load capacity MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2017 W213 Owner's Manual

#Do notuse theE ASY-PA CK trunk box
when ther ear seats ar efolded for‐
wa rds.
The maximum permitted load of theE ASY-PA CK
trun kboxis 22 lb s(10 kg).To prev ent theb ox
from being overloaded, theb oxfloor lo wersonto
th et runk floor when thel oad reaches appr ox‐
imatel y11lbs (5 kg).
#Pull theb oxout using handle 2.
#Toincrease thel oad capacit y:press the
center of floor 1down wardstot he desired
position and bo xsize.
#To reduce the load capacity: press button
3.
#To sto w:press theb oxin comple tely using
handle 2,until it locksin place.
% Obser vethen otes on cleaning theE ASY-
PA CK tr unk bo x(
→page289). Ins
talling/removing theE ASY-PA CK trun k
bo x
Seats an dstowing 10
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%The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
The Tire and Loading Info rmatio nplacar dshows :
RMaximum number of seats 2according to
th em aximum number of people permitted to
tr ave lint hevehicle
RMaximum permissible load 3comprises the
gross weight of all vehicle occupants, load
and luggage.
RRe commended tir epressure 1forc old
tires. The recommended tir epressures are
va lid fort he maximum permissible load and
up tothem aximum permissible vehicle
speed.
Please also no te:
RInformation on permissible weightsa nd loads
on thev ehicle identification plate
(
→pag e342).
RInformation on tir epressur eint he tir epres‐
sur etable (→pag e314).
Fu rther related subjects:
RDe term inin gthe maximum permissible load
(→pag e320)
RNotesont irep ressur e(→page312)
De term ining them aximum permissible load
The following steps ha vebeen de veloped as
re qu ired of all manufacturer sunder Title 49,
Code of U.S. Federal Regulations, Part57 5, pur‐
suant tothe" Na tional Traf fica nd Mo torV ehicle
Saf etyA ct of 1966".
#Ste p1:Loca tethes tatement" The combined
we ight of occupant sand cargo should ne ver
exc eed XXX kgor XXX lbs." ("The combined
we ight of occupant sand cargo should ne ver
exc eed XXX kgor XXX lbs.") on your vehicle's
tir ea nd loading information table.
#Ste p2:De term ine thec ombined weight of
th ed rive ra nd passenger sthat will be riding
in your vehicle.
#Ste p3:Subtract thec ombined weight of the
driver and passenger sfromX XXkgor
XXX lbs.
#Ste p4:The resulting figur eequals thep er‐
missible load forc argo and lug gage .F or
ex ample: If "XXX"e quals 1400 lbs and there
ar ef iveo ccupantsiny ourvehicle wit ha
we ight of 150lbs each, them aximum cargo
and luggag eload capacity is 650 lbs (1400 -
75 0(5x1 50)= 650 lbs).
#Step5:De term ine thec ombined weight of
luggag eand cargo being car ried in thev ehi‐
cle. Fors afet yr easons, this we ight ma ynot
safel yexceed thea vailable cargo and lug‐
ga ge load capacity calculated in step 4.
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Nevere xceed maximum tir epressure 1speci‐
fi ed fort he tire.
Information on tir echaracteristics
%
The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
This information descri besthet ype of tir ecord
and then umber of la yers in side wall1 and
under tir etread 2.
Tire size designation, load-bearing capacity,
speed ratin ga nd load index
&
WARNING Risk of accident duet o
exc eeding thes tatedt irel oad rating or
th ea ppr ove dspeed rating
Exceeding thes pecified tir eload rating or
th ep ermissible speed rating ma ylea dtot ire
damage andtothet ires bur sting.
#Therefore, onl yuse tir etypes and sizes
appr ovedfor your vehicle model.
#Obser vethet irel oad rating and speed
ra ting requ ired fory our vehicle.
1Preceding letter
2Nominal tir ewidthinm illimeters
3Aspect ratio in %
4Tire code
5Rimd iame ter
6Load-bearing index
7Speed rating
8Loa dind ex
% The dat ashown in thei mag eise xamp le
data.
Info rmatio nabout readingt he tiredatac an be
obtained from an yqualified specialis tworks hop.
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Preceding letter1:RWithout :passenger vehicle tires according to
Europea nmanufactu ring standards.
R"P": passenger vehicle tires according toUS
manufacturing standards.
R"LT": light truc ktires accordingtoUSm anu‐
fa cturing standards.
R"T": compact emer gency spa rewheels with
high tir epressur ethat ar eonly designe dfor
te mp orar yuse in an emer gency.
Aspec tratio 3
:
Ra tio betwee ntireh eight and tir ewidth in per‐
cent (ti reheight divided bytirew idth ).
Tir ec ode4
(ti re type):R"R"r adial tire
R"D": bias ply tire
R"B": bias belted tires
R"ZR": radial tir ewitham aximum speed abo ve
14 9m ph (240 km/h) (optional) Rim diame
ter5
:
The diam eter of theb ead seat (no tthe diame ter
of ther im flange). The rimd iame teriss pecified
in inches (in).
Load-bearing index 6
Numerical codethat specifies them aximum
load-bearing capacity of atire( e.g. "91" cor re‐
sponds to1356 lbs (6 15kg)).
The load-bearing capacity of thet irem ustbea t
leas thalf thep ermissible axle load of your vehi‐
cle. Do no toverload thet ires byexc eeding the
specified load limit.
See also:
RMaximum permissible load on theT irea nd
Loading Info rmatio nplacar d(→page319)
RMaximum tir eloa d(→pag e325)
RLoad index
Spee drating 7
:
Specifies thea ppr ove dm aximum speed of the
tire. %
An electroni cspeed limiterpreve nts your
ve hicle from exceeding aspeed of 130m ph
(2 10 km/h).
Make surethat your tires ha vether equired
speed rating .You can obtain information on the
re qu ired speed rating from aMercedes-Benz
servic ecenter.
Summer tires
Inde xS peedrating
Qu pto100mph(160k m/h)
Ru pto106mph(170k m/h)
Su pto112mp h(180k m/h)
Tu pto118mp h(190k m/h)
Hu pto130mph(210k m/h)
Vu pto149mph(240k m/h)
Wu pto168mph(27 0k m/h)
Yu pto186mph(300 km/h )
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Unifor mT ireQ uality Grading Standards: a
unifor mstandar dtog rade theq ualityoft ires
wit hregar dtot read quality, tiret raction and
te mp eratur echaracteristics. The qualityg rading
assessment is made bythem anufacturer follow‐
ing specifications from theU .S. go vernment. The
qu alityg rade of atireisi mprinted on thes ide
wa ll of thet ire.
Re commende dtirep ressure :th er ecommen‐
ded tir epressur eist he tir epressur especified
fo rt he tires mounted tothev ehicle at thef ac‐
to ry.
The tir eand information table conta insther ec‐
ommended tir epressur efor cold tires, them axi‐
mum permissible load and them aximum permis‐
sible vehicle speed.
The tir epressur etable con tains ther ecommen‐
ded tir epressur efor cold tires under various
operating conditions, i.e. loading and/or speed
of thev ehicle.
Increased vehicl eweight due tooptional
equipment: thec ombined weight of all standard
and optional equipment available fort he vehicle, re
ga rdless of whe ther it is actually ins talled on
th ev ehicle or not.
Rim: thep artoft he wheel on whic hthe tir eis
mounted.
GA WR (Gross Axl eWeight Rating): theG AWR
is them aximum gross axle load. The actual load
on an axle mus tnever exc eed theg ross axle
we ight rating .The gross axl eweight rating can
be found on thev ehicle identification plat eon
th eB ‑pillar on thed ri
ve r's side.
Speed rati

