wheel size MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 2020 Owners Manual

The
tirepr essur eta ble showsthere comme nded
tir epr ess ures forall tires app rove dfo rth is vehi‐
cle. The recomme ndedtirepr ess ures apply for
cold tires und ervarious oper ating condit ions,i.e.
loading and/orspeedoftheve hicle.
If one ormor etir esizes precede atir epr essur e,
th etir epr essur einf ormation follo wing isonl y
va lid forth ose tiresizes.
The load condit ions"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. Som
etir epr essur eta 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(/ page438 ).
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page42 4)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page43 1) R
Max imum tirepr essur e(/ page43 7) 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. 426
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Fu
rther relat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page42 4)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page425)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page43 1) 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 etir e(if present ),
should becheckedat leas tonc eamont h
when coldandthen inflated tothepr essur e
re comme ndedbytheve hicle manuf acturer
(see theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplac‐
ar don thedr iver's side B‑pillar orthetir e
pr essur eta ble ontheinside ofthefuel filler
fl ap ofyour vehicle). Ifyo ur vehicle hastires
of adif fere nt size than thesize indicat edon
th eTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dor th
etir epr essur eta ble, youmus tfind outth e
cor rect tirepr ess ures forth 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
pr essur eind icat orlam pwhen oneor mor eof
yo ur tires aresign ifican tly und erinf lated.
Ac cor ding ly,if th elow tirepr essur eindicat or
lam plights up,yousho uld stop and check
yo ur tires assoo nas poss ible, andinflate
th em tothecor rect press ure. Driving on a
sig nifica ntly underinf late dtir ecauses thetir e
to ove rheat and canlead totirefa ilur e.
Un der inflation alsoincreases fuelconsum p‐
tion ,re duces thelife ex pect ancy ofthetir e
and mayadv ersel yaf fect thehandling and
br aking charact eristic sof theve hicle. Please
no te that theTPMS isno ta subs titutefo r
pr oper tiremaint enanc e,and itis thedr iver's
re sponsibili tyto maint aincorrect tirepr es‐
su re,eve nif und erinf latio nha sno tre ac hed
th eleve lto trig ge rill umina tionoftheTPMS
lo w tirepr essur eindicat orlam p. Yo
ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPM Smal functi onindicatoris combined with
th elow tirepr essur eindicat orlam p.When
th esy stem detects amal functi on,theindica‐
to rlamp willfl ash 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 ure asintende 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 preve nttheTPMS from
func tioningproper ly.
Alw aysch eckth eTPMS malfunct ionwarning
lam paf te rre placing oneormor etir es or
wheels onyour vehicle toensur eth at the
re placemen tor alternat etir es and wheels Wheels
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R
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page43 1)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page425)
R Vehicle identif ication plate Calculation
exam ple forde term ining the
ma ximum load The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowto
cal cul ateto ta land load capac itieswithva 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(/ page43 1).
The high erthewe ight ofall theoccupant s,the
smaller themaximum loadforlug gage .
Ste p1 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) 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 Wheels
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Ne
verexc eed maximum tirepr essur e1 speci‐
fi ed forth etir e. Inf
ormat ionontirech aract eristics %
The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
This informat iondesc ribes thetype oftirecor d
and thenumber oflaye rs inside wall1 and
under tiretread 2. Ti
re size designation, load-bearingcapacity ,
speed ratin gand load inde x &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed‐
ing thespecif iedtireload rating orthe
per missible speedrating
Ex cee ding thespecif iedtireload rating or
th eper missible speedrating mayle ad totire
da ma geand tothetir es bur sting. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model. #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. 1
Preceding letter
2 Nominal tirewidt hin millime ters
3 Aspe ctratio in%
4 Tire code
5 Rim diame ter
6 Load-be aring inde x
7 Speed rating
8 Loadind ex
% The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
In fo rm atio nabout readin gtir edat acan be
obt aine dfrom anyqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 438
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ese areins talled ontheve hicle, butdoes not
include passeng ersor lugg age.
Maximum tireload: themaximum tireload is
th emaximum permissible weight inkilog rams or
lbs forwhi chatir eis appr oved.
Maxim umpermissible tirepr essur e:maxi‐
mum permissible tirepr essur efo rone tire.
Maximum loadonone tire: maximu mloa don
one tire. This iscalcu lated bydividing themaxi‐
mum axleload ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persquar ein ch ):standar dunit of
meas uremen tfo rtir epr essu re.
