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The datash ow nin theimag eis ex am ple data.
The TINisauni queident i/cationnumber toiden-
tify tires and comprises thefo llo wing:
R DO DO
T(Depar T
(Depar tmentofTr tment
ofTranspo rt anspo
rtatio n): atio
n):tiresym-
bol mar ks1 indicating that thetir ecom plies
wit hth ere qu irements oftheUS Depar tment
of Transpo rtatio n.
R Man uf Man
ufactur actur
er er
identi/cation identi/cation
code: code:
manufac-
tur eridenti/cation code2cont ains details of
th etir emanuf acturer.Ne wtires have acode
wit htw osymbols. Retread edtires have acode
wit hfo ur symbo ls.Further informatio non
re treade dtir es (/ page313).
R T T
ir ir
e size: e
size: identi/er 3desc ribes thetir esize.
R T T
ir ir
e type code: e
type code: tiretype code 4can beused
by themanuf actureras acode todescr ibe
speci/c charact eristics ofthetir e.
R Manuf Manuf
actur actur
ingdat ing
date: e:
manuf acturingdate5
pr ov ides information abouttheag eof atir e.
The 1stand 2nd positions repr esent thecal-
endar week and the3r dand 4thpositions
st at eth eye ar ofmanu factur e(e.g. "3208 "
re pr esents the32nd week of2008). InfInf
or or
mation ont mation
onthe maximum tir he
maximum tireload e
load %
The datasho wnintheimag eis ex am ple data.
Maxim umtireload 1isthemaximum permissi-
ble weight forwhic hth etir eis appr oved.
Do notove rload thetir es by exceedin gth especi-
/ed load limit. Themaximum permissible loadcan
be found ontheve hicle' sTire and Loadi ngInfor-
matio nplacar don theB-pillar onthedr iver's side
(/ page302). Speci/
cations Speci/
cations f f
or maximum tir or
maximum tirepr e
pr essur e essur
e %
The datasho wnintheillust ration isex am ple
dat a.
Ne verex ceed maximum tirepr essur e1 speci-
/ed forth etir e. Alw aysobser vethere commen -
ded tirepr essur efo ryo ur vehicle when adjusting
th etir epr essur e(/ page297). 308308
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andtires

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or or
mati onontir mati
onontirec e
char har
act act
er er
is is
tics tics
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The datasho wnintheimag eis ex am ple data.
This informatio ndescr ibesthetype oftirecor d
and thenumber oflaye rs inside wall1 and
under tiretread 2. TT
ir ir
e size designation, load-bear e
size designation, load-bearingcapac ity ing
capac ity,speed ,
speed
r r
ating andload index ating
andload index &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yth ro ugh exceed-
ing thespeci/ed tireload-bear ingcapa-
city ortheper missible speedrating
Ex ceed ingthespeci/ed tireload rating orthe
per missible speedrating maylead totiredam -
ag eand tothetir es bur stin g. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model . #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. 1
Firs tle tter( s)
2 Nominal tirewidt hin milli meters
3 Aspe ctratio in%
4 Tire code
5 Rim diame ter
6 Load-be aring inde x
7 Speed rating
8 Load index
% The datasho wnintheillust ration isex am ple
dat a.
Inf ormatio nabout readin gtir edat acan be
obt aine dfrom anyqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Wheel
sand tires
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FF
ir s ir
st le t
le tt tt
er(s) er(s)
1 1: :
R Without: passeng ervehicle tires accor dingto
Eur opean manufacturingstandar ds.
R "P": passeng ervehicle tires accor dingto US
manu factur ingstandar ds.
R "LT": light truc ktir es accor dingtoUS manu -
fa ctur ingstandar ds.
R "T": com pact emer gency sparewheels with
high tirepr essur eth at areonl ydesig nedfor
te mp oraryuse inan emer gency .
Aspe ctr Aspe
ctratio atio
3 3: :
Ra tio between tireheigh tand tirewidt hin per cent
(tir eheigh tdivide dby tirewidt h).