ng: thes peed rating is pa rtof thet ire
identification .Itspecifies thes peed rang ef or
whic hatireisa pprove d.
GV W( Gross Vehicl eW eight): theg ross vehicle
we ight comprises thew eight of thev ehicle
including fuel, tools, thes par ew heel, accesso‐
ri es ins talled, occupants, luggag eand thet railer
dr aw bar nose weight,ifa pplicable. The gross
ve hicle weight mus tnotexc eed theg ross vehicle
we ight rating GVWR as specified on thev ehicle
identification plat eonthe B‑pillar on thed rive r's
side.
GV WR (Gross Vehicl eW eight Rating): the
GV WR is them aximum permitted gross weight of
thef ully laden vehicle (weight of thev ehicle
including all accessories, occupants, fuel, lug‐
ga ge and thet railer dr awbar nose weight if appli‐
cable). The gross vehicle weight rating is speci‐
fi ed on thev ehicle identification plat eonthe
B‑pi llaronthed rive r's side.
Maximum weight of thel aden vehicle: the
maximu mweight is thes um of theu nladen
we ight of thev ehicle, thew eight of thea ccesso‐
ri es, them aximum load and thew eight of
optional equipment ins talled at thef actor y.
Kilopasca l(kP a): metric unit fort irep ressure .
6.9 kP acorresponds to1p si.A nother unit for
tir ep ressur eisb ar.1 00 kilopasca l(kPa) equals
1b ar.
Load index: in additiontothel oad-bearing
index, thel oad inde xmayalso be imprinted on
th es ide wall of thet ire. This specifies
thel oad-
bearing capacit

