To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle, observethefo l-
lo wing when usingapo we rwa sher :
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) awa yfrom theve hicle. Other wise,
th etrunk lidcould openunintentionall y.
R Maint ainadist anceof atlea st11.8 in(30 cm)
to theve hicle.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hdecor h
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil: oil:
Parts of your
ve hicle areco veredwit hadecor ativefo il.
Maint ainadist ance ofatleast 27.6in(70 cm)
be tween thefo il-co veredpar tsof theve hicle
and thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher .Mo vethe
po we rwa sher nozzlearoun dwhils tclean ing.
The waterte mp eratur eof thepo we rwa sher
mus tno tex ceed 140°F(60°C) .
R Obser vetheinf ormation onthecor rect dis-
ta nce intheeq uipment manufacturer'soper -
ating instruction s.
R Donotdir ect thenozzle ofthepo we rwa sher
dir ectl yat sensi tivepar ts,suc has tires, gaps,
electr icalcom ponent s,batt eries, light sources
and ventila tion slits. WW
as hing t as
hing the v he
vehi cle b ehi
cle by ha nd y
ha nd *
N NO O
TE TE
Engine damagedue towa tering ress #
Take car eno tto point thewa terje t
dir ectl yto wa rdsth eair inle tgr ille belo w
th ehood. Obser
vetheleg alrequ irements, e.g.inanumber
of countr ies,washing byhand isonl yper mitt edin
special lydesignat edwash bays. #
Use amild clean ingagent ,e.g .car sham poo. #
Washtheve hicle withluk ewarm wa terusing a
soT carspong e.When doingso,donot
ex pose theve hicle todirect sunlight. #
Carefull yhose theve hicle o.withwa terand
dr yusing ach amois.
% Obser vetheno teson thecar eof vehicle
par ts(/ page285). NNo o
t t
es on pain tw es
on pain twor or
k/mat t k/mat
te e
/nish /nish
paintw pain
twor or
kcar e k
car e To
avo iddamaging thepaintw orkand interfering
wit hth edr iving assist ancesystems, please
obser vethefo llo wing notes: P P
aint aint
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Tree resin, oils, fuels and greases: remo veby
ru bbing gentl ywit haclo thsoak edinpe tro-
leum ether orlighter 0uid.
R Coolan tand brak e0uid: remo vewit hadam p
clo thand clean water.
R Tarst ains: usetarre mo ver.
R Wax:use silicone remo ver.
R Donotatt achsti ckers, /lms orsimilar materi-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qua li/ed specialist workshop.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher epossibl e.
Mat t Mat
te e
/nish /nish
R Onlyuse carepr oduct sappr oved for
Mer cedes-Be nz.
R Donotatt achstic kers,/lms orsimil armat eri-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Main
tenanc eand care
283 283
ExtExt
er er
ior light ing ior
light ing
R Clean thelenses withawe tspo ngeand mild
clea ning agent, e.g.carshampoo.
R Onlyuse cleaning agents orcleaning cloths
th at aresuit able forplastic lenses.
Sensor s Sensor
s
R Clean thesensor sin thefront and rear bum p-
er swit hasoT clothand carsham poo
(/ page170) .
R When usingapo we rwa sher ,maint ainamin i-
mum distance of11.8 in(30 cm).
R R
ear vie ear
viewca mer w
ca mer aand surr a
and surround vie ound
viewca mer a w
ca mer a
R Toopen there ar vie wcamer aco ver,switc hon
th eve hicle.
R Use clean waterand asoT clothtoclean the
camer alens.
R Donotuse apo we rwa sher .
T T
ailpi pes ailpi
pes
R Clean withaclean ingagent recommen dedfor
Mer cedes-Be nz,esp eciallyin thewint erand
aTer washing theve hicle.
R Donotuse acidic cleaningagent s. NNo o
t t
es on car es
on car eof t e
of the int he
inter er
ior ior
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom plas ticpar ts
br eakin go. aTer theuse ofsol vent-ba sed
ca re products
Car eand cleaning products containing sol-
ve nts canca use surfaces inthecoc kpit to
become porous. When theairbags are
deplo yed, plastic partsma ybr eak away. #
Donotuse anycar eor cleaning products
cont aining solvents toclean thecoc kpit. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor fata linjur ies
fr om bleac hedseat belts
Bleac hingordyeing seat belts canseverely
we aken them.
