MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS 2017 Owners Manual

Af te ry ou ha ve driven fo raf ew minutes, th e
sy st em ch ec ks whe th er th ec ur re nt tir ep re s‐
su re sa re within th es pecified ra nge. The cur‐
re nt tir ep re ssures ar et hen accep te dasr ef‐
erence va lues and monitored.
Be sur etoa lso obse rv et he fo llowing fur th er
re lated subjects: R
No te sont ir ep re ssur e( →
pag e3 12 )
Ra dio-type appr ov al of th et ir ep re ssure
moni to ri ng sy st em
Ra dio equipment appr ov al number
Countr yR adio equipment appr ov al
number
Canada
USA FCC ID: MRX AG 5SP4
FCC ID: MRXMFR
IC: 2546A -A G5SP4 Loading th ev ehicle
Ti re and Loading Information placard
q
WA RNING Risk of accident from ov erloa‐
ded tires
Overloaded tires ma yo ve rh eat and bur st as a
consequence. Overloaded tires can also
impair th es te ering and handling ch aracteris‐
tic sa nd lead to brak ef ailure.

Even if yo uh av ec alculated th et ot al load care‐
full y, yo us hould st ill mak es ur et hat th em axi‐
mum permissible gross mass and th em aximum
permissible axle load of yo ur ve hicle ar en ot
exc eeded. De ta ils can be fo und on th ev ehicle
identification plate.

Ste p2
Example 1E xa mp le 2
Numb er of people in th ev ehicle (driver and
occupants) 51
Distribution of th eo ccupant sF ro nt :2
Re ar :3 Fr ont :1
We ight of occupant sO ccupant 1: 15 0l bs (68 kg )
Occupant 2: 18 0l bs (82 kg )
Occupant 3: 16 0l bs (7 3k g)
Occupant 4: 14 0l bs (63 kg )
Occupant 5: 12 0l bs (5 4k g) Occupant 1: 200 lbs (9 1k g)
To ta lw eight of all occupant s7 50 lbs (340 kg )2 00 lbs (9 1k g)
Ste p3
Example 1E xa mp le 2
Pe rm issible load (maximum gros sv ehicle we ight
ra ting from th eT ir ea nd Loading In fo rm ation
placar dm inus th eg ro ss we ight of all occupants) 15 00 lbs (680 kg )

Ti re labeling
Overvie woft ir el abeling
1
Uni fo rm Ti re Quality Grading St andard
( →
pag e3 23 )
2
DO T( Department of Tr anspor ta tion), (TIN)
Ti re Identification Nu mber ( →
pag e3 24 )
3
Maximu mt ir el oa d( →
pag e3 25)
4
Maximu mt ir ep re ssu re ( →
pag e3 25) 5
Manufacturer 6
Ti re ch aracteristic s( →
pag e3 26 )7
Ti re size designation, load ra ting ,s peed ra t‐
ing and load ind ex ( →
pag e3 26)8
Ti re name

and one-half times as we ll on th eg ove rn ment
course as at ir eg ra de d1 00.
The re lativ ep er fo rm anc eoft ires depends upon
th ea ctual conditions of th eir use, ho we ve r, and
ma yd epar ts ignificantl yf ro mt he nor md ue to
va ri ations in drivin gh abits, servic ep ra ctice sa nd
dif fe re nces in ro ad ch aracteristic sa nd climate
conditions.
Tr actio ng ra de
q
DA NG ER Risk of acciden td ue to inade‐
qu at et ra ction
The traction gr ade assigned to th is tir ei s
based on st ra ight-ahead brakin gt ra ction
te st s, and does no ti nclude either accelera‐
tion, cornering, hy droplaning or peak traction
ch aracteristics.

