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 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. 330330
Wheels
andtires
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(/ page311) R
Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page318)
R Tire size desig nation,load- bearingcapacit y,
speed rating andload index(/ page325)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page313)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page338) 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 332332
Wheels
andtires
R
Rear wheels wearmor ein thecent erofthe
tir e
Do notdr ive wit htir es that have toolittle tread
dep th.This signi/ can tly re duces traction onwet
ro ads (hydr oplan ing).
On vehicles that have thesame sizefront and rear
wheels, rotate thewheels accordingtotheint er-
va ls in thetir emanuf acturer'swarrant ybook in
yo ur vehicle docume nts. Ifth is is no tav ailabl e,
ro tate thetir es every3,000 to6,000 miles
(5,000 to10,000 km),depending onthewe ar.
Ensu rethat thedir ection ofrotation ismai n-
ta ined.
Obser vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
"Chang ingawheel" whendoingso (/ page334). NNo o
t t
es on st es
on stor or
ing wheels ing
wheels When
stor ing wheels, observethefo llo wing notes:
R ATer remo vingwheels, stor eth em inacool,
dr yand prefer abl ydar kplace.
R Protect thetir es from cont actwithoil, grease
or fuel. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the tir he
tire-c e-c
hang hang
et e
tool kit ool
kit *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Apar
tfr om some countr y-speci/c variant s,vehi-
cles areno teq uipp edwithatir e-c hang eto ol kit.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhic htir e-c hanging tools
ar ere qu ired and appr ovedfo rper form ing awheel
ch ang eon your vehicle, consu ltaquali/ed spe-
cialis two rkshop.
Yo ure qu ire th efo llo wing tools, forex am ple, to
ch ang eawheel:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignme ntbolt
The tire-c hangeto ol kit islocat edintool bag 1
in thecar gocom partment. %
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th eto ol
bag maybe locat edinother posit ionsin the
car gocom partmen t. The
tool bag cont ains:
R Jack
R Gloves
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignme ntbolt
R Folding choc k
R Ratche tfo rjac k Wheels
andtires
333 333
Lo
w Lo
wer er
ing t ing
the v he
vehic le ehic
leaTer aTer
awhee lc a
whee lc hang e hang
e RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The newwhee lhas been installed
(/ page336). #
T T
o low o
lower t er
the v he
vehic le: ehic
le:plac eth era tche tont o
th ehe xagon nutofthejac kso that theletter s
"AB" arevisible andturncount er-cloc kwise. #
Tight enthewheel boltsevenl yin adiagonal
patt ernin theor der indicat ed1 to5 with
an initial maximum forc eof 59 lb-T (80Nm). #
Tight enthewheel boltsevenl yin adiagonal
patt ernin theor der indicat ed1 to5 with th
especi/ed tightening torq ue of96 lb-T
(1 30 Nm) . &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacc iden tdu eto incor -
re ct tightenin gto rq ue
Th ewheels couldcome looseifth ewheel
bolts orwheel nutsareno ttight ened tothe
pr escr ibed torq ue . #
Ensur eth at thewheel boltsorwheel
nuts aretight ened tothepr escr ibed
tight ening torq ue . #
Ifyo uar eno tsur e,do notmo vetheve hi-
cle. Contact aqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop andhave thetight ening torq ue
ch eckedimmediat ely. #
Chec kth etir epr essur eof thene wly installed
wheel andadjust itifnecessar y.
% The follo wing does notappl yif th ene wwheel
is an emer gency sparewheel. #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit htir h
tir epr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
nin gsy nin
gsy s- s-
t t
em: em:
Restar tth etir epr essur eloss warning
sy stem (/ page317). #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Restar tth etir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m (/ page316). Emer
g Emer
gency spar ency
sparewheel e
wheel NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the emer g he
emer gency spar ency
sparewheel e
wheel &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident causedby
incor rect wheel andtiredimen sions
The wheel ortiresizes andthetir etype ofthe
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel and
th ewheel tobe replaced maydi.er .The emer -
ge ncy sparewheel orspar ewheel cansigni/-
cantl yim pair drivi ng charact eristics ofthe
ve hicle.