T T
ir ir
e cod e e
cod e4 4
(tir (tir
etype ): e
type ):
R "R"radial tire
R "D": bias plytir e
R "B": bias beltedtires
R "ZR": radial tirewit hamaximum speedabove
149 mph(2 40 km/h)(o pt ional) Rim
diame t Rim
diame ter er
5 5: :
The diame terof thebead seat(notth ediame ter
of therim 0ang e).The rim diame teris speci/ edin
inc hes (in).
Load-bear Load-bear
inginde ing
inde x x
6 6: :
Numer icalcode that speci/es themaximum load-
bear ingcapac ityofatir e(e.g. "91"correspond s
to 1356 lbs(615 kg)).
The load-bear ingcapa cityofthetir emust beat
least halfthegr oss axle weight rating ofyour vehi-
cle. Donotove rload thetir es by exceedin gth e
speci/ed loadlimit.
Se ealso:
R Maximu mper missibl eload ontheTire and
Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d(/ page302)
R Maxim umtireload (/page308)
R Load index
Spe edr Spe
edrat ing at
ing 7 7: :
Sp eci/es theappr ovedmaximum speedofthe
tir e. %
Anelec tronic speedlimit erprev ents your
ve hicle from exceedin gaspeed of130 mph
(210 km/h ).
Mak esur eth at your tires have there qu ired speed
ra ting. Youcan obtain information onthere qu ired
speed rating from anaut hor ized Mercede s-Benz
Cent er.
Summer tir Summer
tires es
Inde
x Inde
x Speedr Speed
rating ating
Qu pto 100 mph(1 60 km/h)
Ru pto 106 mph(1 70 km/h)
Su pto 112 mph(1 80 km/h)
Tu pto 118 mph(1 90 km/h)
Hu pto 130 mph(2 10 km/h)
Vu pto 149 mph(2 40 km/h)
Wu pto 168 mph(2 70 km/h)
Yu pto 186 mph(3 00 km/h) 31
0 31
0 Wh
eelsan dtire s

Inde
x Inde
x Speed r Sp
eed ratin g atin
g
ZR ...Y 1
upto186 mph(3 00 km/h)
ZR. ..(..Y )1
over186 mph(3 00 km/h)
ZR 1
over149 mph(2 40 km/h) R
Spe cify ing thespeed rating asthe"ZR" index
in tirecode 4isop tional fortir es up to
186 mph(3 00 km/h).
R Ifyo ur tirecode 4includes "ZR"andther eis
no speed rating 7,/ndout wha tth emaxi-
mum speed isfrom thetir emanuf acturer.
R Ifload-bear inginde x6 and speed rating 7
ar ein brac kets, themaximum speedrating of
yo ur tireis abo ve186 mph(3 00 km/h).To
/nd outthemaximum speed,askthetir eman-
uf actur er. All-w All-w
eat eat
her tir her
tires and wint es
and wintertir er
tires es
Inde
x Inde
x Speedr Speed
rating ating
Q M+S 2
upto100 mph(1 60 km/h)
T M+S 2
upto118 mph(1 90 km/h)
H M+S 2
upto130 mph(2 10 km/h)
V M+S 2
upto149 mph(240 km/h) Wi
nter tires bea rth e004D snow0ak esymbol and
ful/ll there qu irements oftheRu bber Manuf actur-
er sAssociation (RMA)andtheRu bber Association
of Canada (RAC)rega rding thetir etraction on
sno w.
Load inde Load
index x
8 8: :
R Nospec i/cation given: standar dload (SL)tire
R "XL" or"Ex tra Load" :ex tra load tireor rein-
fo rc ed tire
R "Light Load": lightloadtire R
"C", "D", "E":aload rang eth at depen dson the
maximum loadthat thetir ecan carryatacer -
ta in pressur e De/n
ition De/n
itionoft of
ter er
ms f ms
for tir or
tires and loading es
and loading
T T
ir ir
e s e
str tr
uctur uctur
eand c e
and char har
act act
er er
is istics: tics:
descr ibesthe
numb eroflaye rs or thenumber ofrubber -coat ed
belts inthetir econt actsurface and thetir ewa ll.
These aremade ofsteel, nylon, polyester and
ot her materials.
