2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER spare wheel

Overview
ofthe engine compart-
ment ....................................................2 45
ASSYST PLUS......................................245
Ca re....... .............. ................................246 Breakdow
nassistanc e....... .............. 252
Where willIf ind...? ..............................252
Flat tire....... .............. ........................... 253
Battery (vehicle)....... ....... .................... 258
Ju mp-starti ng....... ................................261
Tow ingand tow-starti ng....... ...............264
Fuse s....... ....... ....... ..............................266 Whee
lsand tires ...............................268
Importa ntsafe tynotes ........................268
Opera tion............................................268
Winter operation....... ....... .................... 270
Tire press ure....... ................................ 271
Load ingthe vehi cle....... .......................280
All abo utwhe elsand tires ................... 282
Cha nging awheel....... ......................... 289
Whee land tire combi nations .............. .293
Emergency sparewhe el....... ................294 Techn
ical data ................................... 297
Informati onrega rding technical data
....... ............................ .......................... 297
Vehi cleelectronics ..............................297
Identifi cationplates ....... ......................298
Service products andfilling capa ci-
ties ....... ............................................... 299
Vehi cledata ......................................... 305 Co
nten ts
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Child
ren
Spe cial seat beltretrac tor. .............. 54
Child reninthev ehi cle
Imp ortant safe tyno tes. ...................5 3
Cigar ettelight er................................ 230
Cleani ng
Mirr ortur ns ign al...........................2 51
Cl imate control
Air-conditi oningsystem .................106
Automa ticclima tecontrol (dual-
zone) .............. ................................108
Control lingautomatica lly....... ........111
Coo ling with aird ehu midi ficati on.. 110
Defrosting thewindows .................113
Defrosting thewindshi eld....... ....... 112
Gene ralnotes ................................ 106
Indica torlamp ....... .........................111
Informati onabo utusi ng auto-
matic climatecontrol ..................... 109
Maxi mum cooling....... ................... 113
Notes onusing the air-conditio n-
ing system .....................................107
Overvi ewofsys tems ......................106
Prob lemwith the rear window
defro ster.............. .......................... 114
Prob lems with cooli ngwith air
dehu midificati on....... ..................... 111
Ref rige rant .....................................304
Ref rige rant filling capa city....... ...... 305
Setting theaird istribu tion............. 112
Setting theairv ents ......................115
Setting theairflow ......................... 112
Setting thetempera ture................111
Switchi ngair-recircu lation mode
on/off ............................................114
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 110
Switchi ngresi dua lheato n/off ......114
Switchi ngthe rear window
defro steron/off ............................ 113
Switchi ngthe ZONE function
on/off ............................................112
Co ckpit
Overvi ew....... ................................... 31
see Instrument cluster
Co llaps ibles pare wheel
Inflati ng....... .................................. 296
see Emergency sparewhe el
Co mbinati onswi tch ....... ..................... 99Co
mpass
Ca librating .....................................239
Ca lling up ....... ................................238
Setting ...........................................239
Co nne ctin gaU SBdevi ce
see also Digita lOpera tor's Man-
ua l....... ....... ....................................218
Co nsumptio nstatistic s(on -bo ard
co mputer) .......................................... 171
Co ntroll er....... ....................................219
Co nve nience closi ng feature .............. 77
Co olan t(en gine)
Che cking theleve l....... ....... ........... 243
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 195
Fill ing capa city....... ........................303
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 303
Temp erature(on-boa rdcom-
pute r,Merced es-AMG SLC43)...... 180
Temp eraturegau ge....... .................169
Warni nglamp ....... .......................... 214
Co oling
see Clima tecontrol
Co pyright .............................................30
Co rnerin glight func tion
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 194
Function/notes ................................99
Cruis econtrol
Cru isecontrol lever....... ....... .........142
Deactiva ting....... ............................ 144
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 201
Driving system ...............................142
Function/notes .............................142
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 142
Setting aspee d....... ....... ................143
Storing andmaintaining current
spee d....... ....... ...............................143
Cup holde r
Center console ..............................229
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 228
Custo merAssistanc eCenter
(C AC )....... ..............................................28
Custo merRelati onsDepartment .......28 D
Dash board
see Instrument cluster In
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T
Tach ometer<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[168
Tail lamps
Dis play mes sage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ .....194
see Lights
Tank conte nt
Fue lgau ge <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ ................32
Tec hnical data
Ca paciti es<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ ...............299
Emer gency sparewh eel................. 295
Info rma tion.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ .............297
Ti res /wh eels<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ ..........293
Veh icled ata. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ ............305
TEL EAID
Ca llpri ority<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ .............234
Emer gency call.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ .......232
Ge nera lnotes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ .........231
MB info callbutton <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ .234
Roa dside Assista ncebutton ..........233
Self-test ......................................... 231
