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

Nevere xceed maximum tir epressure 1speci‐
fi ed fort he tire.
Information on tir echaracteristics
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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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Onlyuse tires, wheels or accessories tested
and appr ovedbyM ercedes-Benz.
*NO
TERisk todriving saf etyf romr etre a‐
de dt ires
Retreade dtires ar eneith er tested nor recom‐
mended byMercedes-Benz, since pr evious
damag ecanno talway sbed etected on
re treade dtires.
Fo rthis reason drivin gsafet yc anno tbeg uar‐
anteed.
#Do no tuse used ti resify ou ha veno
informatio nabout their pr evious usage.
* NO
TEPossible damag etowheels or tires
when drivin govero bstacles
Larg ewheelsh avealow er tir esection wid th.
The lo werthe tir esection width, theg reater
is ther isk of dama getowheels or tires when
drivingo vero bstacles.
#Av oid obs tacle sord rive part icular ly
carefully.
* NO
TEDama getoelectronic component
parts from theu se of tire-mounting tools
Ve hicles with atirep ressur emonitoring
sy stem: Electronic component parts are
located in thew heel. Tire -mounting tools
should no tbeused in thea reaoft hevalve.
This could otherwise damag ethe electronic
component parts.
#Ha ve thet ires changed at aqualified
specialis tworks hop onl y.
*NO
TEDama getosummer tires at low
ambient temp eratures
Using summer tires at very lowa mbientt em‐
peratures can caus ecrack stof orm, thereby
damaging thet ires permanentl y.
#Attemp eratures belo w45°F(7°C) use
M+S tires.
Ac cessor yparts that ar enotappr ovedfor your
ve hicle byMercedes-Benzort hat arenotbeing
used cor rectl yc an impair ope rating safe ty. Befor
epurch asing and using non-appr oved
accessori es, visitaqualified specialis tworks hop
and inquir eabout:
RSuitability
RLegal stipulations
RFa ctor yrecommendations
Obser vethef ollowing when selecting, mounting
and replacing tires:
ROnl yuse tires and wheels of thes ame type
at ag iven time (summer tires, winter tires,
MOEx tende dtires) and thes ame make.
ROnl ym ount wheels of thes ame size on one
axle (lef tand right).
It is onl ypermissible tomount adiffe re nt
whee lsizeint heevent of aflat tir eino rder
to driv etot he specialis tworks hop.
ROnl ym ount tires of thec orrect size ont othe
wheels.
RVe hicles with atirep ressur emonitoring
sy stem: All mounte dwheels mus tbeequip‐
ped wit hfunctioning sensor sfor thet ire
pressur emonitoring sy stem.
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