Bar : Bar
:me tric uni tfo rtir epr essur e.14.5038 pounds
per squar einc h(psi) and100 kilopasc al(kP a)is
th eeq uiv alent ofone bar.
DO DO
T(Depar T
(Depar tmentofTr tment
ofTranspo rt anspo
rtatio n): atio
n):DOT-mar ked
tir es ful/ llth ere qu irements ofthe
US Depar tmentof Transpo rtatio n.
Av Av
er er
ag ag
ew e
weight oft eight
ofthe v he
vehicle occupants: ehicle
occupants: the
numb erofvehicle occupan tsforwhic hth eve hicle
is desig ned,mult iplied by150 lb(68 kg).
U Unif nif
or or
m T m
Tir ir
e Quality Gr e
Quality Grading St adin
gSt andar andar
ds: ds:
auni form
st an da rd tograde thequ alit yof tires withre ga rd
1 "ZR" stat ed inthetir ecode.
2 Or "M+S004D" forwint ertires. Wheels
andtires
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to
tread qualit y,tiretracti onand temp eratur e
ch aract eristics. Thequalit ygr adin gassessmen tis
made bythemanuf acturerfollo wing speci/ cations
fr om theU. S. government. Thequalit ygr ade ofa
tir eis im print ed on theside wallof thetir e.
R R
ecommended tir ecommended
tirepr e
pr essur essur
e: e:
there commen ded
tir epr essur eis thetir epr essur especi/ed forth e
tir es mount edtotheve hicle atthefa ct or y.
The tireand informa tion table cont ains there com-
mende dtir epr essur esforcold tires, themaxi-
mum permissible loadandthemaximum permissi-
ble vehicle speed.
The tirepr essur eta ble cont ains there commen -
ded tirepr essur esforcold tires under various
oper ating condition s,i.e. loading and/or speedof
th eve hicle.
Incr Incr
eased v eased
vehicle w ehicle
weig htdue t eig
htdue to op o
op tion aleq tion
aleq uip- uip-
men t: men
t:thecombined weight ofall standar dand
op tional equipment availabl efo rth eve hicle,
re ga rdless ofwhe ther itis actuall yinst alled onthe
ve hicle ornot.
Rim : Rim
:th epar tof thewheel onwhic hth etir eis
inst alled. G G
A A
WR (Gr WR
(Gross Axle W oss
Axle Weight R eight
Rating): ating):
theGA WR is
th emaximum permissible axleload. Theactual
load onanaxle must neverex ceed thegr oss axle
we ight rating. Thegross axle weight rating canbe
fo und ontheve hicle identi/cation plateon the
B‑pi llaron thedr iver's side.
Speed r Speed
rating: ating:
thespeed rating ispar tof thetir e
ident i/cation.Itspeci/es thespeed rang efo r
whic hatir eis appr oved.
G G
VW (Gr VW
(Gross V oss
Vehicle W ehicle
Weight): eight):
thegr oss vehicle
we ight comprises thewe ight oftheve hicle includ-
ing fuel, tools, thespar ewheel, accessories instal-
led, occupa nts,luggageand thetrailer draw bar
nose weight, ifapplica ble.Thegross vehicle weight
must notex ceed thegr oss vehicle weight rating
GV WR asspeci/ed ontheve hicle identi/cation
plat eon theB‑pillar onthedr iver's side.
G G
VWR (Gr VWR
(Gross V oss
Vehicle W ehicle
Weight R eight
Rating): ating):
theGV WR is
th emaximum permitt edgross weight ofthefull y
laden vehicle (weig htoftheve hicle includin gall
accessor ies,occupan ts,fuel, luggage and the
tr aile rdr aw bar nose weight ifapplica ble).The
gr oss vehicle weight rating isspec i/edon the
ve hicle identi/cation plateon theB‑pillar onthe
dr iver's side. Maximum
w Maximum
weight oft eight
ofthe laden v he
laden vehicle: ehicle:
themaxi-
mum weight isthesum ofthecurb weight ofthe
ve hicle, thewe ight oftheaccess ories, themaxi-
mum loadandthewe ight ofoptional equipment
inst alled atthefa ct or y.