System .......................................... 231
Vehi cleHeal thChe ck....... ............. 234
Tele phone
Accepting acall(mu ltifunction
steeri ngwhe el)....... .......................175
Authori zingamobilephone (con-
necting) ......................................... 222
Authori zingamobilephone via
the devi cemana ger(connecting) ...223
Connecting amobilephone
(de vice mana ger)........................... 223
Connecting amobilephone (gen-
eral informa tion)............................ 222
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 206
Menu (on-boa rdcompu ter)....... ..... 174
Numb erfrom thephone book........175
Red ialing ....... ................................. 175
Reje cting/endi ngacall....... ..........175
see also Digita lOpera tor's Man-
ua l....... ....... .............. ......................218
Temperature
Coo lant ....... ................................... 169
Coo lant (on-boa rdcompu ter,
Merced es-AMG SLC43)....... .........180
Engine oil(on-boa rdcompu ter,
Merced es-AMG SLC43)....... .........180
Outsi detempera ture......................168 Setting
(climate control) ................111
Transmi ssionoil(on-boa rdcom-
pute r,Merced es-AMG SLC43)...... 180
Timing (RACETIME R)....... .................. 181
Tire pressure
Ca lling up (on-boa rdcompu ter)..... 275
Che cking manually ....... .................274
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 202
Maxi mum .......................................274
Not reach ed(TIR EFIT) .................... 257
Notes .............................................273
Rea ched (TIREFIT) .......................... 257
Reco mmended ...............................271
Tire pressure lossw arni ngsys-
tem
Gene ralnotes ................................ 274
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 275
Res tarting ......................................275
Tire pressure monitor
Che cking thetire press ureelec-
tronical ly....... ................................. 277
Function/notes .............................275
Gene ralnotes ................................ 275
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 276
Ra dio type approval forthe tire
press uremonitor ........................... 279
Res tarting ......................................278
Warni nglamp ....... .......................... 217
Warni ngmessa ge....... ................... 277
Tire-c hange toolkit....... .................... 253
TIREF ITkit ....... ................................... 255
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 255
Storage location ............................ 253
Tire press urenot reach ed....... ....... 257
Tire press urereach ed....... ............. 257
Tires
Aspect ratio(definitio n)....... ..........288
Averag eweight ofthe vehi cle
occup ants(definitio n)....... ............. 287
Bar (definitio n)....... ........................287
Cha nging awheel....... ................... 289
Cha racteri stics..............................287
Che cking ........................................ 268
Cu rbwei ght (definitio n)....... ..........288
Definiti onofterms .........................287
Direction ofrotatio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011[ 290
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 20218
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SPOR
Thandling mod e.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 213
Ti re pre ssu remoni tor<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 217
Warranty <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 24
Washe rflui d
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 207
Wea ther display (COMA ND)
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 218
Whe eland tirecombin ations
Ti res <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 293
Whe elbo lttig hten ingt orque ........... 293
Whe elcho ck<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 290
Whe els
Ch ang ingawheel<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 289
Ch ecki ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 268
Cl ea ning <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 250
Emerg encysparewh eel <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 294
Impo rtant safety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 268
Infor mationondriving <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 268
Interch anging/cha nging ................ 289
Mou nting anew wheel <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 292
Mou nting awheel<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 290
Ove rview <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 268
Re movi ngaw heel<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 292
Stori ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 290
Ti ghte ning torque<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 293
Whe elsize /tire size<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ 293
Win dscree n
Inse rting andremo ving<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 81
Pre paring forinsta llati on <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 81
see AIRG UIDE
Win dow s
see Sidew indow s
Win dshi eld
Defro sting<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 112
Win dshi eldw asher fluid
see Windsh ield wa she rsystem
Win dshi eldw asher system
Addi ngwashe rfluid <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ 244
Impo rtant safety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 304
Win dshi eldw ipers
Disp laym essage <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 207
Pro blem (ma lfunction) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 105
Re placi ng the wipe rb lade s............ 104
Swi tching on/off.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 103
Win terdrivi ng
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 270
Sli pp ery roadsurfaces <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 141Snow
chains<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 271
Win terope ratio n
Ove rview <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 270
Win tertire s
M+S tires.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 270
Wipe rblades
Cl ea ning <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 250
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 104
Re placi ng <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 104
Work shop
see Qualifie ds pecia list wo rksho p Z
ZONE function
Swi tching on/off.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 112 In
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Use
Parking Guidance forparking spaces:
R paral leltothe direction oftravel
R on straight roads,notbends
R that areonthe same levelasthe road, i.e.
