#
Remo vewarning triangle 1.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
witht h
thr hr
ee row ee
rows of seats s
of seats #
Remo vewarning triangle 1. Se Se
tting upt tting
upthe w he
war ar
ning tr ning
triangle iangle
#
Foldside re0ect ors1 upw ards toform atri-
ang leand attachat theto pusing upper press-
stu d2. #
Foldlegs 3down and outtotheside. FF
ir s ir
st- aid kit t-aid
kit(soT- sided) (soT-
sided) ov ov
er er
vie w vie
w Depending
ontheve hicle equipme nt,th e/r st-aid
kit (soT- sided) maybe locat edinthefo llo wing pla-
ces intheve hicle:
R Firs t-aid kit(soT side d)1 isin thecar go
com partment intheleT orright-h andstow age
ne t. Br
eakdo wnassis tance
331 331
wo
rkshop withre ga rd totheir further
use. #
The defectiv etir emust bereplaced in
ev erycase. Wi
th MOEx tended tires (run -0at tires) ,yo ucan
continue todrive yo ur vehicle evenifth er eis a
to ta lloss ofpressur ein one ormor etir es. How-
ev er,th etir ea.ect edmust notsho wan yclear ly
visi ble dam age.
Yo ucan recogn izeMOExt endedtir es by the
MOEx tended marking whic happear son theside
wa llof thetir e.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withtir h
tir epr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
ning syst ning
system: em:
MOExt ended tires ma yonl ybe used inconjunc-
tion withan activ ated tirepr essur eloss warning
sy stem.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withtir h
tir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing sy ing
syst st
em: em:
MOExt ended tires ma yonl ybe used inconjunc-
tion withan activ ated tirepr essur emonit oring
sy stem.
If apr essur eloss warning messa geappear sin the
dr iver's displa y,proceed asfollo ws :
R Chec kth etir efo rdamag e. R
Ifdr iving on,obser vethefo llo wing notes.
Dr Dr
iving dist ivi
ng distance possibl ein emer g ance
possibl ein emer gency mode ency
mode
aTer aTer
t t
he pr he
pressur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
nin g: nin
g: Load
condition Load
condition Dr Dr
iving dist ivi
ng distance possi- ance
possi-
ble inemer g ble
inemer gency mode ency
mode
Pa rtiall yladen 50miles (80km)
Fu lly laden 19miles (30km) The
driving distance possible inemer gency mod e
ma yva ry depending onthedr iving style. Obser ve
th emaximum permissible speedof50 mph
(80 km/h ).
If atir ehas gone0at and cann otbe replaced with
an MOExt ended tire, youcan useast andar dtir e
as ate mp orarymeasur e. SS
t t
or or
ag ag
elocation oft e
location ofthe TIREFIT kit(no he
TIREFIT kit(no tplug-i n t
plug-i n
h h
ybr ybr
id) id)
The
TIREFIT kitislocat edunder thecar gocom-
par tment 0oor. V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withtw h
tw oro w o
ro ws of seats s
of seats 1
Tire sealan tbo ttle
2 Tire in0 ation com pressor Br
eakdo wnassist ance
333 333
VV
ehicles wit ehicles
witht h
thr hr
ee row ee
rows of seats s
of seats 1
Tire sealan tbo ttle
2 Tire in0 ation com pressor
Depending onthemodel, theTIREFIT kitmayalso
be locat edinother places underthecar gocom-
par tment 0oor. Using
t Using
the TIREFIT kit he
TIREFIT kit RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Tire sealan tbo ttleand tirein0ation compres-
sor (/ page333)
R TIREFIT sticke r R
Gloves
Yo ucan useTIREFIT tiresealant toseal perfora -
tion damageof up to0.16 in(4 mm) ,par ticular ly
th ose inthetir econt actsurface. Youcan use
TIREFIT inoutside temp eratur esdown to-4 °F
(-20 °C). &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofacc ident whenusing
tir esea lant
The tiresea lant maybe unabl eto seal thetir e
pr oper ly,especi allyin thefo llo wing cases :
R Ther ear elar ge cuts orpunct ures inthe
tir e(la rger than damag epr ev iousl ymen-
tioned)
R The wheel rims have been damag ed
R ATer journeys wit hve ry low tirepr essur e
or wit h0at tires #
Donotcontinue driving. #
Consult aqua li/ed specia listworkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryand poison ing
fr om tiresealan t
The tiresealan tis har mfu land causes irrita -
tion. Donotallo witto come intocont actwith
th eskin, eyes orclo thing, and donotsw allo w
it. Do notinhale tiresealant fumes.Keep the
tir esea lant awayfrom childr en.