y of thet irem orep recisel y.
Cur bw eight: thew eight of avehicle wit hstand‐
ar de quipment includingt he maximum capacity
of fuel, oil and coolant. It also includes thea ir
conditionin gsystema nd optional equipment if
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these ar einstalled on thev ehicle, but does not
include passenger sorluggage.
Maximum tir eload: them aximum tir eload is
th em aximum permissible weight in kilog rams or
lbs forw hich atireisa pprove d.
Maximum permissible tir epressure: maxi‐
mum permissible tir epressur efor one tire.
Maximum load on one tire: maximumloado n
one tire. This is calculated bydividing them axi‐
mum axle load of one axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds per squar einch) :st andar dunit of
measurementf or tirepressure .
Aspect ratio: ratio betwee ntire height and tire
widt hinp ercent.
Tir ep ress ure: pressur einside thet irea pplying
an outwar dforce toeve rysquar einc hoft he tire.
The tir epressur eiss pecified in pounds per
squar einc h( psi), in kilopascals (kPa) or in bar.
The tir epressur eshould onl ybecorrected when
th et ires ar ecold.
Cold tir epressure: thet ires ar ecold when the
ve hicle has been par kedf or at leas t3hours without direct sunlight on
thet ires or thev ehicle
has been driven forl ess than 1m ile (1.6 km).
Ti re contact sur face: thep artoft he tir ethat
comes int ocontact wi th theroad.
Ti re bead: thep urpose of thet ireb ead is to
ensur ethat thet ires its securel yonthe wheel
ri m. Ther eareseverals teel wires in theb ead to
pr eve ntthet iref romc omingl oose from the
wheel rim.
Side w

a ll: thep artoft he tir ebetwe en thet read
and thet ireb ead.
We ight of optiona lequ ipment: thec ombined
we ight of theo ptional equipment weighingm ore
th an ther eplaced standar dparts and mor ethan
5l bs (2. 3kg).T his optional equipment, suc has
high-per form anc ebrake s, le velc ontrol sy stem, a
ro of luggag erackorh igh-per form anc ebatte ries,
is no tincluded in thec urb weight and thew eight
of thea ccessories.
TIN (Tir eIdentification Number): auniqu e
identification number whic hcan be used bya
tir em anufactu rertoi dentify tires, fore xamp le,
in ap roductr ecall, and thus identif ythe pur‐
ch asers. The TIN is made up of them anufactur‐ er's identit
ycode, tir esize, tir etype code and
th em anufacturing date.
Load-bearing index: thel oad-bearing index
(also load index) is acode that con tains them ax‐
imum load-bearing capacity of atire.
Tr action: traction is theg ripr esulting from fric‐
tion between thet ires and ther oad sur face.
We ar indicator: narrow bars(tread wear bars)
th at ar edistributed overthe tir econta ct surf ace.
If th et iret read is le velw itht he bars, thew ear
limit of 1/1 6in(1.6m m) has been reached.
Distribution of vehicl eoccupants: distribution
of vehicle occupants over designated seat posi‐
tion sinav ehicle.
Maximum permissible pa yload weight: nomi‐
nal load and luggag eload plus
150lb( 68kg)
mu

ltiplie dbyt he number of seats in thev ehicle.
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Cockpit........................................................ .6
Overvie w.................................................6
COMANDT ouch
Au thorizing adevice ............................2 29
Child saf etyl oc k. ................................ .229
Connection status
Displ ays. .............................................. 252
Overvie w............................................. 252
Contacts ................................................... 240
Callin gup. .......................................... .240
Deleting ............................................... 242
Downloading (from mobile phone) ....... 240
Importing ............................................. 241
Information .......................................... 240
Making acall ........................................2 41
Na me form at ........................................ 241
Options ................................................ 241
Saving .................................................. 241
Controller Operating ............................................ .218
Con venience closing ................................. 72
Con venience opening ................................ 71Coolant (engine)
Checkin glevel .................................... .282
Filling capacity ............................ ......... 347
No tes. .................................................. 347
Cooling see Climate control
C

o rn ering light function ..........................112
Crosswind Assist .................................... .152
ESP
®(Electronic StabilityP rogram) ..... 152
Cruise control Activating ............................................ 158
Callingupas peed............................... 158
Deactivating ........................................ 158
Fu nctio n.............................................. 157
Le ver. .................................................. 158
Prerequisites ....................................... 158
Selecting ............................................. 158
Setting aspeed ................................... 158
St oring aspeed ................................... 158
Sy stem limitations .............................. .157
Cup holder .............................................. .103
Ins talling/ removing (center console) ... 103
Re ar passenger compartment ............ .104 Cup holder
see Cu pholder
Cus tomer Assi stance Center (C AC)........ .25
Cus tomer Relations Department .............25
D
Dashboa rd
see Cockpit
Data Importing/exporting ........................... 230
Notesond atai mp ort/expor t.............. 230
PIN pr otection ford atae xpo rt............ .230
Dat aacquisition
Ve hicle .................................................. 26
Daytime running lights ........................... .114
Ac tivating/deactivating .......................1 14
Daytim erunningl ights mode
see Daytime running lights
Deacti vatin gthe ala rm(ATA ).................... 80
Declaration of Conformity Wireless vehicle components. ...............23
Definitions (ti resa nd loading) ............... 328
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