tire size MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 Owners Manual

488 Practical advice
Fl
at tyre
6 Affix the second partof the sticker near
the valve on the whe elwith th ede fec-
ti ve tyre.
6 Driveto the ne ares t wo rkshop and
ha ve the tyr echa nged the re.
6 Have the TI REFITkitr eplac edas so on
as possib le at aqualified spe cial ist
work shop, e. g.aMe rced es-B enz Serv-
ice Cent re.
i Haveth e TIRE FITkitreplaced every four
years at a qual ified specialis two rkshop, e.g. a
Me rced es-Benz Service Centre. Prepa
ring the vehic le
6 Prepare the vehicle asdescribed
(= page 483).
6 Lift up the boot cov er.
6 Rem ove the jack and the vehicle tool
kit and "Minispare" emergency spare
wh eel* orthesp arewh eel*
( = page 401). G
Risk of acc ident Do
not exceed the maximum spee d of
80 km /h.
Th e"max. 80 km /h"st icker must be affixed
with inthe driver’ sfield of vision .
Th ev ehicle ’s ha nd ling cha racter isti csma y
be affe cted. H
Environ mental no te Di
spose of the used TIREFI Tkitprofes sional-
ly ,e.g. at aMe rced es-Benz Service Cen tre. Cha
nging awh eel and fitting the
sp are whe el* G
Risk of accident The wheel
dime nsion san dtyre size of the
sp are wheel* or "Min ispa re" emergen cy
sp are wheel* ma ydiffer fr omthos eof
stan dard wheels.
Th e" Minisp are" emergen cy sparewh eel*
mu ston lybe used asa te mpo rary measure.
Do not excee dthe maxim umspeed of
80 km /h.
Have the"Min ispa re" emergen cyspare
wheel* replac ed with ane wwhee lasso on
as possible at aqualifie dsp ecialist wor k-
shop whichha s th ene cessary spe cial ist
kn ow ledg ean dtools to carry out the work
re qu ired .Me rced es-Benz reco mm ends that
yo uu seaMe rced es-Ben zS ervice Cen tre for
this purpos e. In particul ar,work relevant to
sa fety or on sa fety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be
ca rrie d out ataq ualified sp ec iali stwo rk-
shop.
Never drive the vehi clew ith mo rethan one
st ee lem erge ncy spare wheel fi tted. G
Risk of inju ry The
jack isde signe donly toraise the vehi cle
fo ra short while whe nawheel is chang ed.
If you intendto work underthev ehic le,
pla ce the vehi cleo nstands.
Prepa retheve hicle asdescr ibed
( = page 483).
Make su rethat thejac kis placed onafirm
an dlevel surface. Prov ideas table an dnon-
slip plat form for th ejac kwhen work ing on
an uneve nsurfa ce. 216_
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492 Practical advice
Fl
at tyre
6 Turn the jack back to the ou t-of-us epo-
si tion.
6 Stow th ewhe elwre nch, centrin g pin
an d jack in the ve hicle tool kit in the
boot.
The MOExtend ed run-flat syste mmayonly
be used incomb inat ion with th etyr epres-
sure loss warning syste m.
! The max imum distance yo umay driv ein ru n-
flat mode depends onthelo ad in theve hicle. Itis
approxi mately 50 km if theve hicle is partially
laden and approximat ely 30 km iffully laden.
The max imum distanc et obe driven in run-f lat
mo de begins from themo me ntthety re pressure
loss warning appears in themu lti-f un ction dis-
play.
Yo um ustno tex ce ed a max imum spee d of
80 km /h. i
By using TIRE FIT before startin gthe run-flat
mo de, the ma ximu mdistan cecanbe in creased
co nsiderably .If TIRE FITca nn ot sealthety re due
to the ty pe of damage, you may still continue
dri ving up to the maximum possible distanc ein
run-flat mode.
iIf you chang eone or all of the tyres, ma ke
sure that you only use tyres lab elled "MOE xtend-
ed" in the size specified for the veh icle. G
Risk of acc ident Ha
vethe ti ghtening torq uechecke dimmed i-
at elyafter a wheel isch anged. Thewheels
co uld work lo oseifthey are nottightened to
a to rque of150 Nm . MO
Exte nded run-flat syst em* G
Risk of accident The han
dlingcharact eristics of your vehicle
de teriorate in run-flat mo de, for exam ple:
! when cornering
! when brakin g
! when acce lerati ngrapidly
You mus tthere fore adap tyou rdrivi ngstyle
ac cordi nglyan dav oid su dden chan ges indi-
re ction oracceleration, aswell asdriving
ov er obsta cles (ker bs, pot holes , of f-ro ad).
This is particu larlythe cas ewhen the vehicle
is heav ily la de n.
Th edist ance that canb edr iven in ru n-flat
mode depe ndsto alarg e ext enton the lo ads
exe rted on the vehi cle. Itca n therefore be
much less duet os peed,lo ad ,d rivi ng ma-
noeu vres ,ro ad surface condition, ou tside
tempe rature,et c. or also grea terif you drive
care fully. Run-
flat mode must be ended if:
! youhear bang ingn oises
! the vehi cles tart sto sh ake
! smok e iscreated and ther ei sa sm ellof
ru bber
! ESP®
is interve ningconstantly
! there aretear sin the side walls ofthe
ty re
After driving in run-flat mo de,you mu sthave
th ewh eel checked for damage ataqu alifie d
spe cial ist workshop whichha s th ene ces-
sary spe cial ist know ledge and tools to car ry
out the workrequire d. Thefault ytyremu st
alwa ysbe repla ced.
Me rced es-Benz re comm ends th atyou use a
Me rced es-Benz Service Cen tre fo rthisp ur-
po se.In pa rticular, work relevant to saf ety
or on safety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be car-
ried outat aq ualifi ed spec iali stwo rksh op. 216_R
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