This can, forex am ple, cause seatbeltsto tear
or failin an accident. #
Neverbleac hor dyeseat belts. To
avo iddamag eto theve hicle, observethefo l-
lo wing noteson clean ingand care: Se
atbelt s Se
atbelt s
R Clean withluk ewa rmand soap ywa ter.
R Donotuse chemical cleaning agents.
R Donotdr yby heati ngthem toove r176°F
(80°C) orexposing them todirect sunlight.
Displa y Displa
y
R Switc ho. thedispla yand letit cool down.
R Clean thesur face car efully wit hamicr o/ber
clo thand asuit able displaycar epr oduct (TFT-
LC D).
R Donotuse anyot her agent s.
Head -upDispl ay Hea
d-up Display
R Cleanwithaso T, non-st atic,lint- free cloth.
R Donotuse cleaning agents.
Plas Plast
ictr tic
trim im
R Clean withadam pmicr o/ber cloth.
R Forhea vysoiling: Useacleaner recommen -
ded forMer cedes-Benz.
R Donotatt achstic kers,/lms orsimil armat eri-
als. 286286
Main
tenanc eand care
NN
o o
t t
es on st es
on star ar
ting assist ting
assist anceandc ance
andchar har
ging t ging
the 12 he
12
V batt V
batt ery er
y All
v All
vehicles ehicles
When chargin gth ebatt eryand during star ting
assist ance, alwaysuse thejum p-st artconnection
point intheengine compartment.
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag eto thebatt eryfrom over-
vo ltag e When
chargin gusin gabatt erych arge rwit hout
a maximum chargin gvo ltag e, thebatt eryor
th eon-boar delectr onics maybe damag ed. #
Onlyuse batterych arge rs wit hamaxi-
mum chargin gvo ltag eof 14.8 V. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion duetoigniting
hy drog en gas
If th er eis ashor tcir cuit orspar ksstar tto
fo rm when chargin gabatt ery, ther eis adan-
ge rof thehy drog en gasign iting . #
Take car eth at thepositiv ete rm inal ofa
connect edbatt erydoes notcome into
cont actwithve hicle parts. #
Neverplace metalobjects ortools ona
batt ery. #
When connecting anddisconnecting the
batt ery, alw aysobser vetheseq uence of
batt eryte rm inals descr ibed. #
Alwaysta ke car eto conn ectonlybatt ery
te rm inals ofidentical polaritywhen jump
st ar ting ave hicle. #
Duringstar tin gassis tance, itis ess entia l
to obser vetheseq uence describedfor
conn ectingand discon nectingthe
jum per cable s. #
Donotco nnec tor dis connec tth ebat-
te ry term inals while theengine isrun-
ning. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion duetoamix-
tur eof explosiv ega ses
A mixtu reofexplosiv ega ses can escape from
th ebatt erydur ing chargin gand jump star tin g. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tve ntila -
tion. #
Donotst and overth ebatt ery. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion from afrozen
batt ery
A disc hargedbatt eryma yfreeze attemp era-
tur es slightl yabo veorbelo wfreezin gpoint.
Dur ingstar ting assist anceorbatt erych argin g,
batt eryga scan bereleased. #
Alwaysallo wabatt eryto thaw before
ch argin git or per form ing star ting assis -
ta nce. If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheins trument
clust erdo notlight upatlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas frozen.
In this case youma yneit her jump-st artth eve hi-
cle nor charge thebatt ery.