Ne ve re xc eed maximum tir ep re ssure 1 speci‐
fi ed fo rt he tire.
Information on tir ec haracteristics

Preceding letter 1 :R
Wi th out :p assenger ve hicle tires according to
Europea nm an ufactu ri ng st andards.R
"P": passenger ve hicle tires according to US
manufacturing st andards.R
"LT": light truc kt ires accordin gtoUSm anu‐
fa cturing st andards.R
"T": compact emer ge ncy spa re wheels with
high tir ep re ssur et hat ar eo nly designe df or
te mp orar yu se in an emer ge ncy.
Aspec tr atio 3 :
Ra tio betwee nt ir eh eight and tir ew id th in per‐
cent (ti re height divided by tir ew id th ).
Tir ec od e 4 (ti re type):R
"R "r adial tireR
"D": bias ply tire R
"B": bias belted tires R
"ZR": ra dial tir ew it ham aximum speed abo ve
14 9m ph (240 km/h) (optional) Rim diame te r 5 :
The diam et er of th eb ead seat (no tt he diame te r
of th er im fl ange). The ri md iame te riss pecified
in inches (in).
Load-bearing index 6
Numerical code th at specifies th em aximum
load-bearing capacity of at ir e( e.g. "91" cor re ‐
sponds to 13 56 lbs (6 15 kg )).
The load-bearing capacity of th et ir em us tbea t
leas th alf th ep ermissible axle load of yo ur ve hi‐
cle. Do no to ve rl oad th et ires by exc eeding th e
specified load limit.
See also: R
Maximum permissible load on th eT ir ea nd
Loading In fo rm atio np lacar d( →
pag e3 19 )R
Maximum tir el oa d( →
pag e3 25)R
Load index
Spee dr ating 7 :
Specifies th ea ppr ove dm aximum speed of th e
tire.

Inde xS pee dr ating
ZR...Y 1
up to 18 6m ph (300 km/h)
ZR...(..Y) 1
ove r1 86 mp h( 300 km/h )
ZR 1
ove r1 49 mp h( 24 0k m/h)R
Specifying th es peed ra ting as th e" ZR" index
in tir ec ode 4 is optional fo rt ires up to
18 6m ph (300 km/h).R
If yo ur tir ec od e 4 includes "ZR" and th ere
is no speed ra ting 7 ,f ind out what th em ax‐
imum speed is from th et ir em anufacturer.R
If load-bearing index 6 and speed ra ting 7
ar einb ra ck et s, th em aximum speed ra ting of
yo ur tir eisa bo ve 18 6m ph (300 km/h). To
fi nd ou tt he maximum speed, ask th et ire
manufacturer. All-weather tires and winter tires
Inde xS pee dr ating
QM +S 2
up to 10 0m ph (160 km/h)
TM +S 2
up to 11 8m ph (190 km/h)
HM +S 2
up to 13 0m ph (2 10 km/h)
VM +S 2
up to 14 9m ph (240 km/h)
Wi nter tires bear th e M snowflak es ymbol
and fulfill th er equirements of th eR ubber Manu‐
fa cturer sA ssociation (RMA) and th eR ubber
Associatio nofC anada (RAC) re ga rd ing traction
on sno w.
Load index 8 : R
No specification given: st andar dl oad (SL)
tire R
"XL" or "Extra Load": ex tr al oa dt ir eorr ein‐
fo rc ed tire R
"Light Load": light load tire R
"C", "D", "E": al oad ra ng et hat depe nd so n
th em aximum load th at th et ir ec an car ry at a
cer ta in pressure
Definitions fo rt ires and loading
Ti re stru ctu re and ch aracteristics: describes
th en umber of la ye rs or th en umber of ru bber-
coated belts in th et ir ec on ta ct su rf ace and th e
tir ew all. These ar em ade of st eel, ny lon, poly‐
es te ra nd ot her materials.
Bar: metric unit fo rt ir ep re ssu re .
14 .5038 pounds per squar ei nc h( ps i) and
10 0k ilopasca l( kPa) is th ee qu ivalent of one bar.
DO T( Department of Tr anspo rt ation): DOT
mar ke dt ires fulfill th er equirements of th e
US Department of Tr anspor ta tio n.
Av erag ew eight of th ev ehicle occupants: th e
numbe rofv ehicle occupants fo rw hi ch th ev ehi‐
cle is designed, multiplied by 15 0lb( 68 kg ).
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"ZR" st ated in th et ir ec ode.2
Or "M+S M "f or winter tires328
Wheels and tires