MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2022 Owners Manual

R
ifalt ering theload ontheve hicle
R prior tolong journeys
R ifth eoper ating conditions chang e,for
ex am ple when drivin gof f-ro ad #
Adjus tth etir epr essur ewher eneces ‐
sar y. Ti
re pressur ewhic his toohigh ortoolow can:
R Shor tenth eser vice life of thetir es.
R Cause increased tiredamag e.
R Adversely affect drivi ng charact eristic sand
th us drivin gsaf ety, e.g. due tohydroplaning. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto too
lo w atir epr essur e
Ti re swit hpr essur eth at istoolow can over‐
heat andburstas acon sequenc e.
In addit ion,th ey also sufferfr om irre gular
we ar,whic hcan significan tly im pair thebr ak‐
ing proper tiesand thehandling charact eris‐
tic s. #
Avoid excessiv elylow tirepr essur e. Ti
re pressur ewhic his toolow can cause:
R Tire faults asare sult ofoverheating
R Impair edhandling charact eristic s
R Irre gular wear
R Incr eased fuelconsum ption &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto too
high atir epr essur e
Ti re swit hexc essiv elyhigh pressur ecan
bur st.
In addi tion, they also sufferfr om irre gular
we ar,whic hcan significan tly im pair thebr ak‐
ing proper tiesand thehandling charact eris‐
tic s. #
Avoid excessiv elyhigh tirepr essur es. Ti
re pressur ewhic his toohigh cancause:
R Increased brakin gdis tance
R Impaired handl ing charact eristic s
R Irre gular wear
R Impair eddrivin gcom fort
R Sus ceptibility to damag e &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto repea‐
te dpr essur edr op inthetir es
The wheels, valves ortires could bedam‐
ag ed.
To olow atir epr essur ecan lead tothetir es
bur sting. #
Examine thetir es forfo re ign obje cts. #
Chec kwhe ther thetir ehas apunct ure
or theva lve has aleak . #
Ifyo uar eunab leto rectify thedamag e,
con tact aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Yo
ucan find spe cifica tions forth etir epr essur e
fo rth eve hicle's fact or y-ins talled tires on thefo l‐
lo wing labels:
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar don the
B‑pil larof your vehicle (/page295).
R Tire pressur eta ble ontheinside ofthefuel
fi ller flap (/ page29 0).
Obse rveth emaximum tirepr essur e
(/ page30 1). Wheels
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Use
asuit able pressur ega ug eto checkth etir e
pr essur e.The outerappear anceofatir edoes
no tper mit anyre liable conclusion aboutthetir e
pr essur e.
Onl ycor rect tirepr ess urewhe nth etir es are
cold. Condition sfo rcold tires:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hth etir es
out ofdir ect sunlight forat lea stthre ehour s.
R The vehicle hastrave led less than 1mile
(1 .6 km ).
The vehicle's tires heat upwhen driving. Asthe
te mp eratur eof thetir es incr eases, sotoodoes
th etir epr essur e.
Ve hicl eswith tirepr ess uremonit oring sys‐
te m: Youcan also seethetir epr essur ein the
dr iver's displa y.
The tirepr essur ere comme ndedforincr ease d
loa d/spee din thetir epr essur eta ble can affect
th eride comf ort. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
uns uitable accessories ontireva lves
If yo umoun tuns uitable accessories onto tire
va lves, thetir eva lves ma ybe ove rloaded and
malfunct ion,whic hcan cause tirepr essur e
loss. #
Onlyscr ew standar dva lve caps orvalve
cap sspe cifica llyapprove dby
Mer cedes-Ben zfo ryo ur vehicle onto
th etir eva lve. Ti
re pres sur etab le The
tirepr ess ureta ble ison theinside ofthe
fuel filler flap.
% The datasho wnintheimag esisexam ple
dat a. If
on eor mor etir esiz es prece deatir epr essur e,
th efo llo wing tirepr essur einf ormatio nis onl y
va lid forth ose tiresizes andtheir respectiv e
load condition.
The load conditions "partially laden" and"fully
laden" aredef ined intheta ble fordif fere nt num ‐
be rs of passeng ersand amounts oflugg age. The
actual number ofseats maydif ferfr om this. 290
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Some
tirepr ess ureta bles onlysho wtherim
diame terins tead ofthecom pletetiresize, e.g.
R1 8.The rim dia me teris par tof thetir esize and
can befound onthetir eside wall(/ page302 ).