not onthe pavement, forexample. Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC maynotdetect flat
curbs
Parking tips:
R on narrow roads,driveasclosely aspossible
past theparking space
R parking spacesthatarelittered orover-
grown mightbeidentified ormeasured
incorrect ly
R parking spacesthatarepartiall yoccupied
by trailer drawba rsmight notbeidentified
as such orbe measured incorrectly
R snowfall orheavy rainmay lead toap arking
space beingmeasured inaccurately
R pay attent iontothe Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC warningmessages duringthe
parking procedure (Ypage 155)
R when transporting aload which protrudes
from yourvehicle, youshould notuse Park-
ing Guidance
R never useParking Guidance withsnow
chains oran emergency sparewheel moun-
ted
R make surethatthetire pressures arealwa ys
correct .This has adirect effect onthe steer-
ing characteristics.
R the way your vehicle ispositioned inthe
parking spaceafterparking isdependent on
various factors. Theseinclude theposition
and shape ofthe vehicles parkedinfront
and behind itand theconditions ofthe loca-
tion. Insome cases, Parking Guidance may
guide youtoofarornot farenough intoa
parking space.Insome cases, itmay also
lead youacross oronto thecurb. Ifneces-
sary, cancel theparking procedure with
Parking Guidance. Detec
tingparking spaces 0043
Detect edparking spaceonthe left
0044 Parking symbol
0087 Detect edparking spaceonthe right
Parking Guidance isautomaticall yactivated
when youdrive forwards. Thesystem isopera-
tional atspeeds ofup toapproximately
22 mph (35km/h ).While inoperation, the
system independently locatesandmeasures
parking spacesonboth sides ofthe vehicle.
When driving atspeeds below19mph
(30 km/h), youwillsee parking symbol0044as
as tatus indicator inthe instrument cluster.
When aparking spacehasbeen detected, an
arrow towards theright 0087orthe left 0043also
appea rs.Parking Guidance onlydispla yspark-
ing spaces onthe front -passenger sideas
standard. Parkingspacesonthe driver's side
are displa yedassoon asthe turn signal onthe
driver's sideisactivated. Topark onthe driv-
er's side, youmust leave thedriver's sideturn
signal switched onuntil youhave engaged
reverse gear.
Parking Guidance willonly detect parking
spaces:
R that areparal leltothe direction oftravel
R that areatleast 5ft(1.5 m)wide
R that areatleast 4.3ft(1.3 m)longer than
your vehicle
Ap arking spaceisdispla yedwhile youare
driving pastit,and until youareapproximately
50 ft(15 m)awa yfrom it.
Parking Moving
thevehicl einto thestop position
X Stop thevehicle whentheparking space
symbol showsthedesired parking spacein
the instrument cluster.
X Vehicles withmanual transmission: shiftto
reverse gear. 158
Driving
systemsDriving andparking

so,
cont actyour local waste disposa lcom-
pany. Vehicle
toolkit
General notes The
vehicle toolkitcan befound inthe trunk
or inthe stowage wellunder thetrunk floor.
Apart fromcertain country-specific variations,
the vehicles arenot equip pedwith atire-
change toolkit.Some toolsforchanging a
wheel arespecific tothe vehicle. Formore
information onwhich toolsarerequired toper-
form awheel change onyour vehicle, consulta
qual ified speciali stworkshop.