If yo ucome intocont actwithth etir esealant,
obser vethefo llo wing: #
Rinse o.thetir esealant from your skin
immediat elyusing water. #
Iftir esealan tget sint oyo ur eyes, thor -
oughl yrinse outtheey es using clean
wa ter. #
Iftir esealan thas been swallo wed,imme-
diat elyrinse outthemout hth or oughl y
and drink plenty ofwa ter. Do notinduce
vo mitin gand seek medical attenti on
immediat ely. #
Chang eout ofanyclo thes cont aminat ed
wit htir esealant immediat ely. #
Ifalle rgic reactio nsoccur ,seek medic al
att ent ion immed iately. 334334
Br
eakdo wnassist ance
#
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
speed of35 mph(6 0km /h)wh en tran s-
po rting. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle from secur -
ing itinco rrectl y #
ATer loading, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheels. Other wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Amin imum distance of8in (20 cm)
upw ards and 4in (10 cm) down wards
must bekept tothetranspor tplatf orm. #
Secur eth eve hicle onallfour wheels aTer
loading. 4MA 4MA
TICv TIC
vehicles/v ehicles/v
ehicleswit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
trans- ans-
mission mission
#
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axles come
to rest on thesame transpor tation vehicle.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thedr ive train due to
incor rect positi oningof theve hicle #
Donotposit iontheve hicle abovethe
conn ectio npoin tof thetranspor tve hi-
cle. TT
o o
wing ey wing
eyest e
stor or
ag ag
elocation e
location VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withtw h
tw oro w o
ro ws of seats s
of seats To
wing eye1 islocat edunder thecar gocom-
par tment 0oorbythetir e-c hang eto ol kit. 346346
Br
eakdo wnassist ance
VV
ehicles wit ehicles
witht h
thr hr
ee row ee
rows of seats s
of seats To
wing eye1 islocat edunder thecar gocom-
par tment 0oor. InstInst
alling andr alling
andremo emo
ving t ving
the to he
towing eye wing
eye #
Press themar kon cover1 inwa rdsand
re mo ve. #
Screw intheto wing eyecloc kwise asfaras it
will goand tight en.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withatr h
atrailer hitc ailer
hitch: h:
vehicles withatrailer
hitc hdo notha ve are ar brac ketfo rth eto wing
ey e. Fasten theto w bar tothetrailer hitch. #
Mak esur eth at cover1 engages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetoincor -
re ct use oftheto wing eyeor trailer hitch When
ato wing eyeor trailer hitchis used to
re co vera ve hicle, theve hicle maybe damag ed
in thepr ocess. #
Onlyuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitchto
to w awa yor tow star tth eve hicle. #
Donotuse theto wing eyeor trailer hitch
to tow theve hicle during reco very. TT
o o
w w
-st -st
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehic le ehic
le VV
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission ansm
ission
* NO NO
TE TE
Dam ageto theaut omatic transmis-
sion duetotow star tin g The
automati ctransmissi onmaybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omati ctransmi ssion. Br
eakdo wnassis tance
347 347
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. NNo o
t t
es on tr es
on trailer oper ailer
operation ation
Alw aysin0at eth ere ar axle tires tothere commen -
ded tirepr essur eon thetir epr essur eta ble for
incr eased load. 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. The
tirepr essur eta ble showsthere commen ded
tir epr essur efo rall tires appr ovedfo rth is vehicle.
The recommen dedtirepr essur esappl yfo rcold
tir es under various oper ating condition s,i.e. load-
ing and/or speedoftheve hicle.
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. 354354
Wheels
andtires
Loading
t Loading
the v he
vehic le ehic
le NNo o
t t
es on T es
on Tir ir
e and Loading Inf e
and Loading Infor or
mation placard mation
placard &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofacc ident from overloa-
ded tires
Ov erloaded tires ma yove rheat and burstas a
conseq uence. Overloaded tires can also
im pair thesteer ing and handling charact eris-
tics and lead tobrak efa ilur e. #
Obser vetheload rating ofthetir es. #
The load rating must beatleast halfth e
per missible axleload oftheve hicle. #
Neverov erload thetir es by exceedin g
th emaximum load. The
Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar dis on the
B-pi llaron thedr iver's side oftheve hicle. 1
Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d %
The datasho wnintheillust ration isex am ple
dat a.
The Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar dsho ws
th efo llo wing information:
R Maximum numberofseats 2accor dingto
th emaximum numberofpeople permitt edto
tr ave lin theve hicle. Wheel
sand tires
359 359
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. &
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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 370370
Wheels
andtires