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page29 5)
R Max imum tirepr essur e(/ page30 1) Chec
kingtirepr essu resmanu ally #
Read thetir epr essur efo rth ecur rent operat‐
ing cond itions from theTire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar dor thetir epr essur e
ta ble. Obser vetheno teson tirepr essur e. #
Remo vetheva lve cap ofthetir eto be
ch ecked. #
Press thetir epr essur ega ug esec urelyon to
th eva lve. #
Read thetir epr essur e. #
Ifth etir epr essur eis lowe rth an there com‐
mend edvalue, increase thetir epr essur eto
th ere comme ndedvalue. #
Ifth etir epr essur eis higher than there com‐
mend edvalue, release air.To do so, press
do wn theme talpin intheva lve, e.g. using
th etip ofapen, forex am ple. Then checkth e
tir epr es su re again usin gth etir epr essur e
ga ug e. #
Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve.
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page288) R
Tire pressur eta ble (/ page290 )
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page29 5) Ti
re pres sur emoni toring system Fu
nction ofthetir epr essur emoni toring sys‐
te m &
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinc or‐
re ct tirepr ess ure
Eac htir e, incl uding thespar e(if prov ided),
should becheckedmont hlywhen coldand
th en inflated totheinf lation pressur ere com‐
mend edbytheve hicle manuf actureron the
ve hicle placar dor tireinf lation pressur e
label .(If your vehicle hastires ofadif fere nt
si ze than thesize indicat edon theve hicle
placar dor tireinf lation pressur elabel ,yo u
should determ ine thepr oper tireinf lation
pr essur efo rth ese tires.)
As anadded safetyfe atur e,your vehicle has
been equipped withatir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system (TPMS) that illumin ates alow tire Whee
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pr
essur ete lltale when oneormor eof your
tir es issign ifican tly und erinf lated. Accor d‐
ing ly,if th elow tirepr essur ete lltale illumi‐
nat es, yousho uld stop and checkyo ur tires
as soo nas poss ible, andinflateth em tothe
pr oper pressur e.Driving onasignif icantly
under inflated tirecauses thetir eto ove rheat
and canlead totirefa ilur e.Un der inflation
also reduces fuelefficie ncy and tiretrea d
li fe ,and mayaf fect theve hicle's handling
and stopping ability.Please note that the
TPMS isno ta subs titutefo rpr oper tiremain‐
te nance ,and itis thedr iver's responsibili ty
to maint aincorrect tirepr ess ure, eve nif
und erinf latio nha sno tre ac hed theleve lto
tr ig ge rill umina tionoftheTPMS low tirepr es‐
sur ete lltale.
Yo ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith
th elow tirepr essur ete lltale. When thesy s‐
te m detects amal functi on,theindicat or
lam pwill flash forapp roxima tely amin ute and
then remain continuously illumina ted.
This sequence willcontinue upon subseq uent
ve hicle star t-ups aslon gas themalfunct ion
ex ists.
When themalfunct ionindicat orisillumina‐
te d, thesy stem mayno tbe able todetect or
sig nal low tirepr ess ureas intende d.TPM S
mal functi onsmayoccu rfo ra va riet yof rea‐
son s,inc ludin gth eins tallation ofinc om pati‐
ble replacemen tor alternat etir es orwheels
on theve hicle that prev ent theTPMS from
func tioningproper ly.
Alw aysch eckth eTPMS malfunct iontelltale
af te rre placing oneormor etir es orwheels
on your vehicle toensur eth at there place‐
ment oralternat etir es and wheels allowthe
TPMS tocontinu eto function proper ly. The
system checks thetir epr essur eand thetir e
te mp eratur eof thetir es installed ontheve hicle
by means ofatir epr essu resensor .
The tirepr essur eand thetir ete mp eratur e
appear intheon- boar dcom puter(/ page293). If
th er eis asubs tantia lpr ess ureloss orifth e
tir ete mp eratur eis exc essiv e,youwill bewarned
in thefo llo wing ways:
R viadisp lay messa ges(/ page37 2).
R via th e0077 warning lam pin theins trument
clus ter(/ page392)
The tirepr essu remonit oring system isonl yan
aid. Itis thedr iver's responsibili tyto setth etir e
pr essur eto there comme ndedcoldtirepr ess ure
su itab leforth eoper ating situation .
In mos tcases, thetir epr essur emonit oring sys‐
te m wil lau tomatical lyupdat eth ene wrefere nce
va lues afte ryo uha ve chang edthetir epr essur e.
Yo ucan ,ho we ver,also updat eth ere fere nce val‐
ues byrestar tin gth etir epr essur emonit oring
sy stem manually (/page392).
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R The tirepr essur ehas been setinc orrectl y
R Sud den press urelos scau sed byafo re ign
obje ctpene tratin gth etir e, forex am ple 292
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R
Ther eis amalfunct ioncaused byano ther
ra dio signal source
Chec kingthetir epr essur ewit hth etir epr es‐
sur emoni toring system
Re quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Tires
One ofthefo llo wing displa ysappear s:
R Cur rent tirepr ess ureand tirete mp eratur eof
th eindividual wheels: R
Tire pressure willbedisplayed afterdriving a
few minutes
R Tire Pressure MonitorAct ive: thete ac h-in
pr oce ssofthesy stem isno tye tcomple te.
