flat tire MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS WAGON 2019 Owner's Manual

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QRcode foraccessi ngthere scue card →
26
2 Safetyve sts →
375
3 Butt onforSOS emerg encycallsystem →
326
4 Tocheckand topup oper ating fluids →
429
5 Totow- star tand tow aw ay →
388
6 Flat tire →
375
7 Startin gassis tance →
385 8
Haza rdwa rning lam ps →
128
9 Fuelfiller flap withins truct ion labels fortir e
pr essu re,fuel type andQRcode foraccessi ng
th ere scue card →
163
A Totow- star tand tow aw ay →
388
B Tire -cha ngeto ol kit →
418
C TIREFIT kit →
377 At
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St
atus ofthefront passeng erfront airbag Fu
nction oftheaut oma ticfront passeng er
fr ont airbag shutoff
The automatic front passeng erfront airbag shut‐
of fis able todetect whe ther thefront passeng er
seat isoccupied byaper son orach ild restra int
sy stem. Thefront passeng erfront airbag isena‐
bled ordisabled accordingly.
When installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,alw aysmak esur eof the
fo llo wing:
R Ensur eth at thech ild restra int system isposi‐
tion edcor rectl y(0013 page 46).
R Alw aysobser vethech ild restra int system
manuf acturer'sinstallation instruct ions .
R Neverpla ceobjects, e.g.cushi ons,under or
behi ndthech ild restra int system.
R Fully re tract theseat cushion lengthadjus t‐
ment .
R The entire base ofthech ild restra int system
mus talw aysre st on theseat cushion ofthe
fr ont passeng ersea t. R
The backres tof thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus tlie asflat as poss ible
ag ains tth ebac kres tof thefront passeng er
seat.
R The child restra int system mus tno tto uc hth e
ro of or be put under stra in by thehead
re stra int s.Ad jus tth eseat backres tinclin a‐
tion andthehead restra int setting accord‐
ing ly. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
object sbe tween thesitt ing surface and
th ech ild restra int system
Objec tsbetween thesitt ing surface and the
ch ild restra int system could affect thefunc ‐
tion oftheaut omatic front passeng erairbag
shut off.
This could result inthefront passeng erair‐
bag notfunc tioningasintended during an
acciden t. 0007
Donotplace anyobjec tsbetween the
sitting surface and thech ild restra int
sy stem. 0007
The entire base ofthech ild restra int
sy stem mus talw aysre st on thesitt ing
sur face ofthefront passeng erseat. 0007
The backres tof thefo rw ard-f acin gch ild
re stra int system mus t,as faras possi ‐
ble, beresting ontheseat backres tof
th efront passeng erseat. 0007
Alw ayscom plywit hth ech ild restra int
sy stem manuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions . A
per son onthefront passeng erseat must
obser vethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Fasten seat belts correctl y(0013 page 34).
R Sitinan almos tupr ight seatposi tion with
th eir bac kag ains tth eseat backres t.
R Sitwithth eir feet resting onthefloor ,if pos‐
sible.
The front passeng erfront airbag mayot her wise
be disable dby mis take ,fo rex am ple inthefo l‐
lo wing situat ions:
R The front passen gertr ansf ersth eir weight by
suppor tingthemselv eson ave hicle armr est. Occupant
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Emer
gency Re
mo ving the safetyve st The
safetyve stsar elocat edinthesaf etyve st
com partments inthedr iver's andfront
passeng erdoor stow agecom partment s. 0007
Toremo ve:pu llou tsa fety vest bag 1by
loop 2. 0007
Open safetyve st bag 1and pulloutthe
saf etyve st.
0009 Ther ear ealso safetyve st com partments in
th ere ar door stow agecom partment sin
whic hsaf etyve stscan bestor ed. 1
Maximum numberofwa shes
2 Maximum wash temp eratur e
3 Donotbleac h
4 Donotiron
5 Donottumble dry
6 Donotdr yclean
7 Class 2saf etyve st The
requ iremen tsdef ined bytheleg alstandar d
ar eon lyfulfille d ifth esaf etyve st isthecor rect
size andisful lyclos ed.
The safetyve st mus tbe replaced inthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R there flect ive st rips aredamag edordir ty
R themaximum permissible numberofwa shes
is exc eeded
R thefluor esc ence has faded Flat
tire No
teson flat tires 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto aflat
tir e
A flat tirese verely affects thedr iving charac‐
te rist ics aswellas thesteer ing and braking
of theve hicle.
Ti re swith outrun-flat charact eristics : 0007
Donotdr ive on withaflat tire. 0007
Chan getheflat tireimm ediat elywit han
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel. Br
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Alt
ernati vely,co nsu ltaqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop.
Ti re swith run-flat charact eristics : 0007
Obse rveth einf ormation andwarning
no teson MOExt ended tires (run-f lat
tir es). In
theeve ntofaflat tire, thefo llo wing option s
ar eav ailable dependingon your vehicle's equip‐
ment :
R Vehicl eswith MOExt endedtir es: itis pos‐
sibl eto continu eth ejour neyfo ra shor t
per iod oftime. Makesur eyo uobse rveth e
no teson MOExt ended tires (run-f lattire)
(0013 page37 6).
R Vehicl eswith aTIREF ITkit :yo ucan repair
th etir es so that itis poss ibletocontinu eth e
jou rney fora shor tper iod oftime. Todo this,
use theTIREFI Tkit (0013 page37 7).
R Vehicl eswith Mercedes meconne ct:you
can makeacal lfo rRo adside Assis tance via
th eov erhead control panel inthecase ofa
br eakdo wn(0013 page32 4). R
Allvehicl es:chang eth ewheel
(0013 page41 9). No
teson MOExt ended tires (run-fl attire) 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whendr ivi ng
in eme rgency mode
When driving inemer gency mod e,thehan‐
dling charact eristic sar eim pair ed.e.g.when
cor ner ing,when accelerating stro ng lyand
when brakin g. 0007
Donotexc eed theper missible maxi‐
mum speed forMOExt ended tires. 0007
Avoid anyabr uptst eer ing and driving
maneuv ersas wellas drivin gove r
obs tacle s(cu rbs, pothol es, off-r oa d).
Thi sap plies, in pa rticular ,to aloaded
ve hicle. 0007
Stop driving intheemer gency mod eif
yo uno tic e:
R ban gingno ise
R vehicle vibration R
smok ewhic hsmells likeru bber
R con tinuous ESP®
int erve ntio n
R crac ks intireside walls 0007
Afterdr iving inemerg encymode have
th erims checkedby aqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop withre ga rd totheir further
use. 0007
The defective tir emus tbe replaced in
eve rycase . Wi
th MOExt ended tires (run-f lattire), youcan
co ntinue todrive yo ur vehicle evenif th er eis a
tot alloss ofpressur ein on eor mor etir es. How‐
eve r,th etir eaf fect ed mus tno tsho wan ycle arly
vis ible da mag e.
Yo ucan recogni zeMOExt endedtir es by the
MOExt ended marking whichappea rson theside
wa llof thetir e.
Ve hicl eswith tirepr ess uremonit oring sys‐
te m: MOExt endedtires ma yonly beused incon‐
junc tionwi th an act ivat ed tirepr essur emon itor‐
ing system. 37
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If
apr essur eloss warning mess ageappear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y,proceed asfollo ws :
R Chec kth etir efo rdama ge.
R Ifdr iving on,obser vethefo llo wing notes.
Dr iving distance possible inemer gency
mode afte rthe pres sur elo ss wa rning: Load
condit ion Driving distance pos‐
sible inemer gency
mode
Pa rtiall yladen 50miles (80km)
Fu lly laden 19mile s(30 km) The
driving distance possi ble in eme rgency
mod ema yva ry dependin gon thedr iving style.
Obser vethemaximum permissible speedof
50 mph(80 km/h).
If atir ehas gone flat and cannotbe replaced
wit han MOEx tende dtir e, youcan useast and‐
ar dtir eas ate mp orar ymeasur e. TIREFIT
kitstorage location The
TIREF ITkit islocat edunder thecar gocom‐
par tmen tfloor . 1
Tire inflation compressor
2 Tire seala ntbottle Using
theTIR EFIT kit Re
quirement s
Re quired tools:
R Tire seala ntbottle
R TIREFIT sticke r R
Tire inflation compressor
R Gloves(depending ontheve hicle equipment)
TIREFIT kitstor ag elocation: (0013page37 7)
Yo ucan useTIRE FITtir esealan tto seal perfora ‐
tio nda ma geofup to0.16 in(4 mm), particular ly
th ose inthetir econ tact surface. Youcan use
TIRE FITin out side temp eratur esdown to-4 °F
(-20 °C). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenus ing
tir esea lant.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th etir esealant is
unable toprov ide sufficie ntbrea kdo wnassis‐
ta nce, asitis una ble to seal thetir epr oper ly:
R Ther ear ecuts orpunct ures inthetir e
larg erthan those prev iousl ymen tioned.
R The wheel rim isdama ged.
R Youha ve driven atave ry low tirepr es‐
sur eor on aflat tire. 0007
Donotcon tinue drivin g. 0007
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Br
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0007
Push theplug ofhose 5intoflang e6 of
tir esealan tbo ttle 1 untilth eplug engages. 0007
Place tiresealant bottle 1 head down wards
int ore cess 2ofthetir einf lation compres‐
sor . 0007
Remo vetheva lve cap from valve 7 onthe
def ective tir e. 0007
Screw filling hose 8ontova lve 7. 0007
Insertplug 4intoa12 Vsoc ketin your
ve hicle. 0007
Switc hth eignition on. 0007
Press onand offswitc h3 onthetir einf la‐
tion compressor .
The tireinf lation compressor isswitc hedon.
The tireis inf lated. First,tir esealant ispum‐
ped intoth etir e. The pressur ema ybr ief ly
ri se toappr oximat ely500 kPa(5 bar/7 3psi).
Do notswitc hof fth etir einflat ioncom pres‐
sor during this pha se. 0007
Letth etir einf lation compressor runfo ra
maximu mof tenminu tes.
The tireshould then have attaine datir e
pr essur eof at leas t20 0kP a(2. 0bar/
29 psi).
If tir esealan tleak sout ,mak esur eyo ucle an the
af fect ed area asquickl yas possible .It is prefer a‐
ble touse clearwa ter.
If yo uge ttir ese alant onyour clo thing, have it
clean edassoon aspossible withper chlor oethy‐
len e. If,
afte rte nminut es,atir epr essur eof
200 kPa(2.0 bar/29 psi)hasnotbeen ach‐
ie ve d: 0007
Swi tchof fth etir einf lation compressor . 0007
Unscr ew thefilling hose from theva lve of the
def ective tir e.
Please note that tiresealan tma yleak outwhen
uns crew ing thefilling hose. 0007
Drive fo rw ards orreve rseve ry slo wlyfo r
appr oximat ely33 ft(10 m). 0007
Pum pup thetir eag ain.
Af tera maximu mof tenminu testh etir e
pr essur emus tbe atleas t200 kPa(2.0 bar/
29 psi). 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto the
specif iedtirepr essur eno tbeing reac hed
If th especif iedtirepr essur eis no tre ac hed
af te rth especif iedtime, thetir eis toobadl y
damag ed.The tiresealant cannotrepair the
tir ein this ins tance. Br
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Ti
re pres sur e No
teson tirepr essur e 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto insuf ‐
fi cie ntor excess ive tir epr ess ure
Under inflate dor ove rinf late dtir es pose the
fo llo wing risk s:
R The tires ma ybur st,especiall yas the
load andvehicle speed increase.
R The tires ma ywe arexc essiv elyand/or
une venly, whic hma ygr ea tly impair tire
traction .
R The drivin gch aract eristic s,as wellas
st eer ing and braking, maybe greatl y
im pair ed. 0007
Com plywithth ere comme ndedtire
pr ess ureand checkth etir epr essur eof
all tires including thespar ewheel regu‐
lar ly:
R atleas tonce amont h
R when theload chang es R
beforeembar kingon alon gerjour ney
R ifoper ating conditions chang e,e.g .of f-
ro ad drivin g 0007
Adjus tth etir epr essur eas neces sary. Dr
iving with tirepr es su re that istoohigh ortoo
lo w can :
R Sho rten theser vice life of thetir es.
R Cause increased tiredamag e.
R Adverselyaf fect drivi ng charact eristic sand
th us drivin gsaf ety, e.g. due tohydroplaning. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
insuf ficie nttirepr ess ure
Ti re swit hpr essur eth at istoolow can over‐
heat andburstas are sult.
In addition, they also sufferfr om excessiv e
and/or irre gular wear,whic hcan significan tly
im pair thebr aking proper tiesand thehan‐
dling charact eristic s. 0007
Avoid excessiv elylow tirepr essur esin
all thetir es, including thespar ewheel. Ti
re pressur ewhic his toolow can cause:
R Tire def ectsas are sult ofove rheating
R Impair edhandling charact eristic s
R Irre gular wear
R Incr eased fuelconsum ption 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from exces‐
siv etir epr essur e
Ti re swit hexc essiv elyhigh pressur ecan
bur stbecause they aredamag edmor eeasil y
by highw ayfill, po tholes etc.
In addition, they also sufferfr om irre gular
we ar,whic hcan significan tly im pair thebr ak‐
ing proper tiesand thehandling charact eris‐
tic s. 0007
Avoid excessiv elyhigh tirepr essur esin
all thetir es, including thespar ewheel. Ex
cessiv elyhigh tirepr essur ecan result in:
R Incr eased braking distance
R Impaired handl ing charact eristic s
R Irre gular wear Whee
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0007
Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve.
Fu rther relat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(0013 page39 7)
R Tire pressur eta ble (0013 page398 )
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(0013 page40 3) Ti
re pres sur emoni toring system Fu
nction ofthetir epr essur emoni toring sys‐
te m 000A
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinc or‐
re ct tirepr ess ure
Ev erytir e, incl uding thespar e(if prov ided),
should becheckedwhen coldatleas tonc ea
mont hand inflated tothepr essur ere com‐
mend edbytheve hicle manuf acturer(see
Ti re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar don the
B-pil laron thedr iver ’s side orthetir epr es‐
sur elabel ontheinside ofthefuel filler flap
of your vehicle). Ifyo ur vehicle hastires ofa
dif fere nt size than thesize indicat edon the Ti
re and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dor the
tir epressu retable, youne ed todeterm ine
th epr oper tirepr essur efo rth ose 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 tothepr oper pressur e.Driving ona
signif icantlyunder inflated tirecauses thetir e
to ove rheat and canlead totirefa ilur e.
Und erinf lation alsoincreases fuelconsum p‐
tion andreduces tiretread life, and may
af fect theve hicle's handling andbraking abil‐
ity .Please note that theTPMS isno ta subs ti‐
tut efo rpr oper tiremaint enance, anditis the
dr iver's responsibili tyto maint aincorrect tire
pr ess ure, eve nif und erinf latio nha sno t
re ac hed theleve lto trig ge rill umina tionof
th eTPMS low 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
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith
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 ureas intende 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 400
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and
one-h alftim esaswellon thego vernment
te st trac kas atir egr ad ed 100.
The relativ eper form anc eof tires depen dsupon
th eactual conditions oftheir use, howe ver,and
ma ydepar tsign ifican tly from thenor mdue to
va riatio nsindrivin ghabit s,ser vicepr act icesand
dif fere nces inroad charact eristic sand climate
con dition s.
Tr actio ngr ade 000A
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinade‐
qu atetract ion
The tract ion grade assig nedtothis tireis
based onstra ight -ahead brakin gtract ion
te sts, and does notinclude either acceler a‐
tion, corner ing, hydroplaning orpeak traction
ch aract eristic s. 0007
Alw aysadap tyo ur drivin gst yle and
dr ive at aspeed tosuit thepr ev ailin g
traf fic and weather condition s. 000E
NO
TEDama getothedr ivet ra in from
wheelspin 0007
Avoid wheelspin. The
traction grades –from highes tto lowe st–
ar eAA ,A, Band C.Tho segrad es repr esent the
tir e'sab ility tostop onwetpa vement asmeas‐
ur ed under controlledconditions onspecif ied
go vernment test sur faces mad eof asp haltand
concr ete.
Te mp eratur egr ade 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from tire
ove rheating andtirefa ilur e
The temp eratur egr ade forth is tireis es tab‐
lished fora tir eth at isproper lyinflat ed and
no tove rloaded. Excessiv espeed, underinfla‐
tion, orexc essiv eloading, either separ ately
or incombin ation,cancause excessiv eheat
build-up andpossible tirefa ilur e. 0007
Obser vethere comme ndedtirepr es‐
su resand regular lych eckth etir epr es‐ sur
eof all tires including thespar e
wheel. 0007
Adjus tth etir epr essur eas neces sary. The
temp eratur egr ades areA (the highes t),B
and C.The yre pr esent thetir e's resis tance tothe
ge ner ation ofhea tand itsability todissipat e
heat when tested under controlled conditions on
a specif iedindoor laborator yte st wheel. Sus‐
ta ined hightemp eratur ecan cause themat erial
of thetir eto deg ener ateand reduce tirelife, and
exc essiv ete mp eratur ecan lead tosudden tire
fa ilur e.Grade Ccor responds toaleve lof per‐
fo rm anc ewhic hall passe nger car tires mus t
mee tunde rth ere qu iremen tsof theUS Depar t‐
ment ofTrans portatio n. DO
T,Tire Iden tificat ionNumbe r(TI N) US
tirere gulations stipulat eth at eve rytire man‐
uf actu reror retrea de rmu stimprint aTIN inor
on theside wallof eac htir epr oduced. 408
Wheels andtires

of
skidding orhydroplaning onwetro ads is
inc reased.
In addit ion,th etir egr ip isgreatl yre duced at
a low outside temp eratur eand tireru nning
te mp eratur e. 0007
Switc hon theES P®
and adap tyo ur
dr ivin gst yle accor dingly. 0007
Use M+S tireat outside temp eratur es
of less than 10 °C (50 °F). 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 es mar kedM+S for
all wheels .
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(0013 page39 7)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(0013 page40 3)
R Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(0013 page41 0)
R Tire pressur eta ble (0013 page398 ) Wheels
andtires 41
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