To prev ent hazar dous situations: #
Drive car efull y. #
Neverinst allmor eth an one emer gency
spa rewheel orspar ewheel that di.er s
in size . #
Onlyuse anemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel brie0y . 338338
Wheels
andtires
#
Donotdeactiv ateESP ®
. #
Have theemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofadi.er entsize replaced
at thenear estquali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. Thenewwheel mustha ve thecor -
re ct dimen sions. %
The de0at edemer gency sparewheel is
secur edintheemer gency sparewheel bagin
th ecar gocom partment andissecur edtothe
adju stable cargocom partmen t0oor inthe
lo we rposition.
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson remo vingan emer -
ge ncy sparewheel:
R Beforestow ing theemer gency sparewheel,
mak esur eth er eis no airleT inthetir e.
If necessar y,allo wtheair toescape.
R T T
o r o
release airfr elease
airfrom t om
the tir he
tire: e:
remo vetheva lve
cap ofthetir e.
R Press down theme talinser tin theva lve using
a point edobject, e.g.apen.
R Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve. %
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withadjust h
adjust ablecar able
cargocom go
com par par
tment tment
0oor : 0oor
:alw aysst ow thede0at edemer gency
spa rewheel inthelowe rposition onthe
adju stable cargocom partmen t0oor .
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson installing anemer -
ge ncy sparewheel:
R The maximum permissibl espeed withan
emer gency sparewheel installed is50 mph
(80 km/h ).
R Donoteq uip theemer gency sparewheel with
sno wch ains.
R Replace theemer gency sparewheel aTersix
ye arsat thelat est, rega rdless ofwe ar.
R Chec kth etir epr essur eof theemer gency
spa rewheel installed. Correct thepr essur eas
necessar y.
% The speci/ed tirepr ess ureis stat ed on the
label oftheemer gency sparewheel.
% V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
nin gsy nin
gsy s- s-
t t
em: em:
Ifan emer gency sparewheel isinst alled,
th etir epr essur eloss warning system canno t
function reliabl y.Onl yre star tth esy stem ag
ain when theemer gency sparewheel has
been replaced withane wwheel.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Ifan emer gency sparewheel isinst alled,
th etir epr essur emonit oring system canno t
function reliabl y.Fo ra few minut esaTer an
emer gency sparewheel isins talled, thesy s-
te m ma yst ill displa yth etir epr essur eof the
re mo vedwheel. Onlyre star tth esy stem again
when theemer gency sparewheel hasbeen
re placed withane wwheel.
Be sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page311)
R Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page318)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page313)
R Noteson installing tires (/ page329)
R Inst alling anemer gency sparewheel
(/ page334) Wheels
andtires
339 339
Sea
tbe ltad jus Sea
tbe ltad justm ent tme
nt
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 42
Fu nctio n........... ....................................... 42
Seat beltw Seat
beltwar ar
ning ning
see Seat belt
Seat belts Seat
belts
Ac tivating/dea ctivating seatbelt
<00420045004B005600540055004E0046004F0055000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F>42
Re duced protection .................................. 40
Re leasing....... .......................................... 42
Seat beltadjustment (function)...... .......... 42
Seat cov Seat
cover (Car er
(Car e) e)
...... ...... ............................. 288
Seat heating Seat
heating
Ac tivating/dea ctivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Seat v Seat
ventilati on entilati
on
Ac tivating/dea ctivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 100
Seats Seats
Folding thebac krest forw ards (rear
passen gercom partment) ....................... 108
Selecting ag Selecting
agear ear
see Changing gears
Se lect Se
lect orlev or
lever er
see DIREC TSEL ECT leve r Self
-t Self
-test est
Au tomatic front passeng erairbag shut
o..... ........................ ................................ 47
Sen sor Sen
sors(car s
(car e) e)
... ........................... ............... 287
Ser Ser
vice vice
see ASSYST PLUS
Ser Ser
vice Cent vice
Cent er er
see Quali/ed speci alist wo rkshop
Se r Se
rvice int vice
interv er
val displa y al
displa y
see ASSYST PLUS
Se Se
tting asp eed tting
asp eed
see Cruis econt rol
Se Se
tting t tti
ng the mapsc ale he
mapsc ale
se eMap
Sh iT Sh
iTpadd les pa
dd les
se eSt eer ing wheel paddle shiTers
ShiTin g ShiTin
gg g
ear s ear
s
Gear shiT recommen dation..................... 160
Sid eairbag Sid
eairbag ..................................................... 43
Sid eim Sid
eim pact prot pact
protection ection
................................. 214 Side
windo ws Sid
ewi ndo ws
Child safetyloc kin there ar
passen gercom partment ..........................6 5
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Con venienc eclo sing. .......... .....................81