Kilo pascal (kP Kilo
pascal (kPa) : a)
:me tric unit fortir epr essur e.
6.9 kPacor respond sto 1psi. Another unit fortir e
pr essur eis bar .100 kilopasc al(kP a)equals 1bar .
Load inde Load
index: x:
in addition totheload-bear inginde x,
th eload indexma yalso beimprint ed on theside
wa llof thetir e. This speci/es theload-bear ing
capac ityofthetir emor epr ecisel y.
Curb w Curb
weight: eight:
thewe ight ofave hicle withstandar d
eq uipme ntincl udin gth emaximum capacityof
fuel, oiland coolant. Italso includes theair condi-
tioning system and optional equipment ifth ese
ar einst alled ontheve hicle, butdoes notincl ude
passen gers or lugg age.
Maximum tir Maximum
tireload: e
load: themaximum tireload isthe
maximum permissible weight inkilog rams orlbs
fo rwhic hatir eis appr oved.
Maximum per Maximum
permissible tir missible
tirepr e
pr essur essur
e: e:
maximum
per missible tirepr essur efo rone tire. 312312
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andtires

br
ak esy stem and inthewheel suspension
ma ybe damag ed. #
Alwaysre place wheels andtires with
ones that ful/ll thespeci/c ationsof the
or iginal part.
Fo rwheels, payatt ention tothefo llo wing:
R Designation
R Type
Fo rtir es, payatt ention tothefo llo wing:
R Designation
R Manuf acturer
R Type &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed-
ing thespeci/ed tireload-bear ingcapa-
city ortheper missible speedrating
Ex ceed ingthespeci/ed tireload rating orthe
per missible speedrating maylead totiredam -
ag eand tothetir es bur stin g. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model . #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. *
N NO O
TE TE
Vehicle andtiredamag ecaused by
non-a pprovedtir etypes andsizes Fo
rsaf etyre asons, onlyuse tires, wheels and
accessor ieswhic hha ve been speciall y
appr oved byMer cedes-Be nzforyo ur vehicle.
These tires arespecial lyadap tedto theactiv e
saf etysy stem s,such asABS,ESP ®
and
4MA TIC,andmarkedas follo ws :
R MO =Mer cedes-Be nzOrigina l
R MOE =Mer cedes-Be nzOrigina lEx tended
(r un -0at tires onl yfo rcer tain wheels)
R MO1 =Mer cedes-Benz Original (onlycer -
ta in AMG tires)
Ot her wise, certain proper ties, suchas han-
dling charact eristics, vehicle noiseemissi ons,
consu mption, etc. could beadv ersel ya.ec-
te d. Further mor e,other tiresize scould result in
thetir es rubbing against thebody andaxle
com ponents whenloaded. Thiscould result in
damag eto thetir eor theve hicle.
Onl yuse tires, wheels andaccessor iesthat
ha ve been checkedand recommen dedby
Mer cedes-Be nz. *
N NO O
TE TE
Risk todriving safetyfrom retrea-
ded tires Re
tread edtires areneit her tested norre com-
mende dby Mer cedes-Be nz,sinc epr ev ious
damag ecanno talw aysbe detected on retrea-
ded tires.
Fo rth is reason drivi ng safetycann otbe guar -
ant eed. #
Donotuse used tires ifyo uha ve no
inf orma tion abouttheir prev ious usage. *
N NO O
TE TE
Possible wheel andtiredamag e
when drivi ng ove robst acles Lar
gewheels have asmalle rsecti onwidt h.As
th esection widthdecr eases, therisk of 314314
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wheels
andtires bein gdamag edwhen drivi ng
ov er obst acles increases. #
Avoid obst acles ordrive especiall ycar e-
full y. #
Reduce your speed whendriving over
curbs, speedbumps,manhole covers
and potholes. #
Avoid particular lyhigh curbs. *
N NO O
TE TE
Possible wheel andtiredamag e
when parking oncurbs orinpo tholes Pa
rking oncurbs orinpo tholes maydamag e
th ewheels andtires. #
Ifpossible, parkonl yon 0at surfaces. #
Avoid curbs andpotholes when parking. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto electr oniccomponent
par tsdue totheuse oftire-ins talling tools VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withtir h
tir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Therear eelectr oniccomponent partsin
th ewheel. If
tir e-ins talling tools arepositioned inthear ea
of theva lve, theelectr oniccomponents could
be damag ed. #
Tire -inst alling tools should notbe applied
in thear ea oftheva lve. #
Alwaysha ve tires chang eat aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto summer tires atlow
ambien tte mp eratur es At
low ambient temp eratur es,tear scould form
when drivi ng withsummer tires, causin gper -
manen tdamag eto thetir es. #
Attemp eratur esbelo w45 °F(7°C) use
004D M+Stires. Ac
cessor ypar tswhic har eno tappr oved foryo ur
ve hicle byMer cedes-Be nz,orwh ich ar eno tuse d
cor rectl y,can impair theoper ating safety.