Aspe ctratio :ra tio betwee ntire height and tire
wi dthin pe rcent .
Ti re pres sur e:press ureinsi dethetir eappl ying
an outw ardfo rc eto eve rysquar einc hof thetir e.
The tirepr essur eis specif iedinpounds per
sq uar einc h(psi), inkilopascals (kPa)or inbar .
The tirepr essur eshould onlybe cor rected whe n
th etir es arecold.
Cold tirepr essur e:thetir es arecold when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedfo rat lea st3hou rs wit
hout direct sunli ghtonthetir es ortheve hicle
has been driven forless than 1mile (1.6 km ).
Ti re contact surface: thepar tof thetir eth at
com esintocon tact with thero ad.
Ti re bead: thepur pose ofthetir ebead isto
ensur eth at thetir esits secur elyon thewheel
ri m. Ther ear ese veralwir ecor esinthetir ebead
to preve ntthetir efrom chang inglengthon the
wheel rim.
Side wall:thepar tof thetir ebe tween thetread
and thetir ebead.
We ight ofoptiona leq uipm ent:th ecombin ed
we ight oftheop tion aleq uipment weighin gmor e
th an there placed standar dpar tsand moreth an
5 lbs (2.3kg ).This optional equipment, suchas
high-per form anc ebr ak es, leve lcon trol system, a
ro of lugg agera ck orhigh-per form anc ebat teries,
is no tincluded inthecurb weight andthewe ight
of theaccessor ies.
TIN (Tire Identif ication Numbe r):auni que
ident ificat ion numb erwhic hcan beused bya
tir ema nuf actu rerto ident ifytires, forex am ple,
in apr oduc tre cal l,and thus iden tifyth epur‐
ch aser s.The TINismade upofthemanuf actur‐ er's
identit ycode, tiresize, tiretype code and
th emanuf acturingdate.
Load-bear inginde x:theload-bear inginde xis a
code that con tains themaximum load-bearing
capacity ofatir e.
Tr actio n:traction isthegr ip resulting from fric‐
tion between thetir es and thero ad sur face.
We arindi cator:nar row bars(tr ead wearbar s)
th at aredis tribut edove rth etir econ tact surface.
If th etir etread isleve lwit hth ebar s,thewe ar
limit of1/ 16 in(1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed.
Dis tribut ionofvehicl eoc cupants: distribu tion
of vehicle occupants over designat edseat posi‐
tion sin ave hicle.
Maximum permissible payload weight :nom i‐
nal load andluggageload plus150lb (68 kg)
multip liedby thenumber ofseats intheve hicle. 44
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Cha
nging awheel No
teson selecting, installing andreplac ing
tir es Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Yo ucan askforinf ormation rega rding permitted
wheel/ tirecom binat ionsatan aut hor ized
Mer cede s-Ben zCent er. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct dimensi onsofwhe elsand tires
If whe elsand tires ofthewr ong size are
ins talled, thewheel brak es orwheel suspen‐
sion componen tsma ybe damag ed. #
Alw aysre place wheels andtires wit h
th ose that fulf illthespecif ication sof
th eor iginal part.
When replacing wheels, makesur eto fit th e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on R
Mod el
Whe nre placing tires, mak esur eto ins tallth e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Manuf actu rer
R Model &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed‐
ing thespecif iedtireload rating orthe
per missible speedrating
Ex cee ding thespecif iedtireload rating or
th eper missible speedrating mayle ad totire
da ma geand tothetir es bur sting. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model. #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. *
NO
TEVehicle andtiredamag eth ro ugh
tir etyp esand sizes that have notbe en
ap prove d Fo
rsaf etyre ason s,on lyuse tires, wheel s
and accessories whic hha ve been speciall y
appr ovedby Mer cedes-Ben zfo ryo ur vehicle.
These tires arespecially adaptedto thecon ‐
tr ol systems, suchas ABS ,ES P®
and
4MA TIC,andmarkedas follo ws :
R MO =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal
R MOE =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal Extended
(r un-f lattireonl yfo rcer tain wheels)
R MO1 =Mer cedes -Benz Original (onlycer ‐
ta in AMG tires)
Cer tain charact eristic s,suc has han dling,
ve hicle noise emissions, fuelconsum ption,
et c. ma yot her wise beadv ersel yaf fect ed.
