light MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2018 Owner's Manual
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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 code that 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(→page361)
RMaximum tir eload (→pag e368)
RLoad ind ex
Speed rating 7
:
Specifie sthe appr oved maximum 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 an au thorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
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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IndexS peedrating
ZR...Y
1up to186m ph (300 km/h)
ZR...(..Y)
1ove r186 mph(300 km/h )
ZR
1ove r149 mph(240k m/h)
RSpecifying thes peed rating as the" ZR" index
in tir ecode 4is optional fort ires up to
18 6m ph (300 km/h).
RIfyo ur tir ecode4 includes "ZR"andthere
is no speed rating 7,f ind out what them ax‐
imum speed is from thet irem anufacturer.
RIf load-bearing index 6and speed rating 7
ar einb rack ets, them aximum speed rating of
yo ur tir eisa bove 186m ph (300 km/h). To
fi nd outt he maximum speed, ask thet ire
manufacturer. All-weather tires and winter tires
Inde
xS peedrating
QM +S
2upto100m ph (160 km/h)
TM +S
2upto118m ph (190 km/h)
HM +S
2upto130m ph (2 10km/h)
VM +S
2upto149m ph (240 km/h)
Winter tires bear thei snowflak esymbol
and fulfill ther equirements of theR ubber Manu‐
fa cturer sAssociation (RMA) and theR ubber
Associatio nofCanada (RAC) rega rding thet ire
traction on sno w.
Load index 8
:RNo specification given: standar dload (SL)
tire
R"XL" or "Extra Load": extral oa dt ireorr ein‐
fo rc ed tire
R"Light Load": light load tire
R"C", "D", "E": aload rang et hat depe ndso n
th em aximum load that thet irec an car ryat a
cer tain pressure
Definition of termsfor ti resa nd loading
Ti re stru ctureand characteristics: describes
th en umber of la yers or then umber of rubber-
coated belts in thet irec ontact surf ace and the
tir ew all. These ar emade of steel, nylon, poly‐
es tera nd other materials.
Bar: metric unit fort irep ressure .
14 .5038 pounds per squar einc h( psi) and
10 0k ilopasca l(kPa) is thee quivalent of one bar.
DO T(Department of Transport ation):DOT-
mar kedt ires fulfill ther equirements of the
US Department of Transpor tatio n.
Av erag eweight of thev ehicle occupants: the
numbe rofvehicle occupants forw hich th evehi‐
cle is designed, multiplied by150lb( 68kg).
1"ZR" stated in thet irec ode.2Or "M+S i"for winter tires
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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 eareseveralw irec ores in thet ireb ead
to preve ntthet iref romc hanging lengt honthe
whee lrim.
Side
w all: 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 inde xisa
code that con tains them aximum 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 econtact 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
ltipliedbyt he number of seats in thev ehicle.
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Coolantfilling capacity
Model Capacity
All models 12.7 US qt (12.0 l)
Note sonw indshield washer fluid
Obser vethen otes on operating fluids
(→pag e388).
&
WARNING ‑Riskoff irea nd injur yfrom
windshield washer concentrate
Wi ndshield washer concentrat eishighly
fl ammable. It coul dignit eifitc omes into
con tact wi thhote ngine component parts or
th ee xhaust system.
#Mak esuret hat no windshield washer
concentrat espills out next tothef iller
opening.
* NO
TEDama getothee xterio rlighting
due tounsuit ablewindshield washer fluid
Uns uitable windshield washer fluid ma ydam‐
ag et he plastic sur face of thee xterio rlight‐
ing.
#Onl yuse windshield washer fluid which
is also suitable foru se on plast ic surfa‐
ces, e.g. MB SummerFitorMBW inter‐
Fit.
* NO
TEBlocked spr aynozzles caused by
mixing windshieldw asherfluids
#Do notmixMB SummerFit and MB Win‐
te rFit wit hother windshield washer flu‐
ids.
Do no tuse distilled or de-ionize dwater as thef ill
le ve ls ensor ma ybetriggered er roneously.
Re commended windshield washer fluid:
RAbo vefreezing point :e.g. MB SummerFit
RBelo wfreezing point :e.g. MB WinterFit Fo
rthe cor rect mixing ratio refertot he informa‐
tion on thea ntif reeze conta iner.
Mix thew asherf luid wit hthe windshield washer
fl uid all year round.
Re frigerant
Note sonr efrigerants
Obser vethen otes on operating fluids
(
→pag e388).
* NO
TEDama gedue toincor rect refriger‐
ant
If an on-appr ovedrefrigerant is used, thec li‐
mat econtrol sy stem ma ybedamaged.
#Onlyusether efrigerant R‑134a
* NO
TEDama getothec limat econtrol
sy stem due toincor rect refrigerant com‐
pressor oil
#Onl yuserefrigerant compressor oil that
has been appr ovedbyM ercedes-Benz.
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