Bef orepurc hasing and using non-a pprovedacces-
sor ies, visit aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop and
inquir eabout:
R Suitabili ty R
Legalstipul ation s
R Factor yre commen dations &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twit hhigh per-
fo rm ance tires
The special tiretread incombin ationwit hth e
op timize dtir ecom pound means that therisk
of skiddin gand hydroplaning onwetro ads is
incr eased.
In addit ion,th etir egr ip isgre atlyre duced ata
lo w outside temp eratur eand tireru nning tem-
per atur e. #
Swit chon theESP ®
and adap tyo ur driv-
ing styleaccor dingly. #
Use 004D M+Stires atout side temp era-
tur es ofless than 50 °F(10 °C). #
Onlyuse thetir es forth eir intended pur-
pose. Wheels
andtires
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Obser
vethefo llo wing when selecting, installing
and replacing tires:
R Further mor e,theuse ofcer tain tiretypes in
cer tain regions andareas ofoper ationca nbe
high lybene/cia l.
R Onlyuse tires and wheels ofthesame type
(summer tires, wint ertires, MOExt ended tires)
and thesame make.
R Onlyinst allwheels ofthesame sizeonone
axle (leTandright) .
It is onl yper mis sibleto inst alladi.er ent
wheel sizeintheev ent ofa0at tirein order to
dr ive to thespecialist workshop.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emoni t e
moni tor or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Allinstalled wheels mustbeequipped
wit hfunctionin gsensor sfo rth etir epr essur e
monit oring system.
R Attemp eratur esbelo w45 °F(7°C) use win-
te rtir es orall-season tires mar ked004D M+S
fo rall wheels.
Wi nter tires prov ide thebest possible grip in
wintr yroad conditions. R
ForM+S tires, onlyuse tires withth esame
tr ead.
R Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfor
th eM+S tires inst alled.
If th etir e's maximum speedisbelo wthat of
th eve hicle, this must beindicat edbyan
appr opriatelabel inthedr iver's /eld ofvision.
R Break inne wtires atmoder atespeeds forth e
/r st 60 miles (100km).
R Replace thetir es aTer sixyearsat thelat est,
re ga rdless ofwe ar.
R When r When
replaci ngwit eplaci
ngwithtir h
tir es t es
that dono hat
donotf t
featu r eatu
re e
r r
un-0at un-0at
c c
har har
act act
er er
is is
tics: tics:
vehicles with
MOExt endedtires areno teq uipp edwitha
TIR EFIT kitatthefa ct or y. Eq uip theve hicle
wit haTIR EFIT kitaTer replacing withtir es that
do notfe atur eru n-0at charact eristics, e.g.
wint ertires.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwheels andtires, cont act
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
Be sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page295) R
Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page302)
R Tire size desig nation,load- bearingcapacit y,
speed rating andload index(/ page309)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page297)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page323) NNo o
t t
es on rot es
on rotatin gt atin
gthe wheels he
wheels &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryth ro ugh di.er ent
wheel sizes
Ro tating thefront and rear wheels can
se verely im pair thedr iving charact eristics.
The wheel brak es orsuspen sioncomponen ts
ma yalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyif th e
wheels andtires areof thesame dimen-
sions. The
wearpatt erns on thefront and rear wheels
di.er :
R Front wheels wearmor eon thetir eshoulder 316316
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andtires