Fu rther mor e,other tiresizes could result in
th etir es rubbing agains tth ebody andaxle
com ponen tswhen loaded. Thiscould result
in damag eto thetir eor theve hicle. Wheels
andtires 44
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Obser
vethefo llo wing when selecting,ins talling
and replacing tires:
R Onlyuse tires and wheels ofthesame type
(summer tires, wint ertires, MOEx tende d
tir es) and thesame make.
R Onlyins tallwheels ofthesame sizeonone
axle (leftand right).
It is onl yper missible toins talla dif fere nt
wh eelsi ze intheeve ntofaflat tirein order
to drive to thespecialis two rkshop.
R Onlyins talltir es ofthecor rect size ontoth e
wheels.
R Vehicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Allinstalled wheels mustbe equip‐
ped withfunc tioningsensorsfo rth etir e
pr essur emonit oring system.
R Attemp eratur esbelo w45 °F(7°C), usewin‐
te rtir es orall-seaso ntir emar kedM+S forall
whee ls.
Wi nter tires bearing the004D snowflak esym‐
bol inaddition totheM+S marking prov ide
th ebes tpossible grip inwintr yro ad con di‐
tio ns. R
ForM+S tires, only usetires wit hth esame
tr ead.
R Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfor
th eM+S tires installed.
If th is isbelo wtheve hicle's maximum speed,
th is mus tbe indic ated byan appr opriate
label inthedr iver's field ofvision.
R Break inne wtires atmoder atespeeds for
th efirs t60 miles(1 00 km) .
R Replace thetir es afte rsix yearsat thelat est,
re ga rdless ofwe ar.
R Wh enreplac ingwith tires that donotfe a‐
tur eru n-flat charact eristics :ve hicles with
MOExt ended tires areno teq uipped witha
TIREFIT kitatthefa ct or y. Eq uip th eve hicle
wit haTIREFIT kitafte rre placing withtir es
th at do notfe atur eru n-f latch aract eristic s,
e.g .wint ertires.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhee lsand tires, con‐
tac ta qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page42 4) R
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page43 1)
R Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(/ pag e438)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page425 )
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page45 2) No
teson rotat ing whee ls &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh differ‐
ent whee lsizes
Int erch ang ingthefront and rear wheels ifth e
wheels ortires have differe nt dimens ions
ma yse verely im pa irth edr iving charact eris‐
tic s.
The wheel brak es orwheel suspension com ‐
pon entsma yalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyifth e
wheels andtires areof thesame dimen‐
sions. Wheels
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The
wearpat tern son thefront and rear wheels
dif fer:
R Front wheels wearmor eon theshoulder of
th etir e
R Rear wheels wearmor eat thecent erofthe
tir e
Do notdr ive wi th tires that have toolittle tread
dep th.Thi ssig nifica ntlyre duces traction onwet
ro ads (hydr oplan ing).
On vehicles that have thesame sizefront and
re ar wheels ,ro tat eth ewheels accordingtothe
int erva ls in thetir emanuf acturer'swarrant y
book inyour vehicle documents. Ifth is isno t
av ailable, rotate thetir es every
3,000 to6,000 miles(5 ,000 to10,000 km),
dependin gon thewe ar.En sur eth at thedir ect ion
of rotatio nis ma intained .
Ob serveth eins truction sand safetyno teson
"Cha nging awheel" whendoing so
(/ page44 7). No
teson sto ring wheels When
stor ing wheels, observethefo llo wing
no tes:
R Afterre mo ving whee ls,stor eth em inacool,
dr yand prefer ably darkplace.
R Protect thetir es from contact with oil, grease
or fuel. Ov
ervie wof thetir e-c han getool kit Apar
tfr om some country- specif icvariant s,vehi‐
cles areno teq uipped withatir e-c hang eto ol kit.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhi chtire-c hangi ng
to ols arere qu ired and appr ovedfo rper form ing a
wheel chang eon your vehicle, consult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop.
