa rranty book inyour veh icledo cum ents. Ifno
wa rranty book isavaila bl e, the tiressho uld be
rota tedevery3,0 00 to6,0 00 miles(5,000 to
10, 000 km).Dep endingontire wear,thi sma y
be req uired earlier. Do not change thedirec-
tio nof wh eelrota tion.
Cl ea nthe conta ctsurfa ces ofthe wheeland
the brakedisc thor oughl yeve rytime awh eel
is rota ted.Ch eck thetire pressu reand reacti-
va te the tire pressu remoni torifnece ssary. Di
rec tionof rotati on
Ti res with aspe cified directi onofrota tionha ve
ad ditio nal benefi ts,e.g.if ther eis aris kof
hy dro plani ng. Theseadvantag escan onlybe
ga ine difthe tiresar eins talled corr espond ing
to the directi onofrota tion.
An arrow onthe side wa llof the tire indicates
its corr ectdirecti onofrota tion. Sto
ringwh eels
Store wheelstha tar enot being used inacoo l,
dry and preferablyda rk place .Pro tect thetires
from oil,gre ase, gasol ine and diese l. Mou
nting awh eel
Pre parin gthe vehic le X
Stop thevehicleon solid,non-sl ippe ry and
le vel ground .
X Unl oadthe vehicle. The jack canonlybe
us ed when the vehicleis unl aden.
X App lythe electri cpa rking brakema nua lly.
X Bri ng the fron twh eelsinto thestra ight-
ah eadpo sitio n. 31
6 Ch
ang ingawh eelWhe elsand tires
Mercedes-Ben
z.You must observe thenotes
and mixing ratiosspecified onthe cont ainer. Engine
oil
General notes !
Do
not use engine oiloran oilfilter with
specifications deviatingfromthose
expressly requiredforthe prescribed service
intervals. Donot change theengine oiloroil
filter inorder toset replacement intervals
longer thanthose prescribed. Thiscould
otherwise causedamage tothe engine or
exhaust gasaftertr eatment .
Follow theinstruct ionsonthe service inter-
val display forchanging theengine oil.This
could otherwise causedamage tothe
engine orexhaust gasaftertr eatment .
When handling engineoil,observe theimpor-
tant safety notesonservice products
(Y page 324).
The engine oilsarematched tothe perform-
ance ofMercedes-Ben zengines andservice
intervals. Youshould therefore onlyuseengine
oils and oilfilters thatareapproved forvehi-
cles with maintenanc esystems.
For alist ofapproved engineoilsand oilfilters,
consult anauthorized Mercedes-Ben zCenter.
Or visit thewebsite
http: //bevo.m ercedes-benz .com.
The table shows whichengine oilshave been
approved foryour vehicle. Model MB-Freigabe
orMB-App roval All
models 229.
5 Mercedes‑AMG
vehicles:use only
SAE 0W-40 orSAE 5W-40 engine oils. i
MB
approval isindicated onthe oilcon-
tainers.
Fill ing capacities The
following valuesrefertoan oilchange
including theoilfilter.
Missing valueswerenotavaila bleattime of
going toprint. Model Capacity
SL
450 6.9
USqt(6.5l) SL
550 8.5
USqt(8.0l) Merce
des-AMG
SL 63 8.9
USqt(8.5 l) Ad
diti ves !
Do
not useany additive sin the engi neoil.
Thi scou ldda mag ethe engi ne. Brake
fluid G
WARNI
NG
The brakefluidconsta ntlyabsorb smoi stur e
from theair. Thi slo we rsthe boiling pointof
the brakefluid.If the boiling pointofthe
bra kefluidistoo low, vap orpocke tsmay
form inthe brakesystem when the brakes
are applied ha rd. Thiswo uld imp airbra king
effi ciency. Thereisaris kof an acci dent.
Yo usho uld ha ve the brakefluidrene wedat
the specified inter vals.
Whe nha ndl ing brakefluid,obs erve theimpor-
tant safety notes onservice products
(Y page 324 ).
The brakefluidcha nge inter valscan befou nd
in the Maintena nceBookl et.
Only usebra kefluidap pro ved byMer cedes-
Benz inacco rdance with MB-Fre igab eor MB-
Appr oval331.0.
Infor mationabou tap pro ved brakefluidcan be
obta inedat any qualifi ed spe cialist wo rksho p
or on the Interne tat
http://b evo.merce des-benz.co m.
i Have
thebrakefluidregu larly repl aced ata
qu alifi ed spe cialist wor kshop andthe Servi
ceproducts andfilling capac ities
327Tec hnical data Z