The tirepr essur esarealr eady being moni‐
to re d. #
Com pareth etir epr essur ewit hth ere com‐
mend edtirepr ess urefo rth ecur rent operat‐
ing cond ition (/ page 290). Observeth e
no teson tirete mp eratur e(/ page288).
% The values displa yedin theon- boar dcom‐
put erma yde viat efrom those ofthetir e
pr essur ega ug eas they referto sea leve l.At
high elevatio ns, thetir epr essur eva lue indi‐
cat edbyapr essur ega ug ear ehigh erthan
th ose shownbytheon- boar dcom puter.In
th is case, donotre duce thetir epr essur e.
Re star ting thetir epr essur emoni toring sys‐
te m
Re quirement s:
R The recomme ndedtirepr ess ureis cor rectl y
se tfo rth ere spectiv eoper ating status onall
of thewheels (/page288). Re
star tth etir epr essur emonit oring system in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R The tirepr essur ehas chang ed.
R The wheels ortires have been chang edor
ne wlyins talled.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Tires #
Swipe down wardson Touc hCon trol on the
lef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Use Current Pressures asNew Refer-
ence Values messag eis sho wninthemulti‐
func tion displa y. #
Torestar t,pr ess Touc hCon trol on thelef t-
hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Tire Press. MonitorRestart edmessag eis
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y.
Cur rent wa rning mess ages aredele tedand
th eye llo w0077 warning lam pgoes out.
Af teryo uha ve been driving fora fe w
minut es,thesy stem checks whe ther thecur‐
re nt tirepr ess ures arewi thin thespecif ied
ra ng e. The current tirepr ess ures areth en
accep tedas refere nce values andmon itor ed. Wheels
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Be
sureto also payatt ent ion tothefo llo wing
re lat ed topic:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page288) Ti
re pres sur elo ss wa rning system Fu
nction ofthetir epr essur eloss warning
sy stem
The tirepr essur eloss warning system warnsth e
dr iver by means ofdisp lay messa geswhen ther e
is ase vere tirepr es su re loss.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Incorrectly settir epr ess ure
R Sud den press urelos scau sed,fo rex am ple,
by afo re ign obje ctpene tratin gth etir e
R Steady pressur eloss inseveraltir es
The system has are strict ed ordel aye dfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Poor ground condit ions,e.g.snowor gra vel
R Driving with sno wch ains R
When adoptingave ry spor tydriving style
wit hhigh corner ing speeds orsudden accel‐
er ation
R Drivin gwit hahigh load
The tirepr essur eloss warning system isonl yan
aid. Itis thedr iver's responsibili tyto setth etir e
pr essur eto there comme ndedcoldtirepr ess ure
su itab leforth eoper ating situation andtocheck
it.
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page288)
R Displa ymessag esabout thetir es
(/ page37 2)
Re star ting thetir epr essur eloss warning
sy stem
Re quirement s:
R The recomme ndedtirepr ess ureis cor rectl y
se tfo rth ere spectiv eoper ating status onall
wheels . Re
star tth etir epr essur eloss warning system in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R The tirepr essur ehas chang ed.
R The wheels ortires have been chang edor
ne wlyins talled.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Tires #
Swipe down wardson Touc hCon trol on the
lef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Tire Pressure ControlSystem Active
Restart messageis sho wninthemultifunc ‐
tion displa y. #
Tobegin restar t,pr ess Touc hCon trol on the
lef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Tire Pressure NowOK?messag eis
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. #
Select Yes. #
Toconf irm restar t,pr ess Touc hCon trol on
th elef t-hand sideofthesteer ing wheel.
The Run FlatIndic atorRestart edmessag eis
sho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. 29
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Af
teryo uha ve driven fora fe w min utes, the
tir epr es su re loss warning system monit ors
th ese ttir epr essur eof all thetir es.
Be sureto also payatt ent ion tothefo llo wing
re lat ed topic:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page288) Loading
theve hicl e No
teson Tire and Loading Information plac‐
ar d &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from overloa‐
ded tires
Ov erloaded tires ma yove rheat and burstas a
con sequenc e.Ov erloaded tires can also
im pair thesteer ing and handling charact eris‐
tic sand lead tobrak efa ilur e. #
Obser vetheload rating ofthetir es. #
The load rating mustbe atleas thalf the
per missible axleload oftheve hicle. #
Neverove rload thetir es by exc eeding
th emaximum load. The
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dis on
th eB-pillar onthedr iver's side oftheve hicle. 1
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d %
The datasho wnintheillus tration isexam ple
dat a.
The Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dsho ws
th efo llo wing informatio n:
R Maxim umnumb erofseats 2according to
th emaximum numberofpeople permitt edto
tr av el in theve hicle. Wheels
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R
Maximum permissible load3com prises the
gr os swe ight ofall vehicle occupants, load
and luggage.
R Recomme ndedtirepr ess ure 1forcold
tir es. The recomme ndedtirepr ess ures are
va lid forth emaximum permissible loadand
up tothemaximum permissible vehicle
speed.
Please alsonote:
R Information onper missib lewe ight sand loads
on theve hicle identif ication plate
(/ page322).
R Information ontirepr essur ein thetir epr es‐
sur eta ble (/ page290).
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Determ inin gth emaximum permissible load
(/ page296)
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page288). Ste
psforDe term ining Correct Load Limit The
follo wing steps have been developed as
re qu ired ofall manuf acturersunder Title 49, Co
de ofU.S. Feder alRe gulations, Part57 5, pur‐
sua nttothe"N ational Traf fic and MotorVe hicle
Saf etyAc tof 1966". #
(1):Locat eth est at emen t“T he combined
we ight ofocc upant sand cargoshould never
exc eed XXX kgorXXX lbs.”on your vehicle's
placar d. #
(2): Determ ine thecombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersth at will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): Subtr actthecombin edweight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgor
XXX lbs. #
(4): The resulting figur eeq uals theav ailable
amoun tof car goand luggageload capac ity.
Fo rex am ple, ifth e"XXX" amount equals
1, 400 lbs.and ther ewill befive 150lb pas ‐
seng ersin your vehicle, theamount ofavaila‐
ble cargoand luggageload capac ityis
65 0lbs. (1,40 0-75 0(5 x15 0) =650 lbs.) #
(5):De term ine thecombin edweight oflug‐
ga ge and cargobein gloaded ontheve hicle.
That weight mayno tsaf elyexc eed theav aila‐ ble
cargoand luggageload capac itycalc ula‐
te din Step 4. #
(6): Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,
load from your trailer willbetrans ferred to
yo ur vehicle. Consult this manual todeter‐
mine howthis reduces theav ailable cargo
and luggageload capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notall vehicles areper mitt edtotow a
trailer .To wing atrailer isonl yper mittedifa
tra iler -hit chisins talled. Please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz dealer ifyo uha ve
an yqu estion sabout towing atrailer with
yo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uha ve cal cul ated thetot alload care‐
full y,yo usho uld still mak esur eth at themaxi‐
mum permissible gross weight andthemaxi‐
mum gross axle weight rating ofyour vehicle are
no texc eeded. Details can befound ontheve hi‐
cle identif ication plate. 296
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#
Have your loaded vehicle –including driver ,
occupants andload –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno texc eed the
maximu mper missi blevalues stat ed on the
ve hicle identif ication plate.
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Calculation exam ple forde term inin gth emax‐
imum load(/page29 7) R
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page29 5)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page290)
R Vehicle identif ication plate(/ page322) Calculation
exam ple forde term ining the
ma ximum load The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowto
cal cul atetot aland load capac ities wit hva rying seatin
gcon figur ations anddiffere nt num bers
and sizes ofocc upant s.The follo wing exam ples
use amax imum loadof1500 lbs (680 kg).This
is forillus tratio npur pos esonly.Mak esur e
yo uar eusin gth eactual loadlimit foryo ur vehi‐
cle stat ed on your vehicle's Tire and Loadi ng
In fo rm atio nplacar d(/ page29 5).
The high erthewe ight ofall theoccupant s,the
smaller themaximum loadforlug gage .
St ep 1 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Combine dmaxim umweight ofocc upant sand
load (datafrom theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar d) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)1 500lbs(680 kg) Wheels
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Ste
p2 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Nu mb erofpeople intheve hicle (driver and
occupants) 51
Dis trib uti on oftheoccupant sF ront:2
Re ar:3 Fr
ont :1
We ight ofocc upant sO ccupant1:150lbs (68 kg)
Occupant 2:180lbs (82 kg)
Occupant 3:160lbs (73 kg )
Occupant 4:140lbs (63 kg)
Occupant 5:120lbs (54kg ) Occupant
1:200 lbs(91 kg )
To talwe ight ofall occ upant s7 50lbs (340 kg)2 00lbs (91 kg ) Ste
p3 Ex
am ple 1E xamp le2
Pe rm issible load(maxim umgros sve hicle weight
ra ting from theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio n
placar dmin usthegr oss weight ofall occ upant s)15
00 lbs (680 kg)00F8 75 0lbs (340 kg)= 75 0lbs
(340 kg) 15
00 lbs (680 kg)00F8 200 lbs(91 kg )= 13 00 lbs
(589 kg) 298
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