Necessary tire-changing toolscaninclude, for
example:
R jack
R wheel chock
R lug wrench
R ratchet wrench
R alignment bolt
Vehicle swithaTIREFIT kit 0043
Tire seala ntfiller bottle
0044 Fuse alloca tionchart
0087 Tire inflation compressor
0085 Towing eye
X Lift the trunk floorup.
X Use theTIREFIT kit(Ypage 255).
i Example:
equipment andcountry-specific
variations possible. Vehicle
swithacollapsible spare
wheel The
collapsi blespare wheel canbefound in
the stowage wellunder thetrunk floor
(Y page 228). 0043
Folding wheelchock
0044 Fuse allocation chart
0087 Jack
0085 Sheet forfaulty wheel
0083 Alignment bolt
0084 Lug wrench
006B Towing eye
006C Valve extract or
006D Tire inflation compressor
X Remove thecollapsi blespare wheel
(Y page 295). Flat
tire Prepar
ingthe vehicl e
Your vehicle maybeequip pedwith:
R tires withrun-flat characteristics
(MOExt endedtires)(Ypage 254)
Vehicle preparation isnot necessary on
vehicles withMOExt ended tires.
R an emergency sparewheel (Ypage 294)
Vehicles withtheMercedes-Benz emer-
gency callsystem: inthe event ofaflat tire,
you can cont actthe Mercedes-Benz emer-
gency callsystem customer center.
Vehicles equippedwith MOExt ended tiresare
not equip pedwith aTIREFIT kitatthe factory.
It is therefore recommended thatyouaddition-
ally equip yourvehicle withaTIREFIT kitifyou
mount tiresthatdonot feature run-flat charac- Flat
tire
253Breakdown assistance

R
Do not drive with tire sw hich have too little
trea ddepth.T hiss igni fic antl yreduce sthe
tra ctio nonw etroa ds(hyd rop laning ).
R Re place thetiresafter sixy ears at the lat-
est, regardless ofwe ar. MOE
xtende dtires(tires with run-f lat
prope rties)
Wi th MOExte ndedtires(tires with runf lat
cha racteri stics) ,you can conti nuetodrive your
veh iclee veni fthe re isat ota llos so fpressu re
in one ormor etires.
MOExte ndedtiresm ayonl ybeu sedi nc on-
juncti onwith an acti vetire pressu reloss wa rn-
ing system orwith an acti vetire pressu remon-
ito ra nd onwheelssp eci fically teste dby
Me rced es-Benz.
Note sond rivin gw ithM OExte ndedtiresw itha
fla ttire (Ypage 254 ).
Veh icles equipp ed with MOExte ndedtiresa re
not equipp ed with aT IREFIT kitatthe factory .
It is the refore reco mme ndedthaty ou additio n-
al ly eq uipy ourv ehiclew ithaT IREFIT kitifyo u
mou nttire sthatd on otfea turerun-flat cha rac-
teri stics, e.g.winter tires.AT IREFIT kitcan be
ob tained fromaq ualifi ed speci alistw orksh op. Win
terope ratio n Ge
neral notes
Hav eyourv ehiclew inter-p roofed ataq ualifi ed
sp eci alistw orksh opatthe onse tofw inter.
Ob ser vethe note sint he "Cha ngi ng aw heel"
sec tion(Ypa ge 289 ). Dri
ving with summe rtire s
At temp eratures below4 5‡ (+7†),sum mer
tire slos ee last ici ty and therefore tractio nand
bra king powe r.Ch ang ethe tire sonyourv ehi-
cle toM+S tires.Us ings umme rtires atvery
cold tempera turescould cause cracks toform,
thereby damagingthetires perma nently.
Mercede s-Benzcannot acceptresponsi bility
for this type ofdama ge. G
WARNING
Damage dtires cancause tireinflati onpres-
sure loss. Asaresul t,you could losecontrol
of you rvehicl e.There isar isk ofaccide nt.
Check thetires regularlyforsigns ofdam-
age and repla ceany dama gedtires immedi -
ately . M+S
tires G
WARNING
M+S tireswithatire tread depth ofless than
00CF in(4 mm) arenot suitable foruse inwin-
ter and donot provid esuffici enttraction.