Con venienc eope ning .......... .....................81
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Opening/c losi<004F0048000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Pr oblem <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F> 82
Size designation (tir Size
designation (tires) es)<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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325
Sliding sunr Sliding
sunroof oof
Au tomatic functions. ................................ 85
Closing ............... .....................................8 2
Closing usingtheSmar tKey <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F> 81
Opening <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F> 82
Opening withth eSmar tKey <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F> 85
Ra in-closing featur e.................................8 5
Sma r Sma
rtK ey tK
ey
Ac oust icloc king veri/catio nsig nal ...........6 7
Batt ery.. ...... ...... .......................................68
Dea ctivating a<00470056004F00440055004A0050004F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Ener gycons umption ...... ..........................67
Fu nctio nove rview........ ............................ 66
Ke yring attachm <0046004F0055000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F> .................. 68 Ind
ex
443 443
Ti
re pressur emonit oring system
(function )............................................... 314
T T
ir ir
e tr e
tread ead.....
................................................ 310
T T
ir ir
e-c e-c
hang hang
et e
tool kit ool
kit
Ov ervie w..... ........................................... 333
TIREFIT kit TIREFIT
kit
St orag elocation.. ................................... 293
Using.. ................................................... 293
T T
ir ir
es es
Char acterist ics ....................................... 325
Chec king............................................... 310
Chec kingthetir epr essur e(manuall y)..... 314
Chec kingthetir epr essur e(tir epr es-
sur emonit oring system) ......................... 315
De/n itions..... ........................................ 327
DO T,Tire Identi/cation Number(TIN) .....3 23
Flat tire....... ...........................................291
Inst alling...... .......................................... 336
Load index.......... ................................... 325
Load-bear ingcapa city....... ..................... 325
Maximum tireload..... ............................ 324
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MOEx tended tires.......... ........................292
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000F000F000F000F> .................310 No
teson installing ................................. 329
Ov ervie wof tirelabeling...... ...................322
Re mo ving..... ......... ................................. 336
Re placing.. .....................................3 29, 334
Re placing thewheel trim. ..... .................. 334
Re star ting thetir epr essur eloss warn-
ing system.. ...........................................3 17
Re star ting thetir epr essur emonit or-
ing system.. ........................................... 316
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Sno wch ains ............ .............................. 311
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St oring.... ............................................... 333
Te mp eratur egr ade ................................. 322
Ti re and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d..... 318
Ti re pressur e(no tes)... ........................... 311
Ti re pressur eloss warning system
(function)...... ............ ............................. 316
Ti re pressur emonit oring system
(function )................. .............................. 314
Ti re pressur eta ble .................................3 13
Ti re Quality Grading ...............................3 22
Ti re size desig nation.............................. 325
TIR EFIT kit............. ................................. 293
Tr actio ngr ade ........................................3 22 Tr
ead weargrade ................................... 322
Un familiar handling ................................ 310
T T
ool ool
see Vehicle tool kit
T T
op Tet op
Tether her.
..................................................... 59
T T
ouc ouc
hCon tr h
Con trol ol
On- boar dcom puter................................ 225
Oper ating.... ...... .................................... 232
T T
ouc ouc
hpad hpad
Oper ating.... ...... .................................... 232
T T
ouc ouc
hscr hscr
een een
Oper ating.... ...... .................................... 232
To w To
w-a wa -a
wa yalar m y
alar m
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Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 87
To w To
w-bar syst -bar
system em
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