Yo ure qu ire th efo llo wing tools, forins tance, to
ch ang eawheel:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt The
tire-c hang eto ol kit islocat edintool bag 1
in thetrunk . To
ol bag cont ains:
R Jack
R Gloves
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt
R Folding choc k
R Ratche tfo rjac k 44
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#
Place thera tche tont oth ehe xagon nutofthe
jac kso that theletter s"AB" arevisible. #
Tolowe rthe vehicl e:tur nth era tche tof the
jac kcou nter-clo ckwise. #
Tight enthewheel boltsevenlyin adi ag ona l
pa tter nin theor der indicat ed1 to5 with
a max imum of59 lb-ft(80 Nm). #
Tight enthewheel boltsevenlyin adi ag ona l
pa tter nin theor der indicat ed1 to5 to
th especif iedtight ening torq ue of96 lb-ft
(1 30 Nm) . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh incor‐
re ct tigh tening torq ue
Th ewh eelscou ldcome looseifth ewheel
bolts orwheel nutsareno ttight ened tothe
pr escr ibed tighteningto rq ue. #
Makesur eth ewheel boltsorwheel
nuts aretight ened tothepr escr ibed
tight ening torq ue. #
Ifyo uar eno tsur e,do notmo vethe
ve hicle. Consult aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop andhave thetight ening tor‐
qu ech eckedimmediat ely. #
Chec kth etir epr essur eof thene wlymoun‐
te dwheel andadjus taccor dingly. #
Vehicl eswith tirepr ess urelos swa rning
sy stem: Restar tth etir epr essur eloss warn‐
ing system (/ page430).
Ex cep tion: thene wwheel isan emer gency
spa rewheel. #
Vehicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Restar tth etir epr essur emonit oring
sy stem (/ page429).
Ex cep tion: thene wwheel isan emer gency
spa rewheel.
Mak esur eto obser vethefo llo wing further rela‐
te dsubjec t:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page42 4) Emer
gency spar ewheel No
teson the emer gency spar ewheel &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
inc orrect whe eland tiredimensi ons
The wheelor tiresize andthetir etype ofthe
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel and
th ewheel tobe replaced maydif fer. Mount‐
ing anemer gency sparewheel/ sparewheel
ma yse verely im pair thedr iving charact eris‐
tic s.
To preve nthazardous situa tions: 45
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#
Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle accor dinglyand
dr ive car efull y. #
Nevermount moreth an oneemer gency
spa rewheel orspar ewheel that dif fers
in size . #
Onlyuse anemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofadif fere nt size briefly. #
Donotsw itchof fESP ®
. #
>Ha vetheemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofadif fere nt size replaced
at thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Thenewwheel mustha ve the
cor rect dimensi ons. Ch
eckth etir epr essur eof theemer gency spare
wheel installed. Correct thepr essur eas neces ‐
sar y.
The maximum permissible speedwithan emer‐
ge ncy sparewheel installed is50 mph
(80 km/ h).
Do notins tallth eemer gency sparewheel with
sn ow chains . Re
place theemer gency sparewheel afte rsix
ye arsat thelat est,re ga rdless ofwe ar.
% Ve
hicl eswith atir epr ess urelos swa rn‐
ing system: Ifan emer gency sparewheel is
ins talled thetir epr essur eloss warning sys‐
te m canno tfunction reliabl y.Onl yre star tth e
sy stem again when theemer gency spare
wheel hasbeen replaced withane wwheel.
Ve hicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Ifan emer gency sparewheel is
ins talled thetir epr essur emonit oring system
cann otfunction reliabl y.Fo ra fe w min utes
af te ran emer gency sparewheel isins talled,
th esy stem mayst ill displa yth etir epr essur e
of there mo vedwheel. Onlyre star tth esy s‐
te m again when theemer gency sparewheel
has been replaced withane wwheel.
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page42 4)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page43 1)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page425) Re
mo ving the eme rgency sparewheel The
deflated eme rgency sparewheel issecur ed
in theemer gency sparewheel baginthetrunk . #
Obser vetheinf ormation onmount ingtires
(/ page44 3). #
Open thetrunk . #
Detach thesecur ingstra ps. #
Unhook there tainin gspr ing hook sof the
secur ingstra ps from thebr ac kets. #
Remo vetheemer gency sparewheel bagwith
th eemer gency sparewheel. #
Open theemer gency sparewheel bagand
re mo vetheemer gency sparewheel. Inflati
ngtheemer gency spar ewheel *
NO
TEOverhea ting dueto thetir einf la‐
tion compressor running toolong #
Donotru nth etir einf lation compressor
fo rlong erthan tenminu teswit hout
int erru ption. Wheels
andtires 453