The service life of abat tery that has been thawe d
ma ybe dramaticall yshor tened. Thestar ting char- 298298
Br
eakdo wnassis tance
Ex
am ple: enginecom partment #
Slid eco ver1 ofpositiv econt act2onthe
jum p-st arting connec tionpoi ntinthedir ection
of thear ro w. #
Connect positivecont act2onyour vehicle
to thepositiv ete rm inal ofthedonor battery
using thejum per cable/c harging cable. Alw
aysbegi nwit hposit ive cont act2onyour
ow nve hicle /rst. #
Dur Dur
ingst ing
star ar
tin gassis t tin
gassis tance: ance:
star tth eengine of
th edonor vehicle andrunat idle speed. #
Conne cttheneg ativete rm inal ofthedonor
batt eryand ground point 3ofyour ow nve hi-
cle byusing thejum per cable/c harging cable.
Begin withth edonor battery/r st. #
Dur Dur
ingst ing
star ar
ting assist ting
assist ance: ance:
star tth eengine of
yo ur ow nve hicle. #
Dur Dur
ingt ing
the c he
char har
gingpr gin
gpr ocess: ocess:
star tth ech arg-
ing process. #
Dur Dur
ingst ing
star ar
tin gassis t tin
gassis tance: ance:
letth eengines run
fo rse veralminut es. #
Dur Dur
ingst ing
star ar
ting assist ting
assist ance: ance:
beforedisconnect-
ing thejum per cable, switchon anelectr ical
consumer onyour ow nve hicle, e.g.th ere ar
wind owheat eror lightin g.
When thestar ting assist ance/c harging process is
com plete,per form thefo llo wing steps: #
Firs t, re mo vethejum per cable/c harging cable
fr om ground point 3and theneg ativete rm i- nal
ofthedonor battery, then from positiv e
cont act2and thepositiv ete rm inal ofthe
donor battery. Begin each time withth econ-
ta cts onyour ow nve hicle /rst. #
ATe rre mo vingth ejum per cable/c harging
cable, closecover1 ofpositiv econt act2.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop. RR
eplaci ngt eplaci
ngthe 12 Vbatt he
12 Vbatt ery er
y #
Obser vetheno teson the12 Vbatt ery
(/ page296).
Mer cedes-Benz recommen dsthat youha ve the
12 Vbatt eryre placed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop, e.g.at an aut hor izedMer cedes- Benz
Cen ter.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesif yo uwa nttoreplace
th ebatt eryyo urself:
R Alwaysre place afa ulty batterywit habatt ery
whic hmee tsthespeci/c vehicle requ ire-
ments. 300300
Br
eakdo wnassist ance
per
mit anyre liable conclusion aboutthetir epr es-
sur e.
Onl ycor rect tirepr essur ewhen thetir es arecold.
Conditions forcold tires:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hth etir es out
of dir ect sunlight forat least thre ehour s.
R The vehicle hastrav eled lessthan 1mile
(1.6 km).
The vehicle' stir es heat upwhen drivi ng .As the
te mp eratur eof thetir es incr eases, sotoodoes
th etir epr essur e.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing syst ing
system: em:
Yo ucan also checkth etir epr essur eusing theon-
boar dcom puter.
The tirepr essur ere commen dedforincr eased
load/speed inthetir epr essur eta ble can a.ect
th eride comf ort. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetounsuit a-
ble acces sories ontireva lves
If yo umount unsuitableacces sories ontotir e
va lves, thetir eva lves ma ybe overloaded and malfunction,
whichcan cause tirepr essur e
loss. #
Onlyscr ew stan da rd valve caps orvalve
caps speci/call yappr ovedby Mer cedes-
Benz foryo ur vehicle ontoth etir eva lve. TT
ir ir
e pr e
pr essur essur
et e
table able
The
tirepr essur eta ble ison theinside ofthefuel
/ller 0ap.
% The datasho wnintheimag esisex am ple
dat a. If
one ormor etir esize spr ecede atir epr essur e,
th efo llo wing tirepr essur einf ormation isonl yva lid
fo rth ose tiresizes andtheir respecti veload con-
dition.
The load conditions "partiallyladen" and"fully
laden" arede/n edintheta ble fordi.er entnum-
ber sof passeng ersand amounts oflugg age. The
actual number ofseats maydi.er from this. 312312
Wheels
andtires
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(/ page316)
R Maxim umtireload (/page323)
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
325 325
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. 326326
Wheels
andtires
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.
W W
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.
W W
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. &
W W
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 328328
Wheels
andtires