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If yo uha ve inst alled snowch ains onthefront
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body orchassis components. #
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wheels. #
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wheels inpair s. *
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yo umount snowch ains tothefront wheels
of 4MA TICvehicles, youma ydamag ecom po-
nents oftheve hicle body orchassis. #
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wheels of4MA TICvehicles. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteswhen usingsno w
ch ains:
R Snow chains areonl yper missib leforcer tain
wheel/tir ecombinations. Youcan obtain infor-
mation aboutthis from aaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Service Cent er.
R Forsaf etyre asons, onlyuse snowch ains that
ha ve been speci/call yappr ovedfo ryo ur vehi-
cle byMer cedes-Be nz,orsno wch ains with
th esame qualit yst andar d.
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sno wch ain manu factur er.
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missible speedis30 mph(5 0km /h).
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ins talled.
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( / pag e197).
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to pull away
( / pag e166). Thisallowsthewheels tospin ,
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Un der in0a tedor ove rin0at edtire spose inpar -
ticu larthefo llo wing risk s:
R The tires can burst.
R The tires can wearexcessiv elyand/ or
une venly.
R The driving charact eristics aswellas the
st ee ring and brak ing charact eristics may
be greatl yim pair ed. #
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sur esand checkth etir epr essur eof all
tir es, including thespar ewheel, regu-
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andtires
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