2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS tire type

1
B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
27
2 Safetyve sts →
281
3 ; mebutton →
249
0053 SOSbutton →
249
4 Tocheckand re/ll ope rating 0uids →
336
5 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
293
6 Flat tire →
282
7 Startin gassis tance →
291 8
002F Hazardwa rning light system →
113
9 Fuel/ller 0apwith:
Inf ormation labelonfuel type →
153
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
304
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
27
A Tow- star ting ortowing away →
293
B TIREFIT kit →
284
C Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
282
D Warning triangle →
281 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
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1
Fuel/ller 0ap
2 Brac ketfo rfuel /ller cap
3 Tire pressur eta ble
4 QRcode forre scue card
5 Fueltype #
Press onthebac kar ea offuel /ller 0ap1. #
Turn thefuel /ller capcount er-cloc kwise and
re mo veit. #
Inser tfuel /ller capfrom aboveintobr ac ket
2 . #
Com pletely inser tth epum pnozzl eint oth e
ta nk /ller nec k,hook inplace andrefuel . #
Only/l lth efuel tank until thepum pnozzl e
switc heso.. #
Replace thecap onthe/ller neckand turn
cloc kwise untiliteng ages audibl y. #
Close fuel/ller 0ap1. PP
ar ar
king king
PP
ar ar
king t king
the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjur y
caused byan insu1cie ntlysecur edvehi-
cle rolling away
If th eve hicle isno tsecur elypar kedsu1-
cient ly,it can rollawa yin an uncon troll ed way
eve nat asli ght downh illgradien t. #
Onuphil lor downhil lgr adien ts,turnth e
fr ont wheel sso that theve hicle rolls
to wa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts mo ving. #
Appl yth epar king brak e. #
Switc hth etransmission toposition 005D. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/recaused byhot
ex haus tsy stem parts
Flammab lemat erials suchas lea ves, grass or
twig sma yign ite. #
Park theve hicle sothat no 0ammable
mat erial can come intocont actwithho t
ve hicle compone nts. #
Inpar ticu lar,do notpar kon drygr ass-
land orhar vested grain /elds. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c. Dr
ivin gand parking
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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 (/ page320).
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
(/ page308). 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(/ page304). Wheels
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 &
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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. 316316
Wheel
sand tires

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(/ page308)
R Maxim umtireload (/page315)
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) Wh
eelsan dtire s
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Max
imumloa don one tir Max
imumloa don one tire: e:
ma xim um loadon one
tir e. This isca lcu lated bydividin gth emaximum
axle load ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persq PSI
(pounds persquar uar
einc e
inc h): h)
:st anda rdunit of
measur ementfortir epr essur e.
Aspect r Aspect
ratio: atio:
ratio between tireheigh tand tire
widt hin per cent.
T T
ir ir
e pr e
pr ess ur ess
ure: e:
press ureinsid eth etir eappl ying an
outw ardfo rc eto everysq uar einc hof thetir e. The
tir epr essur eis speci/ed inpounds persquar e
inc h(psi), inkilopasc als(kPa)or inbar .The tire
pr essur eshould onlybe cor rected when thetir es
ar ecold.
Cold tir Cold
tirepr e
pr essur essur
e: e:
thetir es arecold when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedfo rat least 3hour swit h-
out direct sunlight onthetir es ortheve hicle has
been driven forless than 1mile (1.6km).
T T
ir ir
e cont e
cont actsurf act
surface: ace:
thepar tof thetir eth at
comes intocont actwithth ero ad.
T T
ir ir
e bead: e
bead: thepur pose ofthetir ebead isto
ensur eth at thetir esits secur elyon thewheel rim.
Ther ear ese veralwir ecor esinthetir ebead to
pr ev ent thetir efrom chang inglengthon the
wheel rim. Side
w Side
wall: all:
thepar tof thetir ebe tween thetread
and thetir ebead.
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eight ofop eight
ofoptional eq tional
equipment: uipment:
thecombined
we ight oftheop tional equipment weighing more
th an there placed standar dpar tsand moreth an
5 lbs (2.3 kg).This optio nal equipme nt,suc has
high- perform ance brak es, leve lcontrol system, a
ro of lugg agera ck orhigh-per form ance batteries,
is no tincl uded inthecurb weight andthewe ight
of theaccess ories.
TIN (T TIN
(Tir ir
e e
Ident i/cation Ident
i/cationNumber): Number):
auniq ueident i/-
cat ion number whichcan beused byatir emanu -
fa ctur ertoidentify tires, forex am ple, inapr oduct
re call, andthus identify thepur chaser s.The TINis
made upofthemanuf acturer'sidentity code,tire
size, tiretype code andthemanuf acturingdate.
Load-bear Load-bear
inginde ing
inde x: x:
theload-bear inginde xis a
code that cont ains themaximum load-bearing
capac ityofatir e.
Tr Tr
actio n: actio
n:tractio nis thegr ip result ing from fricti on
be tween thetir es and thero ad sur face.
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ear indicat ear
indicator: or
:nar row bar s(tr ead wearbar s)that
ar edis tribut edove rth etir econt actsurface. Ifth e tir
etread isleve lwit hth ebar s,thewe arlimi tof
1/1 6in (1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed.
Dis Dis
tr tr
ibut ionofv ibut
ionofvehicle occupan ts: ehicle
occupan ts:distribut ionof
ve hicle occupan tsover designat edseat positions
in ave hicle.
Maxim umper Maxim
umpermissib lepa y missib
lepa yload w load
weig ht: eig
ht: nomi nal
load andluggage load plus150lb(68 kg)multi-
plied bythenumber ofseats intheve hicle. Chang
ingawheel Chang
ingawheel NNo o
t t
es on select ing,ins t es
on select ing,ins tallin gand r allin
gand replaci ngtir eplaci
ngtires es
*
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue toincor -
re ct wheel andtiredimen sions
If wheels andtires ofthewr ong size areinst al-
led, theser vice brak es orcom ponents inthe 320320
Wheels
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 &
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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 eth ro ugh
tir etypes andsizes that have notbee n
app rove d 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 tireonl 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. 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(/ page302) R
Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page308)
R Tire size desig nation,load- bearingcapacit y,
speed rating andload index(/ page316)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page304)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page330) NNo o
t t
es on rot es
on rotatin gt atin
gthe wheels he
wheels &
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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 Wheels
andtires
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