There isar isk ofan accide nt.
M+S tireswithatread depth ofless than 00CF
in (4 mm) must berepla cedimmedi ately.
At temperatu resbelo w45‡ (+7†), use win-
ter tires orall-season tires.Bothtypes oftire
are identifi edbythe M+S marking.
Only winter tiresbearing the004D snowfla ke
symbo lina ddition tothe M+S marking provide
the best possi blegrip inwintry roadcondi-
tions.
Only these tireswillallow drivi ngsafety sys-
tems suchasABS andESP®
to function opti-
mall yinw inter. These tireshave been devel-
oped specifi callyfor drivi nginsnow.
Use M+S tiresofthe same make andtread on
all whee lsto maintai nsafe handl ingcharacter-
istics.
Alwa ysobserve themaximu mpermis sible
speed specifiedfor the M+S tiresyouhave
mounted.
When youhave mounted theM+S tires:
X Check thetire pressu res(Ypage 274).
X Vehic lesforCanada: restartthetire pres-
sure losswarni ngsystem (Ypage 275).
X Resta rtthe tire pressu remonitor
(Y page 275).
Information aboutdrivi ng with anemergency
spare wheel(Y page 294). 270
Winter
operationWheelsand tires

Snow
chains G
WARNING
If snow chains areinstalled tothe front
wheels, theymaydrag against thevehicle
body orchassis componen ts.This could
cause damage tothe vehicle orthe tires.
There isar isk ofan accident.
To avoid hazardous situations:
R never install snowchains tothe front
wheels
R alwa ysinstall snowchains inpairs tothe
rear wheels.
For safety reasons, Mercedes-B enzrecom-
mends thatyouonly usesnow chains that
have been specially approved foryour vehicle
by Mercedes-B enz,orare ofac orrespondin g
standard ofquali ty.For more information ,
please contactaquali fied specialist workshop.
If you inten dtom ount snow chains, please
bear thefollowing pointsinmind:
R Snow chains maynotbemounted onall
wheel/tire combinations .Permissible
wheel-tire combinations (Ypage 293).
R Only usesnow chains whendriving onroads
completely coveredbysnow. Remove the
snow chains assoon aspossible whenyou
come toaroad that isnot snow-cov ered.
R Local regulations mayrestrict theuse of
snow chains. Observe theappropriate regu-
lations ifyou wish tomount snowchains.
R Do not exceed themaximum permissible
speed of30 mph (50km/h).
You may wish todeactivate ESP®
when pulling
away withsnow chains installed (Ypage 61).
You canthereby allowthewheels tospin ina
cont rolled manner, achieving anincreased
driving force(cuttin gaction).
Inform ationabout driving withanemergency
spare wheel (Ypage 294). Tire
pressur e Tire
pressur especifications
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
Underinflated oroverinflated tirespose the
following risks:
R the tires mayburst, especially asthe load
and vehicle speedincrease.
R the tires maywear excessively and/or
unevenly, whichmaygreatly impairtire
tract ion.
R the driving characterist ics,aswell as
steering andbraking, maybegreatly
impaired.
There isar isk ofan accident.
Follow recommen dedtireinflation pressures
and check thepressure ofall the tires
including thespare wheel:
R mont hly,atleast
R ifthe load changes
R before beginning along journey
R under different operating conditions,e.g.
off-r oad driving
If necessary, correctthetire pressure.
The data onthe Tire andLoading Information
placard andtirepressure tableshown hereare
examples. Tirepressure specifications are
vehicle-specific andmay deviate fromthedata
shown here.Thetirepressure specifications
that arevalid foryour vehicle canbefound on
the Tire andLoading Informationplacard and
tire pressure tableonthe vehicle.
General notes The
recommen dedtirepressures forthe tires
mounted atthe factory canbefound onthe
labels described here.
Operat ionwith anemergency sparewheel:
information onoperation withanemergency
spare wheel canbefound inthe general notes
in the "Emergenc yspare wheel" section
(Y page 295).
Further information ontire pressures canbe
obtained ataq uali fied specialist workshop